QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement on the lack of clarity from Ford on a plan for reopening:
“We are now less than two weeks away from the end of the stay-at-home order, yet there is still no clarity on what a safe reopening could look like.
I’m calling on Premier Ford …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that Greyhound Canada shutting down all bus service permanently:
“I am deeply concerned with the news that Greyhound Canada is shutting down all bus service permanently.
Greyhound busses were a crucial and affordable transport service for many Ontarians, particularly lower-income individuals, students …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement on Nurses Week and Nurses Day:
“While it was already evident before, the pandemic has highlighted just how indispensable nurses are.
They protect our loved ones, treat the sick and care for the elderly.
But Premier Ford has abandoned nurses, capping their wages and ignoring their mental …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to this morning’s FAO report on health care funding:
“You’d think that after the tragedy of the past 14 months, Premier Ford would understand the importance of investing in health care.
But today’s FAO report shows a $62 billion spending shortfall in health care …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement regarding safe outdoor recreation facilities:
“Premier Ford needs to reverse course and open safe outdoor recreation facilities.
The Science Table is clear: policies that discourage safe outdoor activity will not limit the spread of COVID-19, and will disproportionately harm children and those who do not have …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in recognition of National Day of Mourning:
“Today, in a year unlike any other year, we come together to remember workers who have lost their lives or have been injured on the job.
Every day in the middle of a global pandemic millions of Ontarians are …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the government’s proposal to eliminate renewable energy requirements:
“Even in the middle of a pandemic, Premier Ford still has time to push his anti-environmental, climate-denying agenda.
It is simply wrong that we have a government so opposed to renewable energy, especially now that the …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to Premier Ford’s virtual press conference this morning:
“The hard truth: it’s taken the Premier a year into the pandemic, after being forced into isolation because of a workplace exposure, to finally realize the privilege he has over workers living paycheque-to-paycheque.
I have been calling for …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement regarding the Federal budget’s lack of improvement to CRSB:
“The Premier has been out of excuses on paid sick days for a long time.
And the fact that yesterday’s Federal budget didn’t include improvements to the CRSB is further evidence that this buck-passing has to stop …
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner made the following statement in response to reports that the Government might suspend the Legislature:
“It is our democratic duty as elected representatives to ensure we do everything possible to continue the work of the government to support the people of Ontario.
We should not suspend the Legislature until we have …