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'wm Hull) (mammal-Warned”. Seplemba' [4. Ian- 7 Provi n c1al Election 20 1 1 Throughout Ihe provincial .7 election. we'll he asking the o . o candidates for the riding of § Emmth ErlC ‘ Isabel KitchenerWaterloo to give us their ' 0 . r" ' m insight into the issues that matter '5‘ Winner ~. Dams - CISte a to you. the candidates’ written ' -. 3" # responses are printed in full. . x I! V__ 1, In light ol the economic W YV ' I ONTARIO upheavals we've seen since 2008, .‘ "Dp‘ .. and concerns that ()ntarlos ecu. y o N r A a u o nomic recovery has softened as job creation has stalled, we asked: The PC Party recognizes that small and The Ontario Liberal Plan is making our Waterloo Region has a great diversity of l medium‘sized businesses are the backbone of province a leader in the global economy. Our small and mid-sized businesses which employ . - - Ontario's economy and that private sector job Innovation Agenda will continue to create jobs in thousands of our residents, but many of these . Wtspecrfic Steps-”u” creation by these businesses is absolutely criti- today’s high tech industries including digital have been struggling in the last couple of Du take or 011C195 cal to the future prosperity of our province and media, biotech and the entertainment and cre- years. y . p Wt” 011 im lement our ability to fund services such as health and ative clusters here locally. If elected. I will work with the NDP to lower y p ’ education. Our plan will: We are committing to triple the number of the small business tax rate to four per cent to to foster the growth Or - Reduce the regulatory burden and elimi- successful stan-up companies in Ontario by cre- help create local jobs. - nate red ta by 30 per cent. ating incentives to ensure innovative companies We will also reward 'ob creators by offerin creation of small and p“ . l g . _ - (Zreate more than 200,000 new apprentice in the region have the capital they need to grow. tax credits to companies investing in machinâ€" , medium-Sized ship spaces over four years and reduce the ratio We will continue to make investments in local ery, equipment and buildings in Ontario. bUSiIl€SS€$ in our of journeyman to apprentices to l to l to put infrastructure, such as Light Rail Transit. to make Companies that are helping staff upgrade their ' more skilled workers on the job. Waterloo Region a top choice in Canada to live. skills and build our economy will benefit from community? 0 Create 60.000 more post-secondary spaces work and raise a family. Our long-tenn infrastmc- our training tax credit. ' for students to develop an innovative and ture plan will continue to create more jobs locally Our Buy Ontario plan will make it the law skilled workforce. for our tradespeople, strengthening local con~ that Ontario‘s money is spent here to create ' Remove the HST from hydro and home struction and contracting businesses. jobs. ’ UPCOMll‘ldUSEIIJI‘RBé'Sl‘ES AND heating bills. In 2009. to help our small businesses compete Every year our government spends billions { . 20 ”5 2.40 ,3 H I . Reduce business tax rates to bring more we reduced the small business tax rate by almost of dollars of our money on everything from 1 . :99“ (1'1 ' ' p.m. ' ‘ 00 are well paid private sector jobs to our community. 20 per cent. We will reduce it to just 4 per cent. transit cars to computers to vegetables. It only 1 PL. at} "(5:1 ‘ I _ - Introduce a Small Business Bill of Rights Moving forward, our priority is to continue makes sense to spend as much of that money 1 "funny? 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