{"id":3313,"date":"2017-05-11T09:44:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T13:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=3313"},"modified":"2017-05-11T09:47:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T13:47:22","slug":"horwath-addresses-fonom-says-investment-in-the-north-key-to-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/11\/horwath-addresses-fonom-says-investment-in-the-north-key-to-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Horwath addresses FONOM, says investment in the north key to success"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 11, 2017 @ 09:44<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ontario NDP Leader addressed delegates at the Federation Of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) conference Thursday, telling delegates she believes that investment in the north is critical to the success and prosperity of the province.<\/p>\n

\u201cNorthern Ontario deserves real investment, a real future, and a government that\u2019s actually working with you to make life better for everyone who lives here,\u201d said Horwath. \u201cI know that when we invest in the north, the whole province benefits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why Premier Wynne\u2019s budget was so frustrating. It does absolutely nothing to fix the damage that the Liberal government has done to northern communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Horwath and the NDP has made a number of concrete commitments that would strengthen the northern economy, and make life better for northern families and businesses. The NDP\u2019s proposal on hydro would cut all hydro bills by up to 30 per cent, and remove punitive rural and northern delivery charges. Horwath has also declared she\u2019d stop the cuts to northern hospitals, protect local schools and get the trains to northern Ontario running again, reconnecting towns and people isolated by Wynne\u2019s decision to shut down the Northlander and cut the ONTC.<\/p>\n

In contrast to Horwath\u2019s commitments, Wynne\u2019s budget includes no recognition of how important transportation services are to northerners, and fails to mention of the Northlander or the ONTC. Wynne\u2019s 2017-18 budget and plan also fails to make any mention whatsoever of the Ring of Fire.<\/p>\n

That massive chromite deposit, if unlocked, could create thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity for northern communities and First Nations.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot one dime in Wynne\u2019s budget is committed to the Ring of Fire,\u201d said Horwath. \u201cFailing to even mention a project with such massive potential \u2013 to create jobs, to grow the economy and to deliver prosperity for workers and their families \u2013 I think that\u2019s wrong. To overlook the vast potential of the north is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Horwath was also critical of Wynne\u2019s continuing cuts to northern hospitals, like the hospital in North Bay that\u2019s seen over 350 nurses and health care workers cut in the past few years. There\u2019s also no plan in the budget to stop school closures. Wynne has 300 more schools on the chopping block \u2013 and her policies mean northern schools are disproportionately at risk of closure.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t afford to let Premier Wynne do any more damage,\u201d said Horwath. \u201cIt\u2019s time for the north to have a partner at Queen\u2019s Park \u2013 a partner that recognizes that the province has to meet its obligations, and one that recognizes the value of investing in northern Ontario.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May 11, 2017 @ 09:44 Ontario NDP Leader addressed delegates at the Federation Of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) conference Thursday, telling delegates she believes that investment in the north is critical to the success and prosperity of the province. \u201cNorthern Ontario deserves real investment, a real future, and a government that\u2019s actually working with you …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[454],"class_list":["post-3313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-northern-ontario","tag-federation-of-northern-ontario-municipalities-fonom-2017-conference"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 03:01:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3314,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3313\/revisions\/3314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}