KITCHENER — MPP Aislinn Clancy and MPP Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that the government is planning to begin construction on Highway 413 in 2025.
“Highway 413 is an environmental wrecking ball that’s going to pave over 2,000 acres of prime farmland, including 400 acres of the Greenbelt …
GUELPH — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that the government will pass legislation to ensure wildland firefighters have the same presumptive WSIB coverage for cancers, heart injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder as municipal firefighters.
“This is an important change that wildland firefighters have long been asking for and …
QUEEN’S PARK — Today, MPP Aislinn Clancy tabled a motion calling on the government to permanently protect Ontario’s prime farmland, including by immediately halting plans to expropriate 770 acres of farmland in Wilmot and reversing urban boundary changes in the Waterloo region that put nearly 7,000 acres of land at risk of …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Schreiner and MPP Clancy released the following statement to mark Earth Day.
“Ontario needs honest, ambitious climate action now.
Fortunately, we have no shortage of affordable solutions that can crush climate pollution while putting money back in people’s pockets through savings on household energy, transportation and transit.
But the government is …
KITCHENER — MPP Schreiner and MPP Clancy released the following statement in response to news that dangerously high benzene levels have been detected near the Aamjiwnaang First Nation for weeks.
“No one in Ontario should be subjected to the kind of toxic air contamination that has become day-to-day life for the residents of …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP for Guelph Mike Schreiner has tabled a motion calling on the government to implement a plan to effectively utilize available vacant land to increase the supply of affordable homes within existing boundaries.
“Time and time again, the government has failed to put forward any serious solutions to increase Ontario’s …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Schreiner and MPP Clancy released the following statement in response to news that GTA gas prices rose by 14 cents overnight.
“The government has spent months deliberately misleading Ontarians about the real reason for rising gas prices, which jumped by 14 cents at many stations across the GTA last …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Schreiner and MPP Clancy released the following statement in response to stakeholder concerns shared during public hearings on Bill 166, the Strengthening Accountability and Student Support Act.
“As Bill 166 makes its way through committee, we have grown increasingly concerned about sections in the bill that give the Minister …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP for Guelph Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that senior staff in the Premier’s and Energy Minister’s offices factored concerns about the costs to Enbridge Gas in their response to the OEB’s ruling to de-amortize new fossil gas hookups.
“In a cost of living crisis …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP for Guelph Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to a report showing that fossil gas plants will supply 25% of Ontario’s electricity by 2030.
“Under the Premier’s watch, Ontario’s reliance on costly fossil gas plants has skyrocketed – and everyday people are the ones footing the bill.
Energy …