Thank you for listening to Pictures Media Radio. Welcome to Policy and Rights, the show about the government, policy and human rights. Welcome back to Policy and Right here in Depictures of Media Radio. I'm your host, Michael Cloggs. I was talking to my wife today and she broke up the topic of sugar tax and she didn't know that we were paying a sugar tax. Well, I wasn't absolutely aware of myself that we were paying for a sugar tax.
And kind of what that means is anything that contains sugar, you're going to pay extra tax on it. So if you drink a lot of Coca Cola, pepsi, or any other kinds of soda or pop, you're probably paying a lot of sugar tax. And on top of that, we also still have things like carbon taxes, and we still have sales tax there on
on many many products that we actually buy. UH. Depending on the province that you live in, you could be looking at either a harmonized UH sales tax or a provincial sales tax along with the the the federal government sales tax. A lot of taxes out there and and a lot more proposed taxes to come. If we keep hearing from Paul Vier about how Justin Trudeau isn't worth
the the expense that we're paying. Well, that expense is is the taxes that we're paying and what are we getting in return more taxes, higher costs of living, And it's a it's a it's a really good question. Justin
Trudeau claims that the carbon pricing actually works. It's making polluters pay for the ability to pollute, and that isn't It seems that the the the carbon taxi he's talking about is misplaced, that maybe it should be going to I don't know, the big corporation that manufactures the products, and that they shouldn't be allowed to pass that tax on. They should just have to eat it as
a cost. But again, as consumers, it's passed on to us because have That is the capitalist way, and it's some of these taxes has done more to lead toward towards corporate greed than it has to to help our environment, which we thought was supposed to be the goal. But in Ontario they're
pushing back against taxes. And we're gonna hear from Doug Ford as he's talking about a a tax program in Ontario that's actually going to put money back into the people's pockets, that the residents of Ontario, that they're trying to find ways to rebate or lower the taxes, so that well, the cost of living is getting to be a bit out of control, and we're going to
hear from a premier who wants to do something about that. So why don't we listen to what Doug Ford is doing in Ontario and maybe we can convince our provincial or territorial governments to do the same where we live if we're not in Ontario. So let's hear what he has to say together. We built the largest long term care home in Ontario, was just opened up last year. We're investing in the complete reconstruction of the Mississauga Hospital, which will become
the largest hospital in Canadian history. We're building the Hazel Mackalligan Line, which now includes the Downtown Loop. These are historic, game changing investments right here in Mississauga. I'm also proud to welcome you to the Pioneer Gas Station today because when I was six, I got my first job right here pumping gas and pro pane. At the time, the price of gas was about thirty
three cents per lead. Within the next six years, the Federal Liberals and NDP plan is to increase the carbon tax by over thirty seven cents per leader, more than the price of gas when I worked here. People deserve to know the truth about this and how it will make life harder and less affordable. So now I would like to welcome my good friend and the Minister of Finance, Peter Beth and Faldi to the podium. Well, thank you so
much, Rudy, and good morning everyone. It's great to be in Mississauga again, and along with my colleagues in the premiere, you know, our
government understands that people's hard earned dollars are being stretched far enough. Today our government is leading by example and once again showing Ontarians that we will continue to find new and innovative ways to put money back into their pockets and protect them from new taxes and fees, just as we did when we removed the tolls on Highways four, twelve and fourteen so that people and businesses had more options and saved more of their hard earned money, just as we did when we
kept transit affordable by removing double fares and extending fair integration. Just as we did when we supported parents with forty six thousand new childcare spaces since we took office and saved an average of eighty five hundred dollars per child. And just as we did when we increased minimum wage to help over nine hundred thousand Ontario workers, and just as we did when we reduced energy costs so that families
can count on access access to reliable, sustainable and affordable electricity. At every turn, our government is making life more affordable for individuals and families because we know that this is not a time to sit back and wait. That is why we are never stopping our fight against unaffordability and inflation during these uncertain economic times. Instead, we continue our work as one united team Ontario, one that's ready to invest for tomorrow today, one that keeps us moving forward and
builds on everything we've done so far. Sepu Relashiteancient Duron set Peria Desertitude, New Continuo, you Nei, Keep pret A Vestill lavinili In Keep continued the New fair As Company to keep more money in people's pockets, to speed up the construction of housing and critical infrastructure that people in community so desperately need, and to support economic growth for our long term prosperity. That's what building a
strong Ontario is about, and we're ready to get it done. So now it is my distinct pleasure and privilege to introduce the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford. Thank you, well, well, good morning everyone, and thank you Peter for your introduction. I'm thrilled to be back in the beautiful city of Mississauga, I said, I'm thrilled to be back. I think I'm
here every single day. But alongside Minister's Betham Falvey, Caanjin and t Angry and MPPs Rudy casetto Deep backing On and Shreef sabalwe since day one, this team our government has fought back against the carbon tax. In fact, one of the first things we did after forming government in twenty eighteen was to put an end to the terrible cap and trade scheme introduced by the previous Liberal government. This tax, all carbon tax schemes, they're awful. They take money
out of the people's pockets. They raise prices at the gas pump, they increase the cost of groceries and your home heating bills. They increase the cost of absolutely everything. That's why today I'm pleased to announce that next week, our government will introduce legislation to protect people in Ontario from the high cost of any future carbon tax. If passed, this new legislation will require future provincial
governments to hold a referendum before imposing a carbon pricing scheme. This new law will guarantee that no provincial government can force a cost of carbon tax on the people of Ontario without ensuring their voices are heard loud and clear. We're giving the people of Ontario veto over carbon taxes. People know where I stand on the carbon tax. I've opposed it from the very beginning. My record couldn't be more different than Bonnie Crombie's. She supported the carbon tax right from the
start. She's the Queen of carbon tax. Even worse, she raised property taxes every year she was mayor. Bonnie has never seen a tax she wouldn't like to hike. The last thing people need right now or higher taxes. They deserve relief. So we're once again calling on the federal government to eliminate
their carbon tax. The federal carbon tax is adding more than fourteen cents every leader of gas, and they're getting ready to increase it again in April from fourteen point three cents per leader of gas to seventeen point six cents per leader. It needs to end is driving up the cost of absolutely everything, adding hundreds even thousands of additional dollars in costs on the backs of the hardworking people
of Ontario. I'm a strong believer in protecting the environment by investing in clean, green steel, by building the electric vehicles of the future, by leading the largest transit expansion in North America, by building the future of clean nuclear energy, by expanding provincial parks, not by taxing hardworking people. It's never been more important to keep costs down, especially now as people struggle with the
Bank of Canada's interest rate hikes and rising prices. Whether it's eliminating road tolls, cutting the gas tax by ten point seven cents that we did, scrapping the license plate sticker fees, or fighting back against the carbon tax, or saving people sixteen hundred dollars rate and tron GTA that take transit on the one Fair program we announced, our government will always look for ways to put money back into your pockets. Thank you to everyone for joining us today and make
God bless the people of Ontario. Thank you well. Now go to reporters questions, Please identify yourselves by name and outlet. It will be one question and one follow up. First question, Hey, good morning, Premier Colin develop from Global News on Bill one twenty four. Two successes of courts now have deemed the bill was unconstitutional looking back, do you believe that Bill one twenty four was a mistake. Well, we just believe it should be government's
decision, not the courts. If they hike up the costs, that's what we believe it should be the government. So I always say parliament is supreme, meaning the people are supreme. People elect the parliament, they should make the decisions. But in saying all that, we respect the decision of the
courts and we're going to move forward on this. So moving forward, and this obviously means repealing the legislation, Can you tell us how your government came to that decision, because for years you and your Finance minister have been defending Bill one twenty four. So how suddenly did you decide to now reverse and repeal Bill one twenty four. Well, let's just remember we've already signed agreements with the nurses and a lot of the teachers' unions. We've already spent billions
of dollars and times are different now. Times are different when we came into office in twenty eighteen, when this province was a total disaster financially, and now as we move forward, because of the great work of our team and the great work of the Finance Minister, we're a lot more financially stable. We're prudent fiscal managers. And there's a time when cost of living is going
up. We understand that and we're a government for the people and we're going to continue making sure that we look at every avenue to save people costs and put money back into their pockets. You know, folks, we've cut cost to doing business here in Ontario to make ourselves more competitive by eight billion dollars. We're the only government, think of this, in the history of Canada that has raised revenues from one hundred and fifty billion to two hundred and two
billion dollars fifty two billion dollar increase. And we've never ever raised at tax. We've reduced taxes. And the reason being we can do that because we've made it more competitive. We created the conditions and the climate for companies to come here, and they're coming by the droves all over the world. That creates more revenues. There's over seven hundred thousand more people working today than there was five and a half years ago because we created the climate and the conditions
for companies to come here and thrive and prosper and grow. Just think of this, folks, And I want to thank all the manufacturers. Because of our policies, Ontario manufacturers, we created more jobs last year, manufacturing jobs than all fifty states combined. Think of this. Think of that we created more manufacturing jobs and all fifty US states combined. And we're going to continue creating a strong economy and creating more jobs. Good morning, miss Spreamer Jamie
with City TV, Hi Jamie, Hello, or Travilla. During the COVID the horrific stories came out of Ortravilla. They just got a thirty year license. I just I want to explain that, but I also want to make you aware that at ten o'clock today some of the relatives of the victims are putting a lawsuit together to see compensation. Yeah, it's really hard to hear the first part of the question. Okay, sorry, Orcharvilla, horrific stories
came out to a lawsuit pending lawsuit. Also they got a thirty year extension on their ability to operate in Ontario. Well, we've hired many more and more inspectors, and I go back. You know, the previous government created six hundred and seven long term care beds in fifteen year. We're building an
excess of thirty thousand modern homes for people. That's pretty staggering. Were revamping another twenty seven thousand homes until people have their dignity when they're in the long term care homes, Jamie, I acknowledge it was a tough time throughout COVID, not only here but around the world, but we've corrected those problems.
We're going to continue improving the processes in all long term care homes. But people are now going to be able to live and call it home in brand new facilities all over Ontario, including right here in Mississauga that we built a rapid build and that's the largest in the entire province right now. But we're going to continue to build. I understand the reaction to the incident, but Orchravella's still got a thirty year extension on their license, and there's such an
emotional level here. How do you justify that? Well, well, Jamie, I can. I can tell you there was lot of problems with many homes right across the province. We corrected those problems. We have more inspectors going in, We're modernizing all the facilities, and I'll never forget. I got to give the gal from CBC that said about the air conditioning. For the first time ever, these homes all have air conditioning as well, and
I want to thank the reporter that mentioned that. We acted on it and we moved quick and now people are going to live a lot more comfortable than sitting in a long term care home when it's about one hundred degrees out. So we're making tremendous moves when it comes to creating more homes right across the province for people in long term care homes. Morning Premier Liam Casey with the Canadian Press. The Billboine mayor is asking for money to help fund a community
hub for addictions, mental health and homelessness. Big city mayors came out again yet again asking for more help for you know, cities big and small. Sure urban role, what more? What more can you do to help? Well? Yeah, I personally talk to the mayor and myself. He's doing everything you can. Uh. We have Minister Smith on the ground, uh in in Belleville well as well. We're gonna try to support them. They need an influx of money right away. We're gonna get that done, and
then we're gonna sit down and talk to them about building building more. I always believe in the rehabilitation centers and supporting communities, but we also have to go after these bad guys, these bad guys that are poisoning, poisoning our towns, our cities. Uh, you know, giving them tainted drugs that are killing people. We need to catch them, We need to throw them in jail. And that's exactly what we're gonna do. Thanks. The opiated
crisis has gotten a lot worse your under your watch. Some medical professionals and advocates are calling on what they call a safer supply program to deal with these tainted drugs so that there are no taint to drugs. I know you're a big believer in rehabilitation and treatment. So man, these people are calling for this safe supply. The Province of BC is doing it. What are your thoughts on this safe supply? Yeah, so we've already put in seventeen safe
supply sites around the province. There it's not one or the other. It's not either or it's and we're going to continue working to make sure that we support the communities. But again, go to root cause, the root cause. There's drug dealers out there trying to kill our young people, middle aged people and giving them tainted drugs. You know, that's as far as I'm concerned, as murder. We need to catch them, throw them in jail
for a long time. But we're pouring endless amounts of money into mental health and addiction. Folks. There's no government in this country that's invested three point eight billion dollars into making sure that we have support work for mental health and addictions. So we're going to continue working very, very hard and trying to eradicate this. I want to clarify a little bit of Premier seventeen. Those are consumption and treatmentsights right now, that's right. Assumption goes are on safe
supply, Like, what do you think about safe supply? Well, again, our Minister our Mental Health and Addiction is working on that. He's in conversations with communities. He's I always say he's the greatest person when it comes to mental health and addiction, Minister Tobolo. He's doing an incredible job and we're going to support him. Morning Premier Rob Fergus in Toronto. Step, we had a story yesterday about people forgetting to register their license plates, reregister
their license plates on their birthday because there's no stickers anymore. It turns out that so many people are forgetting that there's one million expired plates out on Ontario roads. So are you concerned about that? Well, thanks for the question. I'm here to announce today actually that we're getting rid of that totally registering your your vehicle. We did the first step getting rid of the sticker. Now we're getting rid of the re registration. It will be automatically reregistered,
so people won't have to worry about that at all. And premium, when will that start? And I'm gonna have to get back to you on that, Rob, but we're going to make sure that's very soon, extremely soon. It will be legislated when we get back. All right, thank you, Finance posy, what comes to you? And okay, a cool for the four failed the shows comes out came to pull the carbon tax. Pascal le his on his own and deficate to boculd the the Jean some and academy.
Here the the the the the defeat all on post sell the town, the signal to mont lettle dample so Aspa downce at the academy deficient see the said attach Oh yeah boo could the the premium minister, the parade, the priority set set a sash dorioca uheist news avon the backs of to monce A uh sal see Augmonte le to Dampo carbon uh de Mondes nice French Minister uh A, Laura Stone Globe and mail. I'm Premier. Just on your announcement today, I think a lot of people are looking at this and saying,
what is he talking about? Where is this coming from? We have the carbon price across the country that federal Conservatives have pledged to quote ax the tax. What exactly are you coming forward with today and why? Well, what we're doing, We're we're sitting to the people of Ontario. If a future government ever tries to raise the carbon tax like they did before, uh,
they're going to have to have a reference as simple as that. There's so many governments out there that said, oh, I'm going to lower taxes, and they aren't truthful with the people. They get in the office like the
previous liberal government and start jacking up the taxes, making it unaffordable. Let the people have a voice if it comes down to the carbon tax, and that's what we're going to do. Make sure that we put into legislation that they'll have to have a referendum on the I just call it the tax scheme. That's all this is is making life more unaffordable for people right across the
board. Every time you put a pump gas into your vehicle, folks look at this, say that the gas right now, it ranges from a buck forty to buck fifty. Right. Just imagine you go for a trip down in the US. That's six dollars a gallon. When I was down south at Christmas, it was two eighty a gallon, and a lot of it is made up of tax. It's unacceptable. You're being gouged by the carbon tax, as simple as that. It's the worst tax ever. Premiere,
Is this some sort of veiled attack on Bonnie Cromby? Do you feel you mentioned she's the queen of the carbon tax. I haven't even heard her come out in favor of the federal one. So what like are you are you feeling threatened by her and you're preemptively attacking. Well, let's be very clear with Bonnie Crombie. She's raised taxes every single year she's been mayor. And if you look look up when she was an MP in Ottawa, she was the queen of the carbon tax. She was up there cheering the carbon tax
makes things more unaffordable for people. She's been on record over and over and over again in favor of the carbon tax. And it's very clear when she was an MP, she led the charge on the carbon tax. And that's why Bonnie Crombie is the Queen of the carbon tax. Joe Warmington from the Toronto Sun here, Nice to see you again, Good to see all your
colleagues, and thanks to the reporters. Let me give a question. And in nineteen thirteen, four Jewish women in Toronto decided that they were tired of the anti semitism in the health sector and they put together some money to start what is now Mount Sinai Hospital. It started in York in the forties, went over to University Avenue as well know, and you've been there many times. Last night. There were masked protesters, many of them calling for Intefauda.
Also you know many other incidents of anti Semitism. They jumped on the hospital. A doctor actually went out and encounter protest. And I think, since you know this has happened here in Ontario, it's a hospital you know very well and done a lot of work with, we're looking for your comment on this. Well, I think it's absolutely terrible. The federal government came out with a law that you cannot protest on hospitals. Folks, get some
decency, have common sense. These hospitals are there to save lives. You know Mount si I did everything they could to save my brother's life. He was in there, and they're an incredible hospital. Along with all the hospitals around the province. They're there to help people. Do not break the law, because that's exactly what happened. You broke the law. And again the federal government came out with a law saying you cannot protest in front of hospitals.
But even without the law, you have that an ounce of decency not to do this. I don't care what you're protesting, that doesn't matter. You want to protest, go to city Hall, come down to Queen's Park, jump up and down, do whatever you want, but don't prohibit people going into a hospital when they're in there saving people's lives, because you never know you may be the next person in that hospital and they'll be trying to
save your life. They're sacred hospitals. Just a quick follow up. In addition to that, there was also Prohomas kind of messaging put on another Cafe Aroma last night as well. The anti semitism, I've been writing about it for a lot of months and it just doesn't seem to be going away. Is there something that the province can do about this? It doesn't matter if it's Islamophobia, anti Semitism. Folks, we have one hundred and twenty nationalities
that live here in Ontario. Two hundred languages are spoken. We pride ourselves around the world for everyone to come here and get along and live side by side and work side by side. No matter where you work, we need to live peacefully together. That's my message to the people of Ontario. You know, I looked online the other day on how many wars there are around the world. I think one said one hundred and ten. Act of Wars you know, we live in a peaceful society. I'm asking everyone please get
along, let's work together. That's not the Ontario I grew up in what's happening today or on any of the protests. We live in a peaceful societ and please obey the laws. Thank you, I Premier. Mike Crawley from CBC. I just saw in today's announcement. If you're going to try to stop future governments from bringing in carbon pricing, how are you expecting them to actually bring down carbon emissions or do you not think that that's an important thing?
Oh? I think it's real important matter of fact. Thanks for that question, Mike, because there's no government that has brought carbon emissions down more than our government. Let's just run through it here for a minute. We're eliminating coal furnaces over at Stelco and I'm sorry, at the Fasco and Algoma, and we're putting electric car furnaces in. That's like taking two million cars off the road. We're building the largest transit system in North America and bringing
more people out of their cars into transit. We're building and rebuilding, refurbishing nuclear facilities, the Darlington or Pickering and Bruce Power just out of their sixth line clean nuclear energy. We're pouring money into all those areas making sure we cut down on emissions. But it's not either or again, it's not you have to go radical on one side or radical on the other. You can be environmentally conscious and friendly and great jobs economic development at the same time.
That's exactly what our government is doing. Now we'll continue to do it. And by the way, expanding parks, clean lakes, clean water and clean rivers, that's what we believe in and premieer the colleges and universities. A bunch of the universities are looking at really deep deficits. You've completely ruled out to tuition increases. So what are you going to actually do in the way of funding to help the colleges and universities cope with the financial situation and the
loss of international students, well, the international students. We are caught off guard by the federal government. Never got a phone call that they're doing this. But here now there, we're going to be there to support the colleges and university. I have all the confidence in the world and Minister Dunlop, she's working hand in hand actually she worked at one of the colleges before she got into politics. We've been in full communication with the collegists in universities.
We're there to support them. You know, that's the next generation they're teaching, their training. They come out here and be you know, the future of our province. So we'll make sure we're there for them. Hey, Premier Aid and Shmandi from the Trillium here. Late last year, Minister Calandra Matthew Ray said that your government is reviewing the Ontario Land Tribunal once again. So why is it still so slow after all of your various attempts to reform.
Well, you know something, we have to reform a lot of things to get homes built. We had order over eight hundred thousand people show up to our province and we're trying to speed up development every which way possible. We're handing out over one point two billion dollars the municipalities to build and if they hit their targets, they're going to get a check and that will go
towards infrastructure. So we're going to do everything we can to make sure that we continue building as quickly as possible for the new Canadians that came into our province, the fastest growing region in an entire North America. And a couple of weeks ago we reported that you met personally twice with Marie Hubbard, the late former chair of the oyalty. What'd you guys talk about in those meetings? I have such a fond memory of Marie. I think she was eighty
five years old. She knew that that file inside and note she did an incredible job catching up on the backlog and just to see how she's doing. She's just a wonderful kind of person. And I remember she baked some cookies. She brought them into me and we sat there. Honestly, we ate cookies and discussed life. But my goodness, she was such a wonderful person.
And mister Dearly Clara Pasca CBC, so premier across this country. Many provinces didn't want the carbon tax, and yet they are now having it imposed imposed on them. So what makes you think that your plan will will actually work? If we had had this six years ago, would the people actually not have a carbon tax now in Ontario? Well, it's very simple. We live in a democracy. We were elected in twenty eighteen and a greater
majority in twenty twenty one of our platforms. We weren't for the carbon tax. We brought the federal government to the highest court in the land. It didn't go our way, So we respect the courts. We move forward. But I'm doing everything I can to put money back into people's pockets. The worst place you could put money is in the government's pockets. We took a different approach rather than raise taxes and take money out of people's pockets and businesses
pockets. You know it doesn't work. It's economics, one on one. Put money back into people's pockets. They'll go out there, they may go for dinner, they might buy something they might otherwise not buy. Maybe they put a little renovation on that stirs the economy. You put money back into company's pockets. And remember, folks, back in five and a half years ago, Kathleen Win said we're getting rid out of the manufacturing sector and we're
getting into the service sector. That worked real well, didn't it. Three hundred thousand jobs were lost overnight. People were struggling, and in five and a half years there's seven hundred thousand more people working today than there was five and a half years ago. And we're one of the hottest areas regions in the entire world. We're an economic powerhouse in North America. My friends south of the border are asking me, man, what are you doing. You're
eating our lunch. Well, to my American friends that I love, We're going to eat your breakfast' and eat your lunch. We're going to eat your dinner. And of course I never missed assert so I'll eat your dessert as well. So you're putting some sort of legislation forward here that obviously takes a lot of you know, conversations with legislative drafters and otherwise. What have you been told that makes you certain that it will work this time, that it
won't just you know, ultimately be reached. Well, you know when it comes to uh are you talking the carbon tax? Right? Yeah, so the carbon tax. I think that people have a say. The previous government said we aren't going to raise taxes. Man, they raised it more than any government they've ever seen. And then they came up with this big scheme on the carbon tax. And that's all it was, is a big scheme taking money out of people's pockets. What is it with governments, no matter
what level in is able provincial or federal. What do politicians get. We're in a very tough situation. Prices are going up. Start giving people relief like we have, rather than always trying to gouge the people. You know, you work overtime. Who's there in your pockets? The government has your hands in your pocket. Property taxes, who's there? Municipal government's gouging you for more money. Why don't you run the government efficiently and stop taxing the
death out of people in Ontario take a lead from us. We've never ever raised a tax ever, and we've seen fifty two billion dollars more up to the cofference of Queen's Park because more people are paying taxes, more companies are coming here. And no matter if it's the twenty eight billion dollars in the EV sector, we've seen close to twenty billion in the tech sector, three billion in the life science sector. Again, we created more manufacturing jobs.
The manufacturers did not the government. Manufacturers created more job then all fifty states combined in the US. We're on the right track. And again we're going in the right direction and we are an economic powerhouse in North America right now. This will be the last reporter my Premier, Shavon Morris from CTV News. Hik Jewan, you've talked about for some of your own policies that these are ideas that have been discussed on the campaign trail. Why is a campaign
not sufficient to discuss something like a carbon tax. Why do you need the extra layer, an expensive layer, potentially two of something like a referendum. Well, I think it's very clear. When you're out on a campaign, you set your goals what you're going to do for the people over the next four years. And that's what I believe. In a democracy that parliament supreme, meaning that people are supreme. They vote you in, if they like you, they'll vote you in again, or they'll get rid of you.
But people have to have a say when future governments want to come in there, dig their hands in your pockets and start gouging for more of your hard earned money. Well, we see prices of everything going up. I'll guarantee you. You know, in our business, before I got involved in politics, there was a fuel surcharge. Guess where the fuel surcharge came from from? The carbon tax. So when they're delivering the groceries or the auto parts
or any parts, you're paying more because of the carbon tax. You're paying more every time you pull up to the pumps. And you know we're here at Pioneer. Pioneer just opened up across the street from where I live. It used to be a Husky. It's lined up non stop at the pin. A matter of fact, I have to ask the Pioneer folks, you know how much the fuels increased on the volume because people are lined up. They're always the lowest out there. But okay, here I go with the
gas companies. Now, no offense to anyone, but why is it when I drive home at night the gas drops five six seven eight cents per leader, you know, and during the day they jack it up. So I encourage everyone if you have time, I know a lot of people work afternoons. Fill up at night time. You get a lower cost. But congratulations to Pioneer. They're always leading the way in the lowest cost. But don't start jacking up the prices during the day. It drives me crazy, absolutely
crazy, I guess. Maybe with that in mind, I'm wondering if the government's contemplating a longer break for the temporary tax our gas tax relief. You've been doing in sort of six month, one year increments. Would you commit to something more long term. Well, we're going to take a look at everything as we move forward, budget by budget. But I'll tell you one
thing. Our government doesn't believe in raising costs. We believe in putting more money into people's pockets, creating more jobs for people, and that's the best way to help people lift them up. They have better jobs and bigger paychecks. That's what our government's all about. And we're going to continue to make sure the people of Ontario and the economy continues to move forward. There was over twenty three eight hundred jobs created last month. Call your neighbors, call
your friends. We live in such a multicultural society, as I said, one hundred and twenty countries people come from. Call your friends and family back home and ask them how things are going. I'll tell you there's no better place in the entire world than to live right here in Ontario. I want to thank you God bless each and every one of you. Thanks everyone.
We're looking at the cost of living as it's climbing. A lot of it does have to do with taxes, a lot of it has to do with other types of things such as imports and bringing more and more products from other countries into our country so that we can have them available to be sold in stores. There's a lot going on a lot that we need to look at in order to make our lives a little more affordable, including things like housing,
mortgage rates, rentals. All that sort of stuff also needs to be looked at a lot closer and see how what's affecting it so that the costs can come down so that we all can have a decent way of life without the stress of how is my paycheck really going to stretch far enough so that I can pay all my bills and put food on the table. So thank you for listening today. You've been listening to Policy and Rights. I have been your host, Michael Cloggs and find that subscribe button where for it is.
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