Wynne Gives a Stern Reply to Tory Leadership Candidate O’Leary

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Ontario’s Liberal premier, Kathleen Wynne, has given a stern reply to the accusations of the federal Conservative leadership race, Kevin O’Leary, with an open letter posted on her Facebook on Sunday. Wynne attacked the most recent and high-profile candidate for the leadership for erroneously claiming that Ontario attracts lower auto investment than Michigan.

In response to the allegations made by the businessman and television personality, Wynne wrote in her letter that “I noticed that you told one media outlet that our province trails Michigan when it comes to auto sector investment because, in your words, business there enjoys, ‘30 per cent less in tax, no regulations and no carbon tax.’” According to Wynne, “in fact, that’s inaccurate on just about every count. As it turns out, Ontario has attracted roughly $2 billion worth of new auto sector investment in the last few months alone — far outpacing Michigan.” Moreover, the premier clarified that “indeed, over the past five years, Ontario has accounted for 14.6 per cent of all the auto production in North American, surpassing the share enjoyed by any other jurisdiction on either side of the border including — you guessed it — Michigan.”

In addition to that, Premier Wynne agreed that there is “no carbon tax in Michigan but our program to cap the emissions of industry is far less expensive and much more effective than the new carbon tax your fellow Conservatives have promised to introduce.” She concluded that “as for taxes, businesses in Ontario pay a combined federal and provincial rate of 28.5 per cent. That’s significantly below the 38.9 per cent they pay in Michigan.”

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