Former Leader Criticizes Conservative Non-Answers on HST
QUEEN'S PARK, Nov. 5 /CNW/ - Former Leader John Tory slammed Tim Hudak and the Ontario Conservatives for their failure to answer questions about Ontario's harmonized sales tax:
- "When they would ask the Conservatives and the NDP well, if you were in would you do away with it? They wouldn't answer. Would you lower the rate? They wouldn't answer." (John Tory, CFRB, November 3, 2010)
- "…the parliamentary opposition [Conservatives] was utterly unwilling to offer any alternatives." (John Tory, CFRB, November 3, 2010)
- "McGuinty was left with…an opposition which wouldn't answer questions leading people to believe; well you know if these other people got elected, we'd probably have the HST anyway." (John Tory, CFRB, November 3, 2010)
Tim Hudak and the Conservatives supported tax harmonization until the day the McGuinty government introduced it. Then they voted against a tax reform package that cut taxes for Ontario families and reduced business taxes to help create jobs. But for more than 18 months, Tim Hudak has refused to answer and won't commit to repealing the HST.
Even John Tory knows: when it comes to tax harmonization, Tim Hudak just doesn't get it.
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