QUEEN’S PARK – During Question Period today, the Ontario PC Critic for Women’s Issues, Laurie Scott (MPP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock) asked the Premier to create a provincial anti-human trafficking taskforce. According to Canadian law, human trafficking – as a form of modern day slavery – involves the recruitment, transportation, harbouring and/or control of a person […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today’s Fall Economic Statement is further proof there is absolutely no reason Ontarians should trust this government’s numbers, Ontario PC Finance Critic Vic Fedeli said today. It shows the government has used $1 billion in reserve funding and another $1.1 billion in Hydro One fire sale proceeds to make their deficit look […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – This morning in the Legislature, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown called on the Premier to reconsider her cuts to health care funding, which is impacting services in communities throughout the province. “Every one of us in this Legislature knows someone who doesn’t have a family doctor – there are 800,000 […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Leader of the Official Opposition and PC Education Critic Patrick Brown urged the Premier to support the Ontario PC Caucus’ Opposition Day Motion. The motion, being debated this afternoon, calls upon the Ontario Liberal Party to repay the Ministry of Education $3.7 million to reimburse Ontario’s students for the funds taken […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today in the Legislature, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown called on the Premier and her Liberal Government to better support Ontario’s fire fighters. “Fire fighters, and their paramedic and police officer colleagues, continue to tell me that this Government is holding up access to care for post-traumatic stress disorder,” stated […]
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QUEEN’S PARK– Official Opposition Critic for Community Safety and Correctional Services Rick Nicholls (Chatham-Kent-Essex) is calling on the government to acknowledge and address the crisis in corrections in the province of Ontario. “I have toured a number of facilities and spoken to countless officers,” said Nicholls. “It is clear to everyone except the government that […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today during Question Period, Ontario PC MPPs highlighted how the Liberal Government continues to dither on extending and funding child protection services to youth aged 16 and over. “In Ontario, Children’s Aid Societies are forced to turn away youth aged 16 and over, unless they are already receiving assistance,” stated Ontario PC […]
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QUEEN’S PARK –Today, Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris, and Oxford MPP and PC Critic for Municipal Affairs and Housing Ernie Hardeman asked the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing about $30,000 intended for affordable housing that has been diverted to a scandal plagued agency. “With a stroke of a pen the Minister could have ensured this […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – This morning in the Legislature, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown asked the Acting Premier why the Liberal Government continues to ignore the unique needs of Ontario seniors living with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. More than half of the long-term care home residents in Ontario are reported to have a diagnosis […]
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QUEEN’S PARK –Today PC Critic for Municipal Affairs and Housing Ernie Hardeman, Oxford MPP, said it’s disappointing that the government has once again cut the funding that municipalities receive through the Ontario Municipal Partnership fund grant. “Municipalities are struggling to make ends meet and deliver the services that their residents rely on, but the provincial […]
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