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ISSUE:

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will make a funding announcement at the Ford plant in Essex today.

REALITY:

Too little, too late

• Today’s announcement is too little, too late. Canada lost 95,000 private sector jobs in July, 2008 alone. While the Conservatives attempt to shore up one vulnerable seat, another 800 jobs were lost in Welland with the closing of the John Deere plant. Another 500 jobs were lost in Guelph last week with the closing of the Linamar plant. The key to strong jobs and a competitive manufacturing sector is innovation and producing the cars and products of the future. This Conservative government did nothing in two and a half years to help the auto sector reinvest in capital and innovation.

Conservatives flip-flop when it’s too late to do any good

• On January 17, 2008, in response to the potential closing of the Ford Essex plant, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty stated that he would not pick “winners and losers.” On providing targeted aid to help save jobs in hard-pressed sectors, Mr. Flaherty said, “I’m not a band-aid solution kind of Finance Minister” (December 12, 2007). Investing at the eleventh hour, after a plant has announced it will close, is just not good enough for the Canadian people.

The Conservatives abandoned Ontario

• As Ontario’s economy faced significant challenges through 2007 and 2008, the Conservatives did nothing but say, “Canada’s economic fundamentals are strong.” In fact, the Finance Minister called Ontario “the last place to invest.” Since Minister Flaherty made his comment, 134,000 Ontarians in the manufacturing sector have lost their jobs.更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net