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Statement from PC Treasury Board Critic Lisa MacLeod on the Auditor General’s response to the Pension Asset Advisory Panel Report

“The Auditor General, Bonnie Lysyk, has shown a prudent and responsible approach to ensuring the government follows the letter of the law in recording assets and revenues.   “The fact is, the Government cannot lawfully use the surpluses of two pension plans to balance its budget until it has agreement from the plans’ co-sponsors (OPSEU […]

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Statement from Ontario PC MPP John Yakabuski on Winter Disconnects

“Across the province, families and seniors are freezing in the cold because they can’t afford to pay their skyrocketing electricity prices. The Wynne Liberals have always had the ability to provide instant relief to those freezing in the cold by simply issuing a directive. Instead this government ignored the issue.   “The Liberals have no […]

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Another Year, Another Missed Financial Deadline

QUEEN’S PARK – Premier Wynne’s government is once again withholding key information about the state of Ontario’s finances, Nipissing MPP and Finance Critic Vic Fedeli stated today.   The Fiscal Transparency and Accountability Act requires the Minister of Finance to release updated quarterly information on Ontario’s finances. This includes updated information about the major components […]

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Liberal Cuts Hurting Barrie’s Royal Victoria Hospital

Yesterday, Barrie’s Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) revealed it was forced to find $4.4 million in savings to balance their 2017-18 budget. While the hospital was successful in finding $1.6 million in efficiencies, skyrocketing energy costs and the Liberal Government’s failure to adequately fund Ontario hospitals means that the jobs of 22 RVH employees […]

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Patrick Brown to Kathleen Wynne: Hire Frontline Healthcare Workers Not Power Suit Paper Pushers

TORONTO – Today, Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown called on the Wynne Liberal Government to immediately stop the hiring of 84 new expensive health care vice-presidents, and instead re-direct that funding into frontline health care.   “Kathleen Wynne’s obsession with bloating the Queen’s Park bubble continues,” said Brown. “Her new experiment of extending bureaucracy right […]

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Wynne Liberals must release hidden Hydro One executive salaries in Sunshine List

QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Ontario PC Energy Critic Todd Smith demanded that the Wynne Liberals stop hiding Hydro One salaries from the public, and publish them simultaneously with this year’s Sunshine List of public sector salaries over $100,000. If no action is taken, MPP Smith will introduce a Private Member’s Bill to stop the secrecy […]

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Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown Announces Critic Shuffle

QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown announced updated roles for the Ontario PC Caucus.    “I’m looking forward to working with this team every day on behalf of the people of Ontario,” said Brown. “The Ontario PC Caucus will hold the government to account on failed decisions that have caused a provincial […]

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Ontario businesses losing confidence in the economy

QUEEN’S PARK – Today, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce released a report entitled Ontario Economic Report, 2017. The report revealed that only 24 per cent of businesses have confidence in the province’s economy. Since Premier Kathleen Wynne first took office in 2013, business confidence in the provincial economy has been cut in half from 48 […]

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