For Immediate Release
January 26, 2012
MCGUINTY LIBERALS HIDE MUSEUM DONATION
Facts
A Freedom of Information request by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation under the Access to Information Act revealed that, in 2010, the Government of Ontario donated $5 million to the Canadian Museum of Human Rights.
The document shows that the Government of Ontario is the only provincial or territorial government, besides Manitoba where the museum is located, to donate money to this museum.
Ontario’s 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 Public Accounts show that $500,000 was donated each year to the Canadian Museum of Human Rights.
To date, the McGuinty Liberals have not informed the public of this $5 million out-of-province donation.
As Ontario sits with a massive $16 billion debt as a result of the McGuinty Liberals fiscal mismanagement, and considers cuts to programs in Ontario, Ted Chudleigh, MPP for Halton and Critic for Tourism and Culture, is asking why, at this time of fiscal crisis, the Government of Ontario is funding an out-of-province museum.
Quotes
“The fiscal disaster the McGuinty Liberals now sit with was evident when they made the decision to donate Ontarians’ money to an out-of-province museum. When we see the cuts the McGuinty Liberals propose I wonder if taxpayers will question if that $5 million could have reduced the debt or supported their families.”
Ted Chudleigh, MPP (Halton) and Critic Tourism and Culture
“The protection and promotion of human rights is something the Ontario PC government initiated in Ontario with the enactment of our first Human Rights Code in 1962. This money could have been used in Ontario to create greater equality and financial stability for all Ontario families. Instead, the McGuinty Liberals donated the money to an over budget, out-of-province museum far from the homes of most Ontario families.”
Ted Chudleigh, MPP (Halton) and Critic Tourism and Culture
