QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the Premier’s announcement on raising the minimum wage:
“The Premier is yet again flip-flopping with a delayed and lukewarm minimum wage increase.
It is good that the government has finally seen the light and revoked his previous cancellation of the minimum wage …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in reaction to the government’s vote against Bill 32: the Carbon Budget Accountability Act:
“It is alarming that when we are facing a climate emergency, the government would reject our Carbon Budget Accountability Act and say no to reducing climate pollution.
It is vital for …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that take-home tests will be available for students:
“If the Premier really cared about protecting kids in schools, he’d make vaccines mandatory for education workers.
It doesn’t make any sense that children are being exposed to unvaccinated teachers and staff — …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement:
“The costs of the climate crisis are drastically escalating.
The tornado that hit Barrie this summer caused $75 million in damages. And in 2018, three hours of extreme rain in Toronto cost $80 million.
Six First Nation communities were evacuated this summer due to rampant forest …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner made the following statement on the nursing shortage crisis:
“The Premier’s refusal to improve working conditions and pay for nurses has led to a health care staffing crisis.
Nurses are the heart and soul of our healthcare system and COVID-19 response.
Many are burnt out, stressed and overworked from the …
QUEEN’S PARK — Today, Mike Schreiner, tabled his Private Member’s Bill, the Carbon Budget Accountability Act.
The proposed Bill would set a Fair Share Carbon Budget that reduces Ontario’s climate pollution in half by 2030 and to net-zero every year from 2045.
If passed, this bill would set the first-ever carbon budget anywhere in …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the Minister of Labour’s press conference this morning:
“It’s encouraging that the government is finally taking steps to address the mental health of workers with the legislation announced today.
But if the Premier truly cared about supporting workers, he would raise the …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the Premier’s press conference this afternoon:
“The Premier is putting the cart before the horse with today’s announcement. The Premier’s plans to lift public health restrictions when vaccine certificates have only just begun and millions of kids remain ineligible for vaccines …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the government’s proposed bill that would remove barriers facing foreign-trained professionals:
“Ontario is in a nursing shortage crisis, with hundreds of thousands of vacant positions at hospitals.
Yet the government has left healthcare workers off its list of proposed legislation that would …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement regarding the ongoing optometrist situation:
“The Premier needs to immediately commit to properly funding optometrists so kids and seniors can access the eye care they deserve.
It’s now been nearly two months of cancelled appointments because the Premier can’t get his act together.
Two months where …