Tim Hudak Commits that an Ontario PC Government Will Scrap Dalton McGuinty's Eco Tax Grab

July 14, 2010

News:

ST. CATHARINES – Ontario PC Leader and Niagara West-Glanbrook MPP, Tim Hudak, visited the Canadian Tire in St. Catharines today to call on Dalton McGuinty to scrap his so-called ‘eco tax’. Hudak committed that, if the McGuinty Liberals fail to eliminate their latest tax grab on Niagara consumers, then a future Ontario PC Government will.

On July 1st, the McGuinty Government was caught trying to sneak in this latest tax in the shadow of their HST tax grab. The funds are collected and levied by a secretive McGuinty Government agency and are subsequently spent without any meaningful transparency or accountability as to whether the money actually succeeds in reducing waste or helping the environment.

The McGuinty Liberals have tried to disguise their latest tax grab as an environmental measure by labelling it an ‘eco’ tax. It is the latest in a growing pattern of Dalton McGuinty using the environment as an excuse for increasing the tax burden on Niagara families.

Quotes:

“The only ‘green’ Dalton McGuinty is truly worried about, is the green in your wallet. From his hidden hydro tax to his so-called ‘smart metre’ energy tax grab, to his new secret eco tax, it is clear that Dalton McGuinty will hide his tax grabs behind hollow environment excuses every chance he gets.”

–Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak

“I am calling on Dalton McGuinty to scrap his eco tax grab before another St. Catharines parent is forced to pay it on bath toys or sunblock for their kids and before another Welland senior pays it on laundry detergent or batteries for their TV remote. And if the McGuinty Liberals won’t scrap this tax, then a PC Government will.”

–Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak

Quick Facts:

Some of the 10,000 items included in Dalton McGuinty’s eco tax grab are: