QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news of endangered species’ habitat along the Highway 413 route:
“I have been calling for the cancellation of Highway 413 since it was first reintroduced by the Premier because it will pave over 400 acres of the Greenbelt, 2,000 acres of prime …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner made the following statement in response to today’s meeting between the Premier and Mayor Tory where they discussed housing:
“We need real leadership to solve the housing affordability crisis.
Housing in Toronto and a growing number of cities across the province has become entirely unaffordable for most people.
Ontarians are spending …
GUELPH – Mike Schreiner issued the following statement on National Indigenous Peoples Day:
“On National Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we celebrate and honour the significant contributions and customs of Metis, Inuit, and First Nations peoples.
In the face of colonialism and cultural genocide, Indigenous communities have fought hard to preserve the traditional practices, art forms, languages …
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner made the following statement in response to growing concerns about the continued strain on our healthcare system:
“Ontario is facing a crisis in our public healthcare system.
Existing capacity constraints due to staffing shortages were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and now we are at a breaking point.
Nurses are burnt out …
TORONTO– Mike Schreiner called for an Ontario extreme heat preparedness plan as temperatures across the province continue to soar amid the climate crisis.
“Ontario urgently needs an extreme heat preparedness plan,” Schreiner said. “As the climate emergency worsens, summers are getting hotter and hotter. And as we saw last summer in British Columbia, extreme …
TORONTO– Mike Schreiner made the following statement in response to a review that found people of colour faced disproportionate levels of violence from Toronto police in 2020:
“This review is disturbing but yet not surprising.
It further shows why we need to urgently reallocate funding from policing to health and why we must be open …
TORONTO– Mike Schreiner penned an open letter to the Premier this afternoon, calling on his government to double Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates immediately.
“The issue of affordability is top of mind for many Ontarians right now,” Schreiner wrote. “And people with disabilities are feeling the effects of the cost of living …