Later this afternoon, I will table legislation that will include five robust accountability measures that will aim to restore public trust and confidence in Ontario's government and will shed some sunlight into some of the darkest corridors of political power here at Queen's Park and throughout our government. The legislation contains a series of taxpayer protection measures that will expand freedom of information across the government. It will ensure that at public sector bodies, proactive disclosure of hospitality and travel expenses, job reclassification, and contracts and contributions over $10,000 are all fully disclosed.

These five points, had they been law, would have likely prevented scandals and taxpayer abuses at eHealth, the OLG and other government agencies. They would have also prevented the scandal at the Minister of Citizenship's office that ended with an Auditor General's report that uncovered a cricket club receiving $1 million when it had asked for $150,000.

If this bill becomes law, it means that the secretive LHINs and the tax-raising Waste Diversion Ontario will be accountable to the public. I'm calling on all members of this assembly to support this common-sense, practical and sensible bill.