QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Ontario PC Francophone Affairs Critic, Gila Martow (MPP for Thornhill) questioned the government on its decision to close Centre Jules-Léger in Ottawa, the only bilingual school for the deaf and blind in Ontario. “Despite the government’s one year respite, they continue to look at Ontario’s deaf and blind as a […]
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QUEEN’S PARK– This morning, Lambton—Kent—Middlesex MPP Monte McNaughton questioned Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne regarding the conflicting aspirations of her Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure, Hon. Brad Duguid, and her Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Glen Murray. “Just last year the Premier appointed Ray Tanguay – the auto czar – […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Leeds-Grenville MPP Steve Clark is insisting the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport act immediately to stop the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) from implementing a plan that would cut the program’s local roots. In Question Period today, Clark, who serves as Official Opposition Critic for Tourism, Culture and Sport, revealed the […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Yesterday, it was revealed that the Ontario Provincial Police had launched their fifth investigation into the Liberal Government. “This morning I was planning on asking the Liberals about health care cuts and autism funding cuts. Instead, I’m forced to ask this Premier about an unprecedented fifth OPP investigation,” said Leader of […]
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May 4th marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as Yom HaShoah. On this day, people around the world stop to remember the millions of innocent Jewish men, women and children who were put to death in Nazi concentration camps. The Shoah stands as a stark lesson in the consequences of hatred and violence. We […]
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On this day 101 years ago, Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae of Guelph, Ontario, penned the fifteen lines that would become Canada’s, and perhaps the world’s, best known war poem, In Flanders Fields. McCrae was already a veteran of the Boer War with a distinguished medical career when he joined the 1st Brigade CFA (Canadian […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – This morning MPP Jeff Yurek (Elgin-Middlesex-London) alongside Ms. Sandra Gibbons and Mr. George Habib, President & CEO of the Ontario Lung Association, hosted a press conference to celebrate the one year anniversary of Ryan’s Law. “Today marks the one year anniversary of Ryan’s Law. A law that not only allows students […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Continuing his fight against the Liberal government’s May 1st cuts to autism therapy, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown used today’s Question Period to share the story of a family from Oakville. “I want to tell you about five year old Joshua from Oakville. At age three he was diagnosed […]
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The following is a statement from Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown and Ontario PC Health Critic MPP Jeff Yurek on Mental Health Week: “This week marks Mental Health Week, an opportunity to raise awareness about mental health issues and end the surrounding stigma. Mental health issues and physical health issues are equally […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – On May 1st, Ontarians experienced an additional rate increase on their hydro bills, with annual energy costs for the average family going up by $37.56. “On April 19, just over two weeks ago, the Finance Minister said hydro rates are going down. But yesterday, everyone else’s hydro bills went up,” said […]
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