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Dalton McGuinty Warned About Lack of Accountability and Transparency on WDO and Eco-Tax News At the half-way point of his so-called 90-day eco-tax ‘review’ there is still no evidence that Dalton McGuinty has actively consulted with industry experts, businesses or families on his latest tax grab. However, submissions from industry stakeholders filed earlier this year with the Ministry of Environment, in response to a government review of its waste management programs, reveal that stakeholders warned Dalton McGuinty about the lack of accountability and transparency of Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO) and the eco-tax. Dalton McGuinty’s lack of consultation and transparency during his 90-day eco-tax reprieve proves he never intended to listen to families or industry experts and planned to hide a new eco-tax on 9,000 products. Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak has committed that he will eliminate the eco-tax and provide well earned relief for Ontario families and businesses. Quotes “Dalton McGuinty is afraid to hold public consultations on his eco-fee tax grab because he knows exactly what he would hear from Ontario families, businesses and industry experts – that it’s a tax grab on consumers, a burden on businesses, and there’s no way for families to track whether their tax dollars are actually helping waste diversion.” –Toby Barrett, Ontario PC Environment Critic, Haldimand-Norfolk MPP “It’s clear Dalton McGuinty has every intention of implementing his latest tax grab – the eco-tax. Given the lack of consultation and secrecy surrounding the so-called eco-tax ‘review’, Ontario families and businesses are rightly concerned they will once again be forced to pay it.” –Toby Barrett, Ontario PC Environment Critic, Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Quick Facts The lack of consultation on the eco-tax continues a troubling pattern in which the McGuinty Liberals ignore municipal leaders, industry experts, provincial organizations and Ontario families on Ministry of Environment non-public report. (see backgrounder for further details). More Ways to Get Involved


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