For immediate release:
October 23, 2018
Ontario Creating and Protecting Jobs by Cutting Red Tape
Making Ontario Open for Business Act Will Get Government Out of the Way of the Job Creators
QUEEN’S PARK — Today MPP Will Bouma shared details on how the Ontario Government is acting to help create and protect jobs in Ontario by reducing the regulatory burden on Ontario businesses and workers.
The Making Ontario Open for Business Act will, if passed by Ontario’s Legislature, enable more Ontario employers to boost job creation and investment by cutting unnecessary regulations that are inefficient, inflexible and out of date, while maintaining standards to keep Ontarians safe and healthy.
“Businesses told us that the Liberals created a regulatory burden that chased businesses and jobs out of Ontario and we can’t afford to ignore the problem any longer” said Bouma. “This legislation is great for job creators, and great for any person looking to find work in Ontario. By reducing the red-tape burden we are once again making Ontario one of the best places in the world to invest, and create jobs. And we believe that anybody who is prepared to work hard deserves a shot at a better job.”
The Making Ontario Open for Business Act will, if passed by Ontario’s Legislature, replace the Liberals’ ideological minimum wage scheme with one that remains at $14 per hour until 2020, at which point it will rise with inflation. The Act will also replace the Liberals’ disastrous Personal Emergency Leave rules and instead ensure workers will be able to take up to three days for personal illness, two for bereavement and three for family responsibilities while maintaining leave provisions for victims of domestic or sexual violence. The Act will also open up jobs for Ontarians interested in the skilled trades by reducing journeyman-to-apprenticeship ratios at one-to-one and winding down the complex, job killing bureaucracy at the Ontario College of Trades.
“At the heart of our plan is the conviction that Ontario can once again be a great place to invest, grow and create jobs,” stated MPP Bouma “We’re cutting red tape, creating new jobs and telling the world, loud and clear that Ontario is open for business.”
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For more information, contact MPP Will Bouma at 519-759-0361 or will.bouma@pc.ola.org