Today is St. Patrick’s Day, the celebration of Ireland’s missionary Patron Saint, which has become an important holiday across North America, including here in Ontario. For Ontarians, it is an opportunity to remember that our Irish community has been helping to build our province since long before Confederation. It is worth noting that there […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Yesterday, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown toured tech companies in the Kitchener-Waterloo area and discussed challenges facing the tech sector alongside MPP Michael Harris (Kitchener-Conestoga). “Tremendous things are happening in the Waterloo Region. We need to ensure our province is giving these tech companies the tools to further innovate […]
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Ontario PC Economic Development, Employment & Infrastructure Critic Monte McNaughton made the following statement today on February job numbers: “Last month Ontario lost nearly 50,000 full time jobs. Additionally, we saw 18,900 young people lose jobs. That means, since February of 2015 youth employment is down over 40,000 jobs. The private sector was hit […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario’s neonicotinoid ban shows how out of touch the Liberal Government is with the needs of rural Ontario. Today during Question Period Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown and PC Environment and Cap-and-Trade Critic Lisa Thompson stood up for rural Ontario and asked the Wynne Liberals why they are turning […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown used Question Period today to highlight some ways the Wynne Liberals Budget 2016 makes life more expensive for average Ontario families and seniors. “This budget increases virtually every other government service fee, and at the same time it cuts popular middle class tax credits […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Bill Walker, MPP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, repeated his call for Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne to take a stand on limiting third-party advertising during elections. “Despite making repeated promises to do this, the Premier today continues to break her own pledge to bring forward real reforms and put spending limits on […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Following the news that the Royal Victoria Hospital Regional Health Centre (RVH) in Barrie was facing an $8-million budget shortfall, Leader of the Official Opposition and Simcoe North MPP Patrick Brown urged the Premier to properly fund Simcoe County hospitals. “Royal Victoria Regional Hospital Health Centre delivers some of the best quality […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – The poor quality of Ontario’s jails and their persistent lockdowns are leading to convicted offenders regularly receiving extra credit and shortened sentences. Hundreds of labour-related lockdowns at jails across the province have resulted in at least five different reduced sentences. In one case, a convicted offender had his sentence for firearms offences […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Local MPPs whose constituents depend on Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) are speaking out in concern about cuts occurring at the hospital. As a result of an $8-million shortfall, RVH will be eliminating 24 vacant positions as well as 32 full-time positions. “RVH provides exemplary services to almost half […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today in Question Period, Ontario PC Critic for Women’s Issues, Laurie Scott, MPP, challenged Premier Kathleen Wynne on why she was unaware that the Liberal Cabinet authorized two publicly-funded Ontario colleges to create male-only campuses in Saudi Arabia. “You would think that a Premier who promised to be a force for […]
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