STATEMENT FROM ONTARIO PC LEADER PATRICK BROWN ON PINK SHIRT DAY:

The following is a statement from Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown on Pink Shirt Day:“Pink Shirt Day is an important initiative which serves as an occasion to highlight the seriousness of bullying in our schools and to emphasize the affects it has on victims. Bullying is a complex issue, and it can take many different […]

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GOVERNMENT MUST WORK WITH PARTNERS TO GROW FILM/TV INDUSTRY

QUEEN’S PARK – Today in Question Period, Ontario PC Deputy Leader Steve Clark (Leeds-Grenville) called on the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport to work with Ontario’s film and television sector on a multi-year plan to ensure the industry reaches its full potential.Clark, who serves as Official Opposition Critic for Tourism, Culture and Sport, also […]

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Budget 2016 Must Include Credible Plan to Balance the Books

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario PC Finance Critic Vic Fedeli (Nipissing) asked the Premier today if she would support his Opposition Day motion, which asks the government to include a credible plan to balance the budget, including immediate action to pay down the debt. “The Fall Economic Statement confirmed the government is using money from the […]

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LIBERAL STRATEGY TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIGENOUS WOMEN A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION: SCOTT

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario PC Women’s Critic, Laurie Scott, MPP, made a statement today on the Liberal government’s “Walking Together” strategy to end violence against indigenous women.“Violence against women, including women from our indigenous communities, should not be tolerated in our society. Making our communities safer must be a priority for the Liberal Government. Today’s […]

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Premier gives patient safety cold shoulder, dismisses frontline workers’ concerns over cuts as “rhetoric”

QUEEN’S PARK – Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP and PC Critic for Long-Term Care Bill Walker says it was callous of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to dismiss the troubling testimony from Ontario’s frontline health workers as “rhetoric” in today’s Question Period at Queen’s Park. MPP Walker shared with the Premier some of the testimony heard during the […]

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Budget 2016 Must Include Plan to Properly Manage Health Care System

QUEEN’S PARK – This morning, Ontario PC Health Critic Jeff Yurek (Elgin-Middlesex-London) asked the Premier if she would support the Ontario PC Party’s recommendation to include in the provincial budget a plan to properly manage Ontario’s health care system. “Every day, the real cost of this Liberal Government’s scandals, waste and mismanagement is being felt […]

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Budget 2016 Must Include Plan for Affordable Hydro: Brown

QUEEN’S PARK – This morning in the Legislature, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown highlighted the need for the Liberal Government to put forward a credible plan to make energy affordable in the upcoming provincial budget. Affordable hydro for Ontarians is one of the three recommendations the Ontario PC Caucus believes the people of […]

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Scott’s Human Trafficking Bill Passes Second Reading

QUEEN’S PARK – Today would have marked Ontario’s first Human Trafficking Awareness Day, as called for in the Saving the Girl Next Door Act, 2016. PC Women’s Critic, Laurie Scott, MPP, introduced Bill 158 last week, calling attention to the human trafficking crisis in Ontario. On Thursday, February 18, 2016, the Ontario Legislature voted unanimously […]

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