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Ontario Liberals have a long tradition of working to improve the lives of all Ontarians, from the party's pre-Confederation roots as a force for equality and democracy, to the Wynne Liberals of today.

The Ontario Liberal Party has its roots in the Reform Party of William Lyon Mackenzie and Robert Baldwin, who fought for real democracy in the 1830s and 1840s against the elitist, conservative rule of the Family Compact.

The party as we know it today was founded by George Brown - owner of the Toronto Globe and a key figure in uniting Upper and Lower Canada.

Today we continue on in the best tradition of the early party – whether investing in public health care to make wait times in Ontario the shortest in Canada, introducing the first full-day kindergarten to help both parents and students, or helping to make Ontario a North American leader in clean technology – attracting more, higher paying jobs for Ontario families.

The words of Liberal Prime Minister Sir Wilfred Laurier a century ago ring true for Ontario Liberals today: “I am a liberal. I am one of those who think that everywhere in human beings, there are abuses to be reformed, new horizons to be opened up, and new forces to be developed.”

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Ontario Liberals get behind Phase 2 of Ottawa's LRT plan

June 4, 2014

Premier Kathleen Wynne was in Ottawa today to announce that a re-elected Liberal government will make the next phase of Ottawa’s light rail transit (LRT) project a provincial priority.

Phase 2 of the Ottawa LRT project will include a southbound extension of the O-Train as well as both east and westbound extensions of the Confederation Line LRT. The City of Ottawa estimates that by 2023, close to 700,000, or 67 per cent, of the total city population will live within five kilometres of LRT as a result of the implementation of Phase 2.

 

If re-elected, a Liberal government will immediately re-introduce the 2014 Budget, which commits $29 billion over the next ten years in transportation infrastructure across the province. As part of this commitment, $14 billion will be invested in transportation in communities outside of the GTHA, including projects like Phase 2 of the Ottawa LRT.

Unlike Tim Hudak and the PCs, who vow to cancel transit projects across Ontario to fund a downtown Toronto subway, a Liberal government will invest in transit projects across the province. Neither Tim Hudak nor Andrea Horwath have made Phase 2 of the Ottawa LRT project a priority in their platforms.

By choosing politics over people and rejecting the 2014 Budget, Andrea Horwath and the NDP put critical transit projects like Phase 2 of the Ottawa LRT at risk.

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