Commission to release Interim Report on Quality Public Services and Tax Fairness at news conferences in Toronto and Sudbury

TORONTO, April 11, 2012 /CNW/ - The Public Services Foundation of Canada (PSFC) will release an Interim Report on the findings and recommendations of the Commission on Quality Public Services and Tax Fairness at news conferences in Toronto and Sudbury on Thursday April 12.

The 96-page report contains 16 recommendations on how the Province of Ontario can take steps to sustain quality public services through moderate changes to tax policies.

In response to the McGuinty government's creation of the Drummond Commission in 2011, the PSFC established the Commission on Quality Public Services and Tax Fairness in the autumn of 2011. Judy Wasylycia-Leis, a former federal Member of Parliament, was named Chair of the Commission and conducted an extensive six-week tour of a dozen cities in Ontario where she received more than 1,000 oral and written presentations from providers and users of public services, experts in progressive tax reform, public policy planners and from ordinary citizens.

Details:

Toronto news conference
9:30 a.m.
Media Studio
Queen's Park

Sudbury news conference
2:30 p.m.
Tom Davies Square, Foyer
Sudbury City Hall  
200 Brady St.

Greg Hamara
Commission Communication Officer
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