Month: December 2018

QUEEN’S PARK — Doug Ford’s holiday cuts don’t make sense at any level. They fail to make a tangible difference in balancing the province’s books, while maximizing pain for target groups.
“Slashing after-school programs for vulnerable youth and community grants from the Ontario Trillium Foundation won’t make a noticeable difference in the budget …

QUEEN’S PARK — When asked by the leader of the Green Party of Ontario about their back-door plan to gut the Greenbelt Act and Clean Water Act today in Question Period, the Ford government issued a flat-out denial of the facts.
“Has the government read its own bill? I am shocked they can …

QUEEN’S PARK — GPO leader and Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner made the following statement in response to the announcement adding a morning and afternoon GO Train from Toronto to Guelph and KW:
“I’m pleased that the government has expanded GO Train service in the innovation corridor between Toronto, Guelph and KW. An extra …

QUEEN’S PARK — Green Party of Ontario leader and Guelph MPP, Mike Schreiner, released the following statement:
“We’ve gone from a Liberal plan for 40 stores to a PC plan for 25 stores, which will do nothing to combat the illegal unsafe underground cannabis market.
Most provinces had a dozen or more stores ready …

QUEEN’S PARK — Green Party of Ontario leader and Guelph MPP, Mike Schreiner, released the following statement:
“Despite explicitly promising to leave the Greenbelt intact, the Ford government introduced a bill yesterday that opens the Greenbelt to development. And not only the Greenbelt, it threatens hard fought for and valued protections for Clean …

QUEEN’S PARK — Green Party of Ontario leader and Guelph MPP, Mike Schreiner, released the following statement in response to the release of the Auditor General’s report:
“The Auditor General’s report reminds us why government oversight is so important. That is why I’m so worried about the Ford government’s efforts to eliminate 3 …