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Results So Far:

"What Ontario has achieved these past eight years is nothing short of amazing. Together, we have achieved so much." - Premier Dalton McGuinty

In Jobs:

When the global recession threatened Ontario, we acted. We created a plan to attract new jobs and investment. That plan is working:

• We're first in North America for converting foreign direct investment into jobs.
• We've created more full-time jobs than the rest of Canada combined so far this year.
• We're the leading auto manufacturer in North America.
• Our Green Energy Act has created over 20,000 clean-energy jobs and is on track to create 50,000 by the end of 2012.
• Our tax reforms have made our businesses more competitive and will create 600,000 new jobs over the next decade.

In Education:

We believe that nothing is more important to our economic future than education. In today's global economy, the best jobs go to the best-educated. That’s why we’ve:

• Created North America’s first full-day kindergarten (FDK) to give our children and grandchildren the best possible start. 50,000 four- and five-year olds will attend FDK this fall — growing to 250,000 by 2014. FDK is saving parents up to $6,500 per child per year in child care costs.
• Reduced class sizes to provide more support to students — 97 per cent of students (JK – Grade 3) are in a class of 23 students or less.
• Helped students achieve and exceed the provincial standard in test scores – an increase of 15 percentage points since 2003.
• Provided students with more support to help more graduate high school — 81 per cent of students now complete their high school, up from 68 per cent in 2003.
• Created 200,000 more postsecondary education spaces
• Provided students with the loans and grants that they needed — while capping the annual debt to ensure that students do not enter the work force with a mountain of debt.

In Health Care:

We believe that every Ontarian should have access to good quality care when they need it — regardless of their ability to pay. That’s why we’ve entrenched the universality of our health care system while working to strengthen health care services:

• Made universal health care the law and banned two-tier health care.
• Successfully tackled surgical wait times — from Canada’s longest waits to Canada’s shortest waits for cataract surgery, hip and knee replacements amongst others.
• Built 18 new hospitals, hired over 11,500 nurses, and 200 Family Health Teams providing good quality health care to almost 3 million Ontarians closer to home.
• Over one million more Ontarians now have a family doctor.
• Protecting the health of our children with five new, free vaccines to save parents up to $1,400 per child.