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John Vail, Candidate for Hamilton Centre in Ontario Provincial Election 2014

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NameJohn Vail
ElectionOntario Provincial Election 2014
AreaHamilton Centre
PartyProgressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Votes0
Email John@JohnVail.ca
Website http://www.johnvail.ca
Home905-528-7991
Business289-396-4959
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BioJohn Vail has lived in the riding of Hamilton Centre for 13 years. He worked in the Commercial Real Estate field for the past 27 years as a former Realtor.

Prior to real estate, John worked for the Ministry of Community and Social Services. He also worked as Director of Finance of a Major Publishing Company, He is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant and articled at a major Canadian Accounting Firm.

John has a BA from the University of Toronto and Executive Designations from McMaster University as a Chartered Director, Audit Committee Certified, and Human Resources and Compensation Committee Certified.

His extensive volunteer service in the community includes Board Chair of a United Way, a Real Estate Board, and a Condominium Corporation and other volunteer organizations. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Business Development Committee, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Connections Committee.

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Responses to Questions (top)

QuestionBrief ResponseFull Response
The Ontario School Funding Formula currently incentivizes local school boards to neglect and close neighbourhood schools. Do you support keeping neighbourhood schools open? If so, how? Maybe Thanks for the questions but in my opinion they are better directed to municipal candidates as the questions relate directly to municipal issues and not to provincial issues which are jobs, the provincial economy, the provincial deficit, provincial debt reduction, and lower provincial taxes
Do you accept the evidence of human-caused global warming? If so, what policy measures do you support to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? If not, why not? Maybe Thanks for the questions but in my opinion they are better directed to municipal candidates as the questions relate directly to municipal issues and not to provincial issues which are jobs, the provincial economy, the provincial deficit, provincial debt reduction, and lower provincial taxes
Do you support Hamilton's plan to build an east-west light rail transit line with full provincial capital funding? If so, how will you ensure the project is funded? No Thanks for the questions but in my opinion they are better directed to municipal candidates as the questions relate directly to municipal issues and not to provincial issues which are jobs, the provincial economy, the provincial deficit, provincial debt reduction, and lower provincial taxes
Do you support regional GO transit expansion, including all-day two-way GO train service to Hamilton? Maybe Thanks for the questions but in my opinion they are better directed to municipal candidates as the questions relate directly to municipal issues and not to provincial issues which are jobs, the provincial economy, the provincial deficit, provincial debt reduction, and lower provincial taxes
Do you support maintaining or expanding the protection of farmland and rural natural land from urban boundary expansions? Maybe Thanks for the questions but in my opinion they are better directed to municipal candidates as the questions relate directly to municipal issues and not to provincial issues which are jobs, the provincial economy, the provincial deficit, provincial debt reduction, and lower provincial taxes
Do you support the proposal to build a new mid-Peninsula highway? Yes Thanks for the questions but in my opinion they are better directed to municipal candidates as the questions relate directly to municipal issues and not to provincial issues which are jobs, the provincial economy, the provincial deficit, provincial debt reduction, and lower provincial taxes
Should the province play a role in encouraging safer streets that promote more active transportation like walking and cycling? Maybe Thanks for the questions but in my opinion they are better directed to municipal candidates as the questions relate directly to municipal issues and not to provincial issues which are jobs, the provincial economy, the provincial deficit, provincial debt reduction, and lower provincial taxes
Do you support allowing Ontario residents to appeal to the Ontario Ombudsman with respect to municipalities, universities, school boards, hospitals, nursing homes and long-term care facilities, police and children's aid societies (the MUSH sector)? Maybe Thanks for the questions but in my opinion they are better directed to municipal candidates as the questions relate directly to municipal issues and not to provincial issues which are jobs, the provincial economy, the provincial deficit, provincial debt reduction, and lower provincial taxes