The Toronto Star: Capping public CEO salaries at $418,000 a year and essentially rebuilding the old Ontario Hydro system are two key promises in the New Democratic Party platform.
The NDP told party faithful at their weekend pre-election convention that they are the party to deliver “affordable change” to Ontario voters on Oct. 6.
To do that, they promise to save $80 million over four years by capping government CEO salaries, reversing corporate tax cuts and ending the $1 million a day spent on consultants by government.
The NDP platform was released Saturday and it follows weeks of pocketbook friendly election promises such as freezing municipal transit fares and siphoning one percentage point off the 13 per cent HST on gasoline annually for four years.
The platform is heavy on energy and healthcare promises.
The NDP want to essentially rebuild Ontario Hydro by combining four power houses - Hydro One, the Ontario Power Authority, Ontario Power Generation and the Independent Electricity System Operator into one.
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