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Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne unveiled her party #39;s campaign platform Sunday.
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Ontarios Liberals are promising to go ahead and spend $1 billion to build a transportation route to the Ring of Fire mineral deposit, with or without financial help from the federal Conservatives.
But they havent decided where or when theyll start building it, or how theyll find another billion to complete the route in a remote region of northern Ontario if Ottawa wont provide the funds.
They say those decisions will be up to a development corporation that theyll create within 60 days of taking office that will include both levels of government, First Nations and private companies.
The Liberals are also promising to build more hospices, cap hospital parking fees and help high-school students plan their path to a desired career if theyre re-elected on June 12.
Officials say the platform essentially fleshes out more details of their failed May 1 budget that theyd planned to announce as they took the document on the road, and are fully costed.
It includes some common ground with their rivals, who triggered the election when they said they couldnt support the budget.
The Liberals say theyd improve students math scores and physical activity, as well as increase apprenticeship spaces, which the Progressive Conservatives have also proposed.
Theyre also promising to reduce wait times in five areas by more than 50 per cent and are guaranteeing that every resident has access to a primary care provider, such as doctor or nurse-practioners.
The New Democrats have also said theyll reduce wait times and create more access to health-care services if theyre elected.
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Liberals promise $1B for Ring of Fire as part of election platform
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Ontarios Liberals are promising to go ahead and spend $1 billion to build a transportation route to the Ring of Fire mineral deposit, with or without financial help from the federal Conservatives.
But they havent decided where or when theyll start building it, or how theyll find another billion to complete the route in a remote region of northern Ontario if Ottawa wont provide the funds.
They say those decisions will be up to a development corporation that theyll create within 60 days of taking office that will include both levels of government, First Nations and private companies.
The Liberals are also promising to build more hospices, cap hospital parking fees and help high-school students plan their path to a desired career if theyre re-elected on June 12.
Officials say the platform essentially fleshes out more details of their failed May 1 budget that theyd planned to announce as they took the document on the road, and are fully costed.
It includes some common ground with their rivals, who triggered the election when they said they couldnt support the budget.
The Liberals say theyd improve students math scores and physical activity, as well as increase apprenticeship spaces, which the Progressive Conservatives have also proposed.
Theyre also promising to reduce wait times in five areas by more than 50 per cent and are guaranteeing that every resident has access to a primary care provider, such as doctor or nurse-practioners.
The New Democrats have also said theyll reduce wait times and create more access to health-care services if theyre elected.
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Liberals promise $1 billion for Ring of Fire, more hospices, better math scores
Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press Published Sunday, May 25, 2014 7:12AM EDT Last Updated Monday, May 26, 2014 6:34AM EDT
THUNDER BAY, Ont. -- Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne vowed to go ahead and spend $1 billion over the next decade to build a transportation route to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire in the province's north -- with or without financial help from the federal Conservatives -- if the Liberals are re-elected on June 12.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has shown no interest in helping the province develop the massive chromite deposit, which would be a big boon to Ontario's economy and create jobs in hard-hit northern communities, Wynne said Sunday in Thunder Bay, Ont.
"We have not seen that kind of responsibility taken," the Liberal leader told supporters at the party's platform launch.
"He has not taken that responsibility, but I am. We are making it a priority for my government."
But officials said they haven't decided where or when they'll start building the route, or how they'll find another $1 billion to complete it in a remote region of northern Ontario if Ottawa won't provide the funds.
Those decisions will be up to a development corporation that Wynne said she'd create within 60 days of taking office that will include both levels of government, First Nations and private companies.
Much of the platform Wynne detailed on Sunday essentially fleshed out unannounced details of the spending plans outlined in the Liberals' May 1 budget, which both opposition parties rejected -- triggering an election. Wynne said she'd re-introduce the fiscal plan if the Liberals win.
The $119.4-billion budget had promised to put up $1 billion for infrastructure to develop the Ring of Fire, but only if the federal Tories matched the funds. That condition now appears to have changed.
"We have not seen any indication in the last number of weeks that Stephen Harper is interested in stepping forward and making the same kind of support available to the Ring of Fire as he made available to the oilsands," Wynne said.
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