FIFE: FAO expenditure report shows systemic underfunding of key sectors

QUEEN’S PARK – Catherine Fife (Waterloo), the Ontario NDP critic for Finance and Treasury Board, has released the following statement in response to the latest expenditure report from the Financial Accountability Officer:

“What we are seeing from this government is a systemic underfunding of education across the board,” said Fife. “This government’s strategy is designed to fail our colleges and universities and to let our schools languish. While the Premier remains laser-focused on schemes and scandals and ponying up billions for a private Austrian luxury spa, the people of Ontario are getting less and less for their taxpayer dollars. With Ford’s Conservatives, the people of our province are not getting what they paid for.”

Quick Facts:

• The FAO report shows hundreds of millions increase in spending due to the unconstitutional Bill 124 retro payments to workers
• Report also shows an $87 million increase in spending to get beer in convenience stores ahead of schedule
• Conservatives are spending $123 million less than planned on education and $229 million less on colleges and universities