QUEEN’S PARK – Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown used Question Period today to ask the Deputy Premier why her government’s priorities are lining the pockets of Liberal friends while Ontario families struggle to pay for skyrocketing hydro rates. Freedom of Information (FOI) requests have revealed that the Liberal government has awarded nearly $3 […]
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QUEEN’S PARK– Today during Question Period, the Liberal government admitted they are conducting their own review of the current regulations pertaining to the restricted use of neonicotinoids. The government’s own review is proof that even they know that the current regulations do not work. Despite this, the Minister of Agriculture failed to confirm whether […]
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Ontario PC Transportation Critic demands for release of results QUEEN’S PARK -Ontario PC Transportation Critic Michael Harris today followed up on his letter to the Premier with a question in the Legislature demanding that test results on the bolts and Ministry of Transportation analysis integral to the January 10th Nipigon Bridge failure be publicized […]
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“September 21st marks World Alzheimer’s Day, an opportunity to raise awareness for the global fight against Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Alzheimer’s is a fatal disease that affects all aspects of a person’s behaviour. It places unmeasurable hardship on the loved ones and caregivers of those affected. The pain of watching the […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today during Question Period, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown shared with the Premier some of the feedback he heard at the 2016 International Plowing Match. “Yesterday at the International Plowing Match, I heard one thing over and over again. I am sure the Premier heard it too,” said Brown. […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Lisa Macleod, MPP for Nepean-Carleton and PC Treasury Board and Digital Government Critic, today joined Trent Hills Mayor Hector Macmillan as he shared his experience of being denied funding for life-saving cancer treatment. “Ontarians are dying while waiting for bureaucracy and administration to catch up with the treatments that are already […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Following the Liberal Government’s Throne Speech where they offered nothing but band-aid solutions to Ontario’s hydro crisis, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown used today’s Question Period to again ask the Liberal Government why they continue to sign costly energy contracts. “For the last two days, I have said that […]
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(Queen’s Park) – With the Ontario Legislature back sitting in a new Session of the 41st Parliament, Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott has again hit the ground running by introducing six different Private Members’ Resolutions. “With each of the resolutions I’ve tabled in the Legislature, we’re calling attention to important issues facing our Riding […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown asked the Premier why her Liberal Government is selling energy to competing jurisdictions, resulting in billions of dollars in losses to Ontario ratepayers and taxpayers. “Let’s pose this question I found on a Liberal math test. If you pay 8.55 cents a kilowatt […]
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“What happened to the Premier who promised us transparency?” QUEEN’S PARK -Ontario PC Transportation Critic Michael Harris says the refusal to make public the names of a secret panel deciding the future of the GTA West Highway only fuels speculation as to government’s agenda. “Continued secrecy only fuels further questions… who selected them, and […]
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