For Immediate Release
May 29, 2007

MPP SCOTT CALLS ON MCGUINTY FOR JOBS PLAN AGAIN
Liberal Government continues to stonewall

(Queen’s Park, Toronto) Progressive Conservative MPP Laurie Scott (Haliburton-Victoria-Brock) today said Dalton McGuinty continues to stonewall and refuses to bring forward the Jobs Plan for Ontario’s communities who have lost nearly 140,000 jobs under his watch.

Scott questioned the Minister of Economic Development and Trade in the Legislature today about bringing forward a plan to address job losses in areas such as Peterborough and cited several local job losses including the closure of Masterbrand Cabinets, National Grocers Service, and Transcontinental Best Book Printing.

“Dalton McGuinty has referred to these job losses as hiccups, small contractions and one of your members had the gall to refer to the small communities affected by the hard-hitting job losses as crying babies,” said Scott. “When can communities like Peterborough expect to see the comprehensive jobs plan that members from all parties supported in this house over 16 months ago?”

In December of 2005, all parties supported a motion that called for the Government to bring forward a comprehensive jobs plan to address the ongoing losses of jobs in the province. McGuinty has yet to act on that despite his campaign promise of honouring the requests of the members of the legislature.

“Communities such as Peterborough and rural towns throughout Ontario are in desperate need of a plan to address the ongoing job losses resulting from Dalton McGuinty’s taxes, regulatory burdens and wasteful spending of taxpayer’s money,” said Scott.

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For Further Information Contact:

Laurie Scott, MPP

705- 324-6654

1-800-424-2490