QUEENS PARK – This morning, Ontario PC GTA Affairs critic Gila Martow (MPP for Thornhill) questioned the Premier on the property-tax reassessments of several Ontario properties, speaking to what the Globe and Mail described as a “bizarre maneuver.” “It is certainly bizarre that this government is fighting its own property tax assessment system! Whether it […]
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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) stood in the legislature and held the Attorney General to account for the senseless violence that struck Ottawa Valley last week. “It is disheartening that the government has not addressed the gaps in the justice system,” […]
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Queens Park – MPP Michael Harris says after a Kitchener MPP and Government Minister followed Premier Wynne’s electioneering trail by appearing to use an Ontario funding announcement to promote a Federal Liberal candidate, it’s time to call in the Integrity Commissioner. ”Specifically, I am requesting your investigation into possible contraventions of Ontario parliamentary convention by […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Ontario taxpayers will finally have more than Liberal math to rely on when it comes to knowing how much the Pan Am Games cost. At the Public Accounts Committee this morning, members passed a motion tabled by Ontario PC Tourism, Culture and Sport Critic MPP Steve Clark asking the Auditor General to […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – For the second straight day at Queen’s Park, Prince Edward-Hastings MPP Todd Smith pressed Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli about potential job losses that would result due to the sale of Hydro One. And for the second straight day the Minister didn’t have an answer. “The Minister, in this House and in committee […]
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This morning, Ontario PC Health Critic Jeff Yurek (Elgin-Middlesex-London) questioned the Minister of Health & Long-Term Care over the cuts being made to pharmacy services effective October 1st. “Minister, along with your cuts in nursing positions throughout the province and your $235 million cut to physician services, pharmacists will see a $150 million cut to […]
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QUEEN’S PARK – Today in Question Period, Ontario PC Tourism, Culture and Sport Critic MPP Steve Clark stood up for Ontario taxpayers by repeating his demand for a full audit of the Pan Am Games before the Liberal government rewards Games executives with lavish bonuses. “Where I come from, you don’t pay a bonus without […]
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Today during Question Period, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown asked Premier Wynne why her government refuses to make health care a priority. Leader Patrick Brown highlighted how cuts to health care have resulted in people from across the province and within Simcoe County seeing their CCAC services reduced or cut altogether, as well […]
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Today, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown questioned Premier Wynne in the Legislature regarding the criminal charges laid against key Liberal operative Gerry Lougheed Jr. “Now that charges have been laid – will the Premier set the record straight?” said Leader Patrick Brown. “Did the Premier instruct either Pat Sorbara or Gerry Lougheed Jr. […]
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Today during Question Period, Leader of the Official Opposition Patrick Brown asked Premier Wynne why her government continues to punish patients by slashing physician service fees. The Liberal Government has cut $580 million from physician services as a punishment for not agreeing to the government’s deal. In addition, as of October 1, 2015, the Ministry […]
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