Mr. Speaker, on the eve of the Ontario election I want to look at the hot buttons the Tories are pushing.
They are telling the people of Ontario that workfare will work. I was glad to see in the Globe and Mail today, the number one Tory supporter, that it has identified that plan as an unworkable policy clunker.
The Tories say that employment equity is all about quotas and if we just get rid of the legislation we will find all the jobs that we need for Ontario. That is simplistic and is a totally outrageous misrepresentation.
The Tories tell us they will cut our taxes by 30 per cent, they will balance the budget and they will not touch health care. We all want that but there is nothing in their plan that will get us there except perhaps a new Ontario health tax for individuals.
What bothers me the most is that they are speaking to the dark side of human nature. They are giving licence to us to attack people who are least able to defend themselves. It is unfair and unjust. The people of Ontario will not vote for that platform tomorrow.