QUEEN’S PARK – It shouldn’t take a lawsuit for the Liberal government to reimburse municipalities and service providers for their Social Assistance Management System (SAMS) costs, says Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece. Pettapiece, who serves as the PC Critic for Community and Social Services, called on Helena Jaczek, Minister of Community and Social Services, to […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today during Question Period, PC Critic for Women’s Issues, MPP Laurie Scott, asked the Premier about the way her party managed the sexual harassment allegations against former MPP Kim Craitor. “When it comes to remaining silent on workplace harassment, the government’s ad campaign says ‘It’s Never Okay,’” said Scott. “We now […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – With the Premier’s Office again under the cloud of a police investigation, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown used today’s Question Period to ask the Premier about the unprecedented fifth OPP investigation into her Liberal Government. The OPP is investigating allegations raised by Trillium Power Energy Corp., surrounding the alleged deletion […]
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The following is a statement from Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown marking National Nursing Week: “National Nursing Week serves as an opportunity to highlight the importance and value of some of our province’s hardest workers – Ontario’s registered nurses, registered practical nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students. It is nurses who see […]
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The following is a statement from Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown on Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day): “On Victory in Europe Day, we honour all of the brave Ontarians who put their lives on the line in the pursuit of global freedom, and pay tribute to all soldiers, sailors, and aviators who paid […]
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OTTAWA – Today during a visit to Ottawa, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown and MPP Lisa MacLeod (Nepean-Carleton) toured the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC). This is the most recent in a number of tours of jails throughout the province by Brown. “I came to Ottawa to see first-hand the unacceptable conditions at […]
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QUEEN’S PARK– This morning, Lambton—Kent—Middlesex MPP Monte McNaughton responded to the recently announced April employment numbers. McNaughton addressed many of the key statistics in the monthly Labour Force Survey announcement. “Last month Ontario lost almost 17,000 private sector jobs while youth employment is still 13,100 jobs short of what it was at this same […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – The sale of the LCBO head office lands is further evidence of the government using temporary measures to artificially balance the budget, Nipissing MPP and Ontario’s Finance Critic Vic Fedeli said today. Liberal Finance Minister Charles Sousa announced today that the LCBO head office lands, which are composed of 11 acres […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today, hundreds of concerned Ontarians will gather together on the lawns of Queen’s Park to protest the Liberal Government’s cuts to autism therapy for children. The Ontario PC Caucus used the opportunity to share stories from affected families in the Legislature during Question Period, repeating their calls for the Liberal Government […]
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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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