Serving the Interests of Ontario Standardbred Breeders
Today NDP Leader Andrea Horwath will push the government to protect horseracing in Ontario by tabling the following Opposition Day motion to reinstate the Slots-at-Racetracks program. The motion will be debated and voted on in the Legislature later today: “… The Legislative Assembly calls on the Government to re-instate and maintain the SARP program unless […] Read more »
TORONTO — New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath pledged Wednesday that her party would reinstate the slots-at-racetracks program if it wins the next election. Flanked by people employed in the horse racing industry and their families, Horwath challenged the governing Liberals to reconsider their decision to scrap the SARP program and replace it with a new […] Read more »
On Tuesday, May 21, Ontario New Democratic Party Leader Andrea Horwath announced that her party will support the Ontario Liberal Party’s provincial budget, thus averting an election. According to a report by the CBC, Horwath made the announcement during a news conference at Queen’s Park. “We are prepared to support this budget within a process […] Read more »
On Tuesday morning, April 10th, Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath stated that she would not give approval to the 2012 Budget without plans to protect jobs in industries affected by the budget, including horse racing. In the final set of New Democrat proposals, according to the NDP release, “to make the Ontario Budget more fair […] Read more »
