THE ERNIE EVES BUDGET: PROMISES BROKEN, PROOF OF PARTY COUP D’ETAT

Independent Schools tax Credit is “probably dead.”  TORONTO, June 18, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A month ago LifeSite predicted that, with the election of Ernie Eves, social conservatives would be frozen out of Ontario PC Party leadership circles, and at the same time, the unravelling of the once-powerful Harris Tories would be all but complete.  Yesterday’s Ontario budget, penned by Eves’ choice for finance mininster, Janet Ecker, confirms that when Eves refused to make any overtures to the pro-life element within his party and in the province at large—he meant it. It now looks more regrettable than ever, regarding the social issues, that Mr. Flaherty was not elected leader of the Ontario PC Party last March.  See the rest of this LifeSite Special Report at   https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2002/jun/020618b.html