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Provincial Election 2018 Needs to Focus on Economic Growth
Introducing the new and returning MPPs for the three Peterborough Ridings
Congratulations from the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce
Party Platforms
The NDP and Green parties have released platform documents.   Click on the logo to read those platforms and click on the link below to read the Ontario Chamber's analysis of those platforms compared to the Vote Prosperity platform.  
Business Platform
Election Day is June 7, 2018.  

The Peterborough Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce released Vote Prosperity, a platform outlining the Ontario business community's priorities for the upcoming 2018 provincial election. 

There are four pillars on which the platform is based:
  1. Strengthen business competitiveness: Rising input costs, especially those costs deriving from government regulation and policy, are the most common and acute concern of the business community in Ontario.
  2. Foster Job Creation: A robust labour market consisting of good jobs is essential to prosperity for all Ontarians.
  3. Build Healthy Communities: Building strong communities through adequate and affordable housing, sustainable health care, and good infrastructure also supports business prosperity and growth, which supports those communities.
  4. Improve Government Accountability: Poor implementation of government initiatives can result in resource waste, political frustration and disruption for ordinary citizens.
Within the four pillars there are a total of 18 recommendations on how to achieve prosperity and bolster Ontario's long-term economic future.  
  • Allow Ontario businesses to purchase surplus electricity at rates equal to or better than the exported price to other jurisdictions.
  • Conduct and publish the results of a comprehensive review of the electricity sector, including an objective economic impact analysis assessing the full range of inputs that make up the Global Adjustment (GA), and then pursue cost-reducing measures based on the results.
  • Regardless of public policy approach chosen, pursue efforts to reduce Ontario’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in a manner that effectively mitigates risk to business competitiveness.
  • Work with federal and local levels of government to establish a publicly available analysis of the cost of doing business (CODB) in Ontario.
  • Reinstate scheduled reductions in the Corporate Income Tax, standardize the Business Education Tax and reduce the Employer Health Tax.
  • Μοdernize the apprenticeship system through the journeyperson to apprentice ratio to help alleviate some of the challenges employers face to recruit journeypersons to hire additional apprentices.
  • Redesign Employment Ontario services for both job-seekers and employers and evaluate the potential of an outcomes-based funding model.
  • Work with industry and post-secondary institutions to ensure that program offerings remain responsive to the changing labour market dynamics and the regional and sectoral needs of Ontario’s business community.
  • Allocate resources to focus support on high growth firms and those with high growth potential, by delaying taxation on corporate income growth to overcome Ontario’s scale-up challenge.
  • Focus on strategic growth policies by ensuring that land use planning and development regulations are aligned, to increase density and create more housing stock.
  • Build adaptable and resilient infrastructure stock that can address future pressures including climate change and demographic shifts.
  • Develop a single transportation authority in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area (GTHA).
  • Strike a Health Cabinet to improve information-sharing and break down budget silos between Ministries.
  • Reform the procurement and supply chain processes within the Ontario health care system.

  • Create a meaningful plan to tackle the debt and move towards balanced or surplus budgets.
  • Ensure all proposed policy, regulation and legislation has been evaluated against sound, quantitative evidence.
  • Establish concrete criteria for measuring progress toward the attainment of strategic goals and publicly publish these targets to ensure transparency.
  • Provide appropriate timelines to stakeholders when revising or implementing initiatives that will impact their operations.
We're glad to see our work around apprenticeship ratios be recognized in this report," says Stuart Harrison, President & CEO, Peterborough Chamber of Commerce. "Our members have been telling us that this is an area for improvement, so to have it part of the election dialogue is a good step forward."
The Three Ridings of Peterborough
This provincial election cycle the electoral districts will be changing to match the federal electoral districts. 
​As a result, there will be a total of three MPPs representing the geographic area of the City and County of Peterborough.

Haliburton - Kawartha Lakes - Brock

This riding is electoral district 035 and has a population of 113,960 people.  Learn more

Northumberland - Peterborough South

This riding is electoral district 073 and has a population of 112,415.  Learn more

Peterborough-Kawartha

This riding is electoral district 086 and has a population of 118,175.  Learn more
The Candidates
Peterborough-Kawartha Riding
Northumberland -  Peterborough South
Haliburton - Kawartha Lakes - Brock
Returning Offices & Elections Ontario
Peterborough - Kawarthas 
Returning Office: 
Peterborough Square - 100-360 George Street North
10:00 am - 8:00pm Mon -  Sat
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Sun
1-866-210-5582
Northumberland - Peterborough South
Returning Office:
6 - 9 Elgin Street East, Cobourg
10:00 am - 8:00pm Mon -  Sat
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Sun
​1-866-210-5478
Haliburton - Kawartha Lakes - Brock
Lindsay Returning Office:
Gateway Plaza - 215-55 Mary Street W, Lindsay
10:00 am - 8:00 pm Mon - Sat
​12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Sun​
1-866-210-5460

Minden Returning Office:
12818 35 Highway, Minden
10:00 am - 8:00 pm Mon - Sat
​12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Sun​
1-866-210-5460
We encourage you to read Vote Prosperity, and send a letter to your local candidates to ensure the voice of business is heard during the election campaign. Vote Prosperity provides productive and reasonable recommendations.    

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