TORONTO — Mike Schreiner made the following comment on the recently announced province-wide lockdown:
“I am relieved to learn that Premier Ford is finally taking the action that our health care professionals have been asking for.
My question is why the Premier waited until today to announce the lockdown? The Ontario Hospital Association sounded …
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner made the following statement regarding the Premier’s response to the pandemic:
“As we head into the holidays, our worst fears for the pandemic’s strain on our hospitals and health care workers seem to be coming true.
Current modelling shows that by the end of January hospital ICUs could be flooded …
TORONTO – Mike Schreiner made the following statement regarding the funding gap facing municipalities in 2021:
“Yesterday, the Financial Accountability Officer identified a $2.4 billion shortfall projected for Ontario municipalities in 2021.
Let’s be clear – there will be no recovery if the province doesn’t support municipalities.
The province must step up, while also working …
Toronto – Mike Schreiner, MPP for Guelph, made the following comment regarding the second wave of Covid-19 affecting long term care residents and workers:“The Premiers’s failure to invest in better care and more staff in LTC over the summer is unacceptable.
Stories of neglect, rampant infection rates and the increasing number of deaths break …
Toronto – Mike Schreiner released the following statement on the passing of the omnibus budget bill:
“We need a budget that cares for people and planet, not one that bulldozes over environmental protections for people and property
The Premier’s attack on conservation authorities, snuck in an omnibus budget bill, rips up decades of conservation policies …
Mike Schreiner sent the following letter to the Premier this morning calling on his government to remove Schedule 6 from Bill 229 – a request supported by a long list of municipalities, conservation authorities, nonprofits and organizations.
Read the Letter here.
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement on Long-Term Care facilities:
“Once again Minister Fullerton rose in the House and said, ‘we simply can’t snap our fingers and make it happen,’ when it comes to protecting LTC residents and front-line workers.
It’s shocking to hear the Government using the same excuse they …