QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown questioned Premier Wynne in the Legislature over the Government’s claim that paying $2.5 million this year for teachers’ unions negotiations is “business as usual.” “The only reason the Liberals’ idea of ‘business as usual’ is out there is because this secret deal was leaked,” […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown questioned Premier Wynne in the Legislature over the severe impact the fire sale of Hydro One will have on Northern Ontario. “The people of Northern Ontario stand to be some of the hardest hit by the Hydro One fire sale,” said Leader Patrick Brown. […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Leader of the Official Opposition and PC Education Critic Patrick Brown continued his hard questioning of the Premier over her government’s admitted collective bargaining failures with teachers. Following the passage of Bill 122 in 2014, the Liberal Government instituted a new two-tiered collective bargaining system which has complicated the bargaining process […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Yesterday in the House, MPP for Huron-Bruce Lisa Thompson shared remarks in recognition of National Waste Reduction Week and reminded the government to keep industry involved in a meaningful way in the process of reducing waste. In doing so, she suggested to the Liberal government that their role should be to develop […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today, MPP Randy Hillier (Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington) questioned the Attorney General over missing transcripts at the License Appeal Tribunal (LAT). For over a year now plaintiffs at the LAT had been requesting the transcripts from their hearing, only to be told months later that they were missing. “Transcripts of testimony are essential […]
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QUEEN’S PARK –Today, Ontario PC Critic for Municipal Affairs and Housing Ernie Hardeman (MPP for Oxford) asked Premier Wynne whether any action has been taken to recover the thousands of dollars of social housing money used to pay for an 8-day South African vacation when she was Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. “Can the […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – During Question Period today, Ontario PC Critic for Women’s Issues Laurie Scott (MPP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock) again stood in the Legislature asking the Liberal Government whether it intends to act on the recommendations made by the Domestic Violence Death Review Committee. It had been three weeks since MPP Scott first asked the […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – The Liberal Government’s implementation of the Social Assistance Management System (SAMS) has been a failure, says Ontario PC Community and Social Services Critic Randy Pettapiece (MPP for Perth-Wellington). Pettapiece questioned Minister Helena Jaczek today in response to her government’s report detailing the new costs of the SAMS implementation. “An additional $50 million […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Following this morning’s revelations from the Globe and Mail regarding details of the Liberal government’s million dollar settlement with OSSTF, Leader of the Official Opposition and PC Education Critic Patrick Brown demanded the Minister of Education take accountability. “When the Liberal government wastes a billion dollars on gas plants, they force others […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown and PC Health Critic Jeff Yurek hosted a press conference to discuss the Liberal Government’s cuts to health care. Leader Patrick Brown and MPP Yurek were joined by Dr. Nadia Alam, Dr. Mark Linder, Dr. Jason Profetto, Dr. Kulvinder Gill, Dr. Brenna Velker and […]
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