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Pettapiece responds to Auditor General’s SAMS investigation

QUEEN’S PARK – Today, the Auditor General of Ontario released her 2015 Annual Report, which included a value-for-money Audit on the government’s Social Assistance Management System (SAMS). Ontario PC Community and Social Services Critic Randy Pettapiece (MPP for Perth-Wellington) issued the following statement after reviewing the investigation: “Since SAMS launched over a year ago, we […]

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Liberals have no plan for housing frail, sick seniors

QUEEN’S PARK – Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker says the Liberal government has no plan to build new long-term care beds and house Ontario’s growing senior population with round-the-clock nursing care. “I have asked the responsible minister multiple times to say where and when her government will build new long-term care beds to house the […]

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AG Report a Damning Indictment of Liberal Record

QUEEN’S PARK – The 2015 Annual Report by Ontario’s Auditor General is a devastating indictment of 12 years of Liberal waste and mismanagement, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown said today. The Auditor General’s report highlighted that Ontario’s growing debt burden continues to take money away from the funding of key government programs, such […]

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VICTORY FOR CLARK, PCs AS DOOR SLAMS SHUT ON HOMEOWNER TAX

(QUEEN’S PARK) – Today, Ontario PC Deputy Leader and Leeds-Grenville MPP Steve Clark scored a major victory for Ontario families who dream of purchasing a home. Less than a month after Clark tabled a motion against the expansion of the Municipal Land Transfer Tax (MLTT) and just two days before it was to be debated, […]

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Ontario PC Health Critic Questions Liberals On Lack of Consultation with Ontarians

QUEEN’S PARK – This morning Ontario PC Health Critic, MPP Jeff Yurek (Elgin-Middlesex-London) questioned the Liberal government about their lack of consultation in regards to Bill 122, the Mental Health Statute Law Amendment Act, 2015. Many stakeholders voiced their concerns that the government did not consult them about the bill and indicated that this bill […]

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Liberals Flip-Flop on Winter Road Maintenance Equipment

QUEEN’S PARK – Today during Question Period, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown asked the Premier to clarify the miscommunication coming from the Ministry of Transportation surrounding the purchasing of snow plow equipment. “Since the Auditor General’s report about the Winter Road Maintenance Contracts, the government has done nothing but brag about buying new […]

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Liberal Government’s Fall Economic Statement Nothing but a Shell Game

QUEEN’S PARK – Today during Question Period, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown questioned the Acting Premier on why her Liberal Government is using infrastructure funding to pay down the deficit. In order to make the deficit look lower than it is, the government has used $1.1 billion from the proceeds of the Hydro […]

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Progressive Conservatives Nominate Lorne Coe as PC Candidate for Whitby-Oshawa News Date

WHITBY-OSHAWA – Today, Ontario Progressive Conservative members in Whitby-Oshawa nominated Lorne Coe as their candidate for the upcoming by-election. “On behalf of the Ontario PC Caucus I would like to congratulate Lorne Coe on successfully securing the nomination to represent our Party in the upcoming by-election in Whitby-Oshawa,” said Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown. “Whether […]

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MacLeod and Clark Join Real Estate Agents and Homebuilders to Oppose Increases to Home Ownership Tax

OTTAWA – PC MPP for Nepean-Carleton, Lisa MacLeod, today joined Bob Ridley, president of the Greater Ottawa Homebuilders’ Association, Patricia Verge, President of the Ontario Real Estate Association and Ontario PC Deputy Leader and MPP for Leeds-Grenville Steve Clark to support Clark’s motion calling on MPPs to take a stand against the Wynne Government’s plans […]

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