Pettapiece Targets NDP On Horse Racing

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Published: November 19, 2013 04:08 pm EST

On Tuesday, November 19, the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party issued a press release stating that the Ontario New Democratic Party has no credibility due to the fact that the Ontario NDP supported the Ontario Liberal Party when it decided to scrap the Slots at Racetracks Program.

Randy Pettapiece, the Ontario PC Critic for Rural Affairs and Horse Racing, said via release that, “None of this would have happened if the NDP had taken a stand against the Liberals when they had the chance,” said Pettapiece, in regard to the 2012 provincial budget.

Pettapiece went on to say, “The NDP are responsible for this mess.”

The contents of the Ontario PC release on the issue appear below.


ANDREA HORWATH HAS DEVASTATED HORSERACING INDUSTRY


“Andrea Horwath might be the only person with less credibility than Kathleen Wynne or Dalton McGuinty,” said PC MPP Randy Pettapiece, the Ontario PC Critic for Rural Affairs and Horse Racing.

Pettapiece was responding to an NDP motion calling for the Liberals to restore the Slots at Racetracks Program.

But the NDP propped up the Liberal government while it gutted the horseracing industry, beginning with the 2012 provincial budget. That budget suddenly ended the Slots at Racetracks Program with no plan to transition the industry.

Over 9,000 people have already lost their jobs, while thousands more remain at risk.

Earlier this month, Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak unveiled a bold, five-point plan to put the industry on a sound footing.

“None of this would have happened if the NDP had taken a stand against the Liberals when they had the chance,” said Pettapiece. “The NDP are responsible for this mess.”

Pettapiece continued: “The NDP is late to the game on horseracing. Ontario deserves a government that will put the industry first—not their short-term political interest.”


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