Tuesday October 15, 2013 – 10am
Posted Oct 15, 2013 02:32:40 PM.
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10:00am- Ted Clarke, General Manager of Grand River Raceway, Re: Premier Kathleen Wynne has announced the province will spend up to $400-million over 5 years to help shore up the struggling horse-racing industry, calling it an “investment in the future”. But what does it mean right now for local racetracks?
10:30am- Candice Malcolm, Ontario Director of the Canadian Taxpayer’s Federation, Re: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on all provincial government agencies to aggressively reduce the amount of sick time taken by government employees and crack down on sick day abuse. New data from the Ontario Public Service and StatsCan, exclusively obtained by the CTF, show that the average Ontario government employee took 10.5 sick days off in 2012, compared to 5.8 days taken by their non-government counterparts.
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