celebrate the official launch of MP John Milloy’s campaign for re-election.
number of volunteers that were present were handing out lawn signs to visitors
and preparing to head out for a day of canvassing for the campaign.
Milloy will keep the riding liberal over his conservative opponent Dave
MacDonald. Although as per recent polls conservatives are still in the lead
province wide, their lead is shrinking and there are still at least four weeks
of campaigning left for candidates.
all fired up, all leaders are visible and Kitchener-Center residents are ready
to head to the polls. Over the next few weeks, canvassing, visible presence and
a well communicated plan will hopefully get John Milloy re-elected.
individuals that are not familiar with him, it would be his solid record of
accomplishments while in government.
has managed to implement during their past eight years in power have been:
Annually increasing the minimum wage in the
province since 2003. Currently, the minimum wage in Ontario sits at 10.25 CAD
With the introduction of the Green Energy Act
the Liberals have created more green Jobs in Ontario than anywhere in the country
John Milloy, as Minister of Training, Colleges
and Universities, in accordance with directives received from Queen’s Park,
managed to help reduce class sizes and hire more teachers at the prominent Waterloo and Wilfrid
Laurier Universities
and at Conestoga College. Similar hiring was achieved
province wide under Liberal guidance
Liberals, through significant stimulus spending
and investment have managed to help Ontario gain 116,000 jobs over the past
year, with the addition of 2009 and 2010 almost recovering the 257,000 jobs
that were lost a the height of the global economic recession. A lot of the job
gains have been in the tech sector in and around Kitchener-Waterloo
As I was chatting with many Kitchener-Center residents at
the official campaign launch on Saturday, drinking coffee and munching on hors d’oeuvres,
I realized that many citizens in and around this part of town are looking for a
government that can first keep its promises and second help them and their
children live quiet, comfortable and safe lives.
education in the province to keep pace with global competition, keeping our
community safe and minimally increasing the public sector to help better
service the ballooning population in the municipality.
friendly is precisely the way to go for Kitchener-center Ontarians.
