“I congratulate Chuck on his nomination as the Ontario PC candidate in Niagara Falls. “A sales consultant with a local building supply company, Chuck has served as the past-president of the Niagara Home Builders Association. Chuck has also served as the CEO of the Steve Ludzik Foundation, which raises money for a local Parkinson’s rehab […]
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Whitby-Oshawa MPP Lorne Coe, Official Opposition Critic for Post-Secondary Education and Associate Critic for Education, said today that the number of community college students who have dropped out due to the Liberal Government’s inaction on the college strike is another shameful blotch on the Liberals’ record. “Under Premier Kathleen Wynne’s watch, we witnessed the […]
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OPG was found to be one of the power companies gaming ratepayers out of hundreds of millions of dollars Today, during Question Period, Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown asked the Wynne Liberals why they awarded a sizable bonus to the CEO of publicly-owned Ontario Power Generation (OPG), one of the companies responsible for gaming ratepayers […]
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“It’s disappointing that the premier chose to give her Statement of Claim to the media instead of to PC Leader Patrick Brown or his counsel. Mr. Brown has not been served with or seen the Statement of Claim. This is yet another effort to distract attention from her government’s record. “It’s no coincidence that this […]
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Insensitive comments from Barrie’s Liberal MPP dominated Question Period this morning. The Ontario PCs demanded an apology from MPP Ann Hoggarth who suggested small businesses, in particular one Barrie butcher shop, should close their doors if they can’t afford the reckless increase to the minimum wage. During a media avail with Ontario Labour Minister Kevin […]
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OPG among companies underwater on $80M in ineligible expenses including scuba equipment The Ontario PCs are calling on the OPP to investigate the $260 million in ineligible expenses claimed by power plants including the publicly owned Ontario Power Generation (OPG). $80 million remains unpaid and the Liberals have said they will not make any effort to recover the money […]
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Last week, Ontario’s Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk released her office’s 2017 annual report. Throughout the course of the evidenced-based independent audit, the Auditor General recommends a number of changes to government policy in Ontario. Many of these recommendations are contained within the Ontario PC’s People’s Guarantee. Auditor General’s Report People’s Guarantee Pg 778: Government Advertising […]
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Wynne Liberals let wealthy insider executives expense raccoon traps and scuba gear on Ontario hydro bills QUEEN’S PARK – In the wake of a scathing Auditor General’s report, this morning, the Ontario PCs called on the Wynne Liberals to reimburse Ontario ratepayers for nearly $80 million in inappropriate expenses reflected on Ontarians’ hydro bills. “What […]
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Statement from Ontario PC Treasury Board critic Lisa MacLeod on the release of the 2017 Auditor General Report: “There is a culture of waste at Queen’s Park that has festered under Kathleen Wynne and the Liberals for 14 years. This has crowded out the key government services everyone depends on, and left Ontario families working […]
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This morning, the Wynne Liberals rolled out another “stretch goal” auto insurance announcement in the lead up to the 2018 election. “If there’s one certainty here at Queen’s Park it’s this – this Liberal government has broken every promise it’s ever made on auto insurance,” said Ontario PC Finance critic Vic Fedeli during Question […]
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