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economist sunsuntribune provincial politics saturday nov 26 2005 tory dishes it out r grits on menu at 500aplate feast joan ransberry staff writer more than 1000 people paid 500 each wednesday to help get the big blue machine out of the red the progressive conserva tive fundraiser held at thorn- hills le pare banquet hall attended by party leader john tory and about 20 mpps helped put a dent in the provincial partys 5million debt when mr tory took over the reigns 14 months ago the con servatives were 10million in the hole the next provincial election is expected in 2007 building a party is tough one of my first priorities was to rebuild the party in every sense of the word its organization its fundraising and its moral mr tory told the partisan crowd but i knew that in this party we had the experience the vision and the talent to provide real leadership and good govern ment to ontario mr tory spent the bulk of his 20minute speech taking shots at the liberals especially pre mier dalton mcguinty what we see from the mcguinty liberals time and time again is a record of blatant bro ken promises and an absolute refusal to take responsibility for their mistakes mr tory said even worse they seem to look for ways to make the prob lems bigger whether through their increased taxes their crushing regulatory burden their growing debt or their aver sion to anything other than big government the mcguinty lib erals are sending out the wrong signals from ontario mr tory charged the liberals with not understanding the relationship between high taxes crushing regulations and the willingness to invest and create jobs and they dont understand the money for health care and education comes from that investment and those jobs not from the printing press at queens park the party leader took issue ran mm staff photosjoerd w1tteveen progressive conservative leader john tory took shots at premier dalton mcguinty during a fundraiser in thornhill wednesday that helped reduce the provincial partys 5million debt not doing enough to fight crime and make communities safe either mr tory stressed i have been in the chal lenged neighbourhoods mr tory said i sat with the commu nity leaders the young people the police and others i listened pressed the government to act and tried to give a voice to these troubled families and communi ties who often have difficulty being heard while toronto experienced what became known as the sum mer of the gun mr mcguintys response was to ban pit bulls mr tory told the audience mr tory called on the govern ment to fix the justice system so a shooting suspect arrested on friday wont be back in his neighbourhood by the weekend after being granted bail lets get our governments working together so that these kids can see there is an opportu nity in front of them and that there is a choice better than gangs gunfire and jail the event cochaired by oak ridges mpp frank klees was a sell out the conservatives expect to garner more votes in york in the next election i am in york region two or three times a week mr tory said it is a very important region what we see from the mcguinty liberals time and time again is a record of blatant broken promises and an absolute refusal to take responsibility for their mistakes john tory progressive conservative leader with how the liberals are hand ing gridlock including here in york region i have pointed out to them over and over again that day after day here in york region and elsewhere people are spending hours and hours in their cars getting to and from work he said its bad for the environment its bad for peoples health and its bad for their families do we see any kind of a plan emerging for transportation in a region with exploding population do we see the liberals showing any leadership in getting the other governments to the table with york chairman bill fisch the answer is no the mcguinty government is xgcs get freshened up at doggie spaw gifor the christmas season ft ioming 905 4717021 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