News:

STONEY CREEK – In a speech to the Stoney Creek Chamber of Commerce today, Ontario PC Leader and MPP for Niagara West-Glanbrook, Tim Hudak, shared details of his ‘10 for 2010′ plan, which if implemented would provide much-needed help for communities like Stoney Creek to create local jobs and grow the economy.

The Ontario PC Caucus ‘10 for 2010′ plan presents ideas which are both practical and affordable, including targeted tax relief, red tape reduction for businesses and new controls on government spending.

In his speech, Hudak also provided an update on his efforts to save the Eramosa Karst Conservation Area ‘feeder lands’ from development. Earlier this month, Hudak introduced private member’s legislation co-sponsored by Hamilton East-Stoney Creek NDP MPP Paul Miller that calls for the feeder lands to be included in the protected conservation area.

Quotes:

– Ontario PC Party Leader Tim Hudak, MPP Niagara West-Glanbrook

– Ontario PC Party Leader Tim Hudak, MPP Niagara West-Glanbrook

Quick Facts:

• Under Dalton McGuinty, the Hamilton area alone lost 3,500 jobs in the first two months of 2010.
• In March, Siemens Canada announced it will add to those job losses when it moves its plant and 550 Hamilton jobs to North Carolina. This was followed by news that Lakeport, Hamilton’s last brewery, was closing down and putting 143 workers out of work; and Stoney Creek Dairy was shutting down operations after more than 80 years due to high energy prices at the cost of 27 more local jobs.
• To find out more about the Ontario PC Caucus’ 10 ideas to provide tax relief, cut red tape and control government spending, please visit www.10for2010.ca.