MPP - Andrea Horvath - Hamilton Centre

Lord, today we pray for Andrea Horwath, leader of the NDP Party of Ontario and MPP for Hamilton. Bless Ms. Horwath with wisdom beyond anything she’s known before. Cause her heart to be moved by the things that move your heart. May she seek your guidance today and every day. Send helpful and godly people into her life to assist with her many responsibilities. Bless her with continued good health and strength for the demands of her position are many. Fill her household with your peace. Make Ms. Horwath a blessing to the city of Hamilton and to all the people of Ontario. Amen.

Andrea grew up in Hamilton.

Her parents were immigrants. They came to Ontario from Czechoslovakia to build a better life. Their family worked hard. Her dad worked on the factory floor. Her sister, brother, and Andrea all worked through school.

The family had a mortgage, a car, and took family vacations together. They’d pack up the big green cooler and head down to the beach on Lake Erie. Andrea’s mom would stretch every dollar by cutting coupons and counting every penny.

She taught Andrea well, who paid her way through university waiting tables.

Working in Hamilton at the downtown legal aid clinic, she saw firsthand how times had changed. Making ends meet is harder for families today.

Andrea felt the call to public service because she wanted to help people. She was elected to city council in Hamilton in 1997. She did everything she could to fight for the small businesses in the ward. And it paid off. Mom and pop stores reopened and young entrepreneurs created jobs and are flourishing. The “For Rent” signs transformed into “Opening Soon” banners.

Local businesses grew with the support of the Hamilton community. Just think of what we can do across Ontario together. We can help communities thrive and create jobs by cutting small businesses taxes.

We know it will be hard work. If there is anything Andrea’s family taught her, it was that hard work will pay off. She knows people want a government that is there to create opportunity — not make life more expensive.

Andrea will lower your hydro bills by creating efficiencies and passing all of the savings back to consumers. She’ll save taxpayers money by putting an end to these Liberal scandals and waste. It’s about respecting your money and creating jobs.

It just makes sense.