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Statement from Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown on the Beginning of Passover

The following is a statement from Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown on the Beginning of Passover:  “This evening, the Jewish community in Ontario and around the world will gather around the Seder table with family and friends to celebrate the beginning of Passover. This sacred holiday, commemorated over eight days, reflects on the exodus of […]

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Questions Remain About Minister Orazietti’s Public Appointments

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario PC Critic for Government and Consumer Services Jim McDonell (Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry) continued questioning the Minister of Government and Consumer Services today regarding the Minister’s dubious public appointments practices revealed in a leaked document.   “It appears that Minister Orazietti or his office gave direction to public servants to appoint an individual […]

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Use Too Much Energy, Pay More. Conserve Energy, Pay More

QUEEN’S PARK – On May 1st, Ontarians will experience another Hydro rate hike, with the average consumer’s annual costs increasing by approximately $37.56.   Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown used today’s Question Period to ask the Premier why the Liberal Government continues to make life more unaffordable forOntarians. “Hydro rates will rise again […]

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MPP WALKER CALLS ON HEALTH MINISTER TO WIPE OUT BACKLOG IN MEDICAL AIDS

QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Bill Walker, the MPP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound and the PC Critic for Long-Term Care, challenged the Health Minister to deliver an action plan to wipe out the backlog in the Assistive Devices program that’s leaving our most vulnerable people waiting too long to get their wheelchairs, walkers and other mobility aids. […]

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Brown to the Premier: Call a Public Inquiry!

QUEEN’S PARK – Yesterday it was revealed that the Ontario Liberal Party has received at least $400,000 in donations from companies that have received grants from the Liberal Government. Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown used today’s Question Period to renew his calls for a public inquiry into the allegations of government contracts, grants, […]

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LIBERALS RATIONING LIFE-SAVING CANCER TREATMENTS

QUEEN’S PARK – This morning Ontario PC Critic for Health, MPP Jeff Yurek (Elgin-Middlesex-London), questioned the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care on his underfunding of Allo Stem Cell Transplant treatment at Princess Margaret Hospital.     The government’s underfunding of this service is having the greatest impact on patients in the Greater Toronto Area, […]

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Liberal Cuts to Autism Therapy Hurts Affected Barrie Family

QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown asked the Premier about her Government’s cuts to Intensive Behavioural Intervention (IBI) therapy for children aged five years and older, by raising the story of a young girl from Uxbridge in the legislature. As a result of these Liberal cuts, more than 2,000 children […]

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Ontario Consumers Paying for Liberal Mismanagement of Energy Sector

QUEEN’S PARK – On May 1st, Ontario ratepayers will see hydro prices increase on average by $37.56 annually because consumers used less electricity than expected this past winter. Today, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown used Question Period to ask the Premier about this logic-defying increase and the ongoing mess in the energy sector. […]

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