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 …
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner announced the People with Disabilities Support Plan this afternoon at a rally alongside the ODSP Action Coalition, Ontario Disability Coalition and Disability Justice Network of Ontario. Under the plan, he will:
Double Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) ratesMandate universal design to ensure that new affordable housing stock is accessible for all and create …
QUEEN’S PARK– Mike Schreiner made the following statement in response to the Premier’s government’s budget:
“The Premier just announced a 1950s-era Sprawl Budget that is taking us backwards and setting Ontario up for an expensive, unhealthy province that will pave over our children’s future.
We’re in a climate emergency and a cost of living crisis …
QUEEN’S PARK– Mike Schreiner made the following statement ahead of budget day:
“The Premier’s budget tomorrow needs to include investments in addressing the climate emergency, the housing affordability crisis and the mental health crisis.
We’re in a climate emergency that’s making life more expensive and unhealthy, it’s getting harder and harder for Ontarians to find …
TORONTO – Mike Schreiner will make housing more affordable for first-time home buyers by cracking down on wealthy speculators and corporations.
“I understand how hard it is for families to afford a home in the communities they love and we have real solutions to help,” Mike Schreiner said at an announcement in downtown Toronto as …