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FAO Report Confirms Hydro One Fire Sale a Bad Deal for Ontarians

QUEEN’S PARK – This morning, the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario released a report on its assessment of the financial impact of the sale of Hydro One.  The report confirms what the Ontario PC Caucus, the public, and the business community have continued to stress to the government: the Hydro One fire sale is a […]

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Ontario MPPs Agree Province Needs to Welcome Innovation and Opportunity

QUEEN’S PARK – Today, MPP Tim Hudak’s Private Member’s Bill, Opportunity in the Sharing Economy Act, passed second reading. “It is very encouraging for the many Ontarians who need a little extra help with the family budget and for those who want to embrace modern technology that this Bill passed second reading. I thank the […]

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MARTOW QUESTIONS EDUCATION MINISTER ON UNION PAYOUTS

QUEEN’S PARK – This morning, Ontario PC GTA Affairs Critic, Gila Martow (MPP for Thornhill), questioned the Education Minister on controversial union payouts. The Premier and Minister of Education have offered vague explanations as to where funding was taken from to make the collective bargaining agreement net-zero. Martow brought attention to a statement made earlier […]

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“You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours” payouts call for action on third-party advertising: Harris

QUEEN’S PARK – Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris today called out the Wynne Liberals for lack of action on third-party advertising regulation while they funneled millions in payouts to teachers unions. Harris noted that millions in taxpayer dollars have been reported going to teachers unions for negotiations, only a year after those same unions spent millions […]

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Ontario PCs Call for Safety Review at Toronto South Detention Centre

QUEEN’S PARK – PC Community Safety and Corrections Critic MPP Rick Nicholls (Chatham-Kent-Essex) is calling for a safety review at Ontario’s new $600-million super jail in Etobicoke after a growing number of serious incidents at the facility. Two weeks ago, Toronto South Detention Centre’s Security Monitor Control System malfunctioned for multiple days. “This system controls […]

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Labour Relations Act Raises More Questions About Liberals’ Bargaining Payouts

QUEEN’S PARK – PC Community Safety and Corrections Critic MPP Rick Nicholls (Chatham-Kent-Essex) is calling for a safety review at Ontario’s new $600-million super jail in Etobicoke after a growing number of serious incidents at the facility.Two weeks ago, Toronto South Detention Centre’s Security Monitor Control System malfunctioned for multiple days. “This system controls the […]

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PC Caucus Continues to Demand Explanations for Secret Payments to Teachers’ Unions News Date

QUEEN’S PARK – Today in the Legislature, Ontario PC Deputy Leaders Sylvia Jones and Steve Clark demanded the Premier demonstrate accountability for her government’s $2.5 million payout to the teachers’ unions. “The government won’t tell us where the $2.5 million payout has come from,” said Jones. “The Premier uses buzzwords like ‘overall compensation package’ and […]

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Liberals Funnel Union Payments At Expense of Students and Teachers

QUEEN’S PARK – Today during Question Period, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown asked Acting Premier Deb Matthews about the government’s payments to teachers’ unions. Over the past three provincial election campaigns, teachers’ unions spent more than $6.5 million to run negative ad campaigns and donated nearly $800,000 to the Liberals over the past […]

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SCOTT DEMANDS THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT TO ACT ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING TASKFORCE

QUEEN’S PARK – During Question Period today, Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Critic for Women’s Issues, Laurie Scott (MPP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock) asked the Attorney General on whether the government intends to act on her Private Member’s Motion, calling for the creation of a provincial taskforce to combat human trafficking in Ontario. In May of 2015, the […]

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