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Now that the McGuinty Government is leaving taxpayers on the hook for the operations of Stewardship Ontario, they must also force their secret eco-tax collectors to publicly account for how this money is being spent.
Today Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak demanded that Stewardship Ontario and the other Waste Diversion Ontario secretive government agencies responsible for provincial recycling programs be held to a higher standard of transparency and accountability. Hudak called on Dalton McGuinty to ensure that Waste Diversion Ontario and its component agencies make public the salaries of its senior executives, reveal the terms of all eHealth-style consultant contracts and abide by Ontario’s Freedom of Information laws.
Hudak pointed out that a second Waste Diversion Ontario agency – the Ontario Electronic Stewardship – still refuses to make public its annual report and financial statements despite being legally required to do so by April 1, 2010.
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– Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak
– Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak
Quick Facts
- To date, both Stewardship Ontario and the Ontario Electronic Stewardship are refusing to provide the public with any details about executive salaries, consulting contracts or board minutes.
- Under Section 33 (1) of the Waste Diversion Act, Ontario Electronic Stewardship was legally required to release a public annual report and financial statements by April 1, 2010. Ontario Electronic Stewardship has failed to do so.
- The Ontario PC Truth in Government Act would have extended Ontario’s Freedom of Information laws to cover Waste Diversion Ontario and all other provincial public bodies. In addition, the Truth in Government Act would have required Waste Diversion Ontario and all provincial public bodies to publicly disclose consulting contracts, travel and hospitality expenses, job reclassifications and grants handed out.
