Elections
Will you complete the job of uploading social services costs to the Province? Why or why not?
Responses to the question: "Will you complete the job of uploading social services costs to the Province? Why or why not?"
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5 Candidate Responses (top)
| Hamilton Centre | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Brief Response | Full Response |
| Andrea Horwath | Yes | During the Harris and Eaves years of provincial government, millions of dollars of provincial cost-sharing was downloaded to the municipalities. This included hospital, infrastructure spending, court security, education and social assistance. The Liberals promised to upload this money back to the province by 2018. That is seven years away. New Democrats would speed this process up by cost-sharing with municipalities.
A new, three-year dedicated fund will provide $70 million annually to help municipalities with road and bridge repairs. The operating costs of municipal transit systems will be split 50-50. Costs for social assistance and court security will continue to be uploaded. And the NDP will make a commitment not to download the cost of hazardous household waste disposal onto municipalities, or consumers in the form of eco-fees. |
| Christopher Lawson | Yes | Cities like Hamilton have had recipients of various social services concentrated in their population by various social service mechanisms across the province. This results in a disproportionate burden for municipalities when assigning the costs of these services at tax time. The equal distribution of the real costs of these services should be spread across the province that they serve. |
| Michael Baldasaro | Yes | The Province makes money off what used to be called illegal gambling and booze running. They should give something back. |
| Peter Ormond | Yes | The Green Party believes it is time for this to happen and has pledged to meet the promised upload of $1.5 billion in social service and court security costs by 2018. Further, the Green Party has promised to not download costs, or add new one to Ontario's limited property tax base. The Greens understand that strong local communities and municipalities are what drive government and not the other way around. |
| Robert Kuhlmann | No | No, I'd eliminate those costs altogether and let the people vote for how their tax money is spent, how much is spent, where it's spent and what it's spent on. If such a policy was implemented, you'd see a marked improvement in the efficiency and quality of services provided here in Hamilton as well as everywhere else. Nobody likes to see people suffering in their own backyard. |
Response Summary (top)
| Brief Response | Count | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 4 | 80.0% |
| No | 1 | 20.0% |
| Maybe | 0 | 0.0% |
5 Candidates Have Not Responded (top)
| Hamilton Centre | ||
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Gracey | ||
| Don Sheppard | ||
| Donna Tiqui-Shebib | ||
| Robert Szajkowski | ||
| Steven Passmore | ||
