OTTAWA – Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown joined MPP Lisa MacLeod and members of the Ontario PC Caucus to tour The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre (The Royal). The state of the art facility is one of Canada’s 24 research hospitals and provides training to mental health professionals, from nurses to psychologists, on the increasingly […]
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Liberal NO vote means struggle for support will continue QUEEN’S PARK – “A missed opportunity.” Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris expressed his utter disappointment moments after Wynne Liberal members chose to vote against his Private Members Motion call for an all-party Select Committee into Rare Disease Treatment in Ontario. “After a year of hearing Rare Disease […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Bill Walker, the MPP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound and the PC Critic for Long-Term Care, slammed the Liberal government’s cut to the Assistive Devices program that has resulted in an inexcusable backlog and wait times for assessment and repair services. “Does the government care enough about what happens to Ontario’s vulnerable people […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – This morning, Ontario PC GTA Affairs Critic Gila Martow (MPP for Thornhill) questioned the Minister of Government and Consumer Services on his plan to mitigateaccessible parking permit abuse. “The Toronto Police Service’s ‘Abuse It and Lose It’ campaign has come to an end with shocking results. Officers inspected over 1,565 vehicles to […]
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Government’s cap-and-trade scheme a tax to raise revenue, says Greg Sorbara QUEEN’S PARK – The Liberal government has failed to present a credible plan to Ontarians that will effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions while protecting taxpayers and our economy, says Lisa Thompson, MPP for Huron-Bruce and PC Environment and Cap-and-Trade Critic. “Instead Kathleen Wynne wants […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – The Financial Accountability Officer today reiterated concerns of the Ontario PC Caucus about the credibility of the Wynne Government’s budget numbers, Finance Critic and Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli said today. “Today, the Financial Accountability Officer referred to the budget as “vague and uncertain,” Fedeli said, adding the government has made the deficit […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – The Liberal Government continues to evade questions surrounding the bankruptcy of Goodwill Toronto, said Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece, who serves as Opposition Critic to the Minister of Community and Social Services. Last year, the government granted $4 million to Goodwill, including nearly $1.7 million from the Ministry of Community and Social Services […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – During Question Period today, Ontario PC Critic for Women’s Issues, Laurie Scott, asked the Liberal Government to admit its mistake of omitting funding to tackle human trafficking in the 2016 Budget. “The government says that human trafficking is a crisis and that it’s a priority,” said Scott. “But, there is no new […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Leading up to the release of Budget 2016, the Ontario PC Caucus outlined three reasonable recommendations the people of the province deserved to see included in the budget, one of which was a credible plan for affordable energy. Unfortunately, Budget 2016 included no plan to address Ontario’s skyrocketing energy prices which are […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario Budget 2016 proved that for Ontario’s seniors, life is harder under the Liberals. The Liberal Government is nearly doubling the annual deductible under the Ontario Drug Benefit, increasing it by $70. The Budget also increases the co-payment per prescription by $1. Seniors will now have to pay more for life-saving medication, […]
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