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Government Must Walk the Talk on Ring of Fire

QUEEN’S PARK – This morning during Question Period, the Official Opposition pressed the Minister of Northern Development and Mines to take real action towards developing the Ring of Fire.   “It will take more than continued talk by this government to develop the Ring of Fire,” stated Norm Miller, PC Critic for Northern Development and […]

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MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS SUFFER UNDER RATIONING OF HEALTH CARE DOLLARS

QUEEN’S PARK – This morning Ontario PC Health Critic Jeff Yurek (MPP Elgin-Middlesex-London) questioned the Liberal government on the impact of rationing health care on mental health patients. “Minister, your government’s rationing of healthcare has created a crisis in Ontario. Last week in London, 22 mental health patients were left waiting for beds. They were […]

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Details of Wynne Liberals’ LCBO sale plan exposed

QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario PC Finance Critic Vic Fedeli is demanding answers from the Wynne Liberals after he exposed an LCBO document detailing plans to sell 250 store locations in the Legislature today. The document dated February 24 – one day before the Ontario budget was released — outlines a Request for Proposals (RFP) issued […]

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Leader Patrick Brown Urges the Premier to Properly Fund Mental Health

QUEEN’S PARK – After touring the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Center (ROMHC) this past weekend, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown used Question Period to ask the Acting Premier and her Liberal Government to make mental health care a priority. “The truth is that mental health care facilities in Ontario need this government’s help. […]

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Ontario PC Party Kicks Off 2016 General Meeting

OTTAWA – Today, the Ontario PC Party kicked off its 2016 General Meeting (GM) in Ottawa, with events occurring over the course of the three-day convention. “I believe I speak for the entire Ontario PC Caucus when I say how we are excited to be starting our convention weekend today,” said Leader Patrick Brown. “Over […]

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ONTARIO PC MPPS TOUR ROYAL OTTAWA MENTAL HEALTH CENTRE

OTTAWA – Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown joined MPP Lisa MacLeod and members of the Ontario PC Caucus to tour The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre (The Royal).  The state of the art facility is one of Canada’s 24 research hospitals and provides training to mental health professionals, from nurses to psychologists, on the increasingly […]

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MPP Harris laments missed opportunity as government fails to support Rare Disease motion

Liberal NO vote means struggle for support will continue QUEEN’S PARK – “A missed opportunity.” Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris expressed his utter disappointment moments after Wynne Liberal members chose to vote against his Private Members Motion call for an all-party Select Committee into Rare Disease Treatment in Ontario. “After a year of hearing Rare Disease […]

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MPP Walker challenges Liberal government over cuts to Assistive Devices program

QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Bill Walker, the MPP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound and the PC Critic for Long-Term Care, slammed the Liberal government’s cut to the Assistive Devices program that has resulted in an inexcusable backlog and wait times for assessment and repair services. “Does the government care enough about what happens to Ontario’s vulnerable people […]

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MARTOW CALLS FOR CRACKDOWN ON PARKING PERMIT ABUSE

QUEEN’S PARK – This morning, Ontario PC GTA Affairs Critic Gila Martow (MPP for Thornhill) questioned the Minister of Government and Consumer Services on his plan to mitigateaccessible parking permit abuse. “The Toronto Police Service’s ‘Abuse It and Lose It’ campaign has come to an end with shocking results. Officers inspected over 1,565 vehicles to […]

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Liberals fail to present credible plan to tackle climate change

Government’s cap-and-trade scheme a tax to raise revenue, says Greg Sorbara QUEEN’S PARK – The Liberal government has failed to present a credible plan to Ontarians that will effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions while protecting taxpayers and our economy, says Lisa Thompson, MPP for Huron-Bruce and PC Environment and Cap-and-Trade Critic. “Instead Kathleen Wynne wants […]

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