Howard Hampton Quotations

We're not going to see new investment in Ontario's forest sector as long as Ontario has the highest electricity rates in North America (and) as long as Ontario has the highest wood costs in North America,

should stop worrying about constitutional jurisdictions and do something the way previous governments in Ontario have done.

Six months ago, the McGuinty government said the deficit was $6 billion, then in the budget they said it was $3 billion, and now four months later, they say it's only $1.6 billion,

There is an epidemic of bad water on first nations, ... Will you stop the platitudes, stop telling first nations you feel their pain, and start making some financial investments to improve the quality of water in their communities?

Literally the most trivial thing gets charged to the taxpayer, (and) things that the average person would never think of trying to buy, like a $70 steak,

That's basically where the McGuinty government has put this industry now.

Why did people have to suffer under Third World conditions with contaminated water for two years while your government ignored the problem?

Trying to change the name of it is a phony exercise.

What's already happening in the pulp-and-paper sector is very quickly about to happen in the steel sector. The next sector will be the chemical sector.

Another advertising campaign is going to do nothing for hard-pressed farmers.

Farmers are facing a double whammy - an income squeeze, and they're also facing a cost squeeze with electricity (and) gas going up,

There may be some benefits on the energy side, but people should not be under any mistaken impression that there will be huge benefits here,

This is the people's money, ... This is not the McGuinty government's money.

It seems to me there's only two options for Minister Ramsay, ... Either he doesn't know his job, in which case he should be fired because people's health was at stake, or he isn't telling the truth.

It makes sense, because where you do have available hours of daylight you should try to use them, ... That's all this does.

The NDP position on Northern Ontario representation is clear - the north deserves a strong voice in the Ontario Legislature, ... The Ontario NDP opposes any reduction in the number of seats for Northern Ontario.

I'm disappointed Northern Ontario Liberal MPPs put their party interests ahead of their constituents' interests,

If the McGuinty government doesn't return all of the money plus interest, I think that is an issue for the ombudsman or for the auditor,

The difference is this: You don't find many paper mills in southern Ontario, or pulp mills or smelting operations. Most of southern Ontario's industry doesn't use electricity extensively.