QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement after the Peel school board warned of impending teacher layoffs:
“Teachers are losing their jobs as a result of Ford’s overhaul of education.…
Month: April 2019
Radio ads a taxpayer funded campaign farce
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement on the first day of partisan attack ads against pollution pricing:
“It’s unacceptable for Ford to waste public dollars on a reckless partisan campaign to sabotage climate solutions and help Andrew Scheer get elected.…
Province pulling the plug on disaster relief
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner made the following statement in response to cuts to flood management and emergency forest fire funding:
“Anyone who reads the news knows the costs of extreme weather are rising.…
Merging ambulance services puts public safety at risk
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner made the following statement on news that 59 local ambulance services are being merged into 10:
“The amalgamation of ambulance services is a threat to public safety and a reckless way to find savings.…
MPP for Guelph comments on budget numbers
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statements on the PC budget:
On cuts to the environment
“It will be virtually impossible for this government to make good on its so-called Environment Plan after slashing the ministry budget for overseeing the environment by 36% or $352 million.…
Booze budget spells trouble for people, places we love
QUEEN’S PARK — In a budget riddled with back-of-the-napkin party plans, it’s the people and places we love who will be paying for deep and real cuts.…
New bill would get big money out of politics
QUEEN’S PARK — Green Party of Ontario Leader, Mike Schreiner, will be introducing a bill to eliminate cash-for-access fundraising in Ontario today, an effort to get big money out of politics and tighten election finance laws that were loosened by the Conservatives in the fall.…
Guelph MPP asks province to restore brownfield funding in budget
QUEEN’S PARK — The Green Party of Ontario wants the province to restore funding for brownfield remediation in this Thursday’s budget to make abandoned land available for affordable housing.…
Fuel stickers another scare tactic in Premier’s anti-climate campaign
QUEEN’S PARK — The Green Party of Ontario leader issued the following statement:
“If the government truly cared about transparency, they would put stickers at the pumps that outlined the costs of the climate emergency that we face.…
Guelph MPP urges government to make it a climate-smart budget
QUEEN’S PARK — The Leader of the Green Party of Ontario is urging the PC government to adopt a climate-smart budget and dedicate real funding to make the transition to a low-carbon economy.…