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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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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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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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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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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