QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the new report from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario on the cost of climate change impacts on the province’s storm and wastewater infrastructure.“As the costs of global heating continue to rise, the Premier’s stubborn refusal to act on the …
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Mike Schreiner reflects on the fall sitting at Queen’s Park
QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner, released the following statement on the end of the fall legislative session.
“One after another, the government has squandered opportunities to make life better for Ontarians, preferring to embark on a legislative agenda that was frustrating and often appalling.
It is no surprise to see that Premier’s approval numbers …
Bill 39 : Just when you thought the Premier’s legislative overreach couldn’t get any worse
QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner, released the following statement following the passage of Bill 39, Better Municipal Governance Act, 2022.
“With the passage of Bill 39, today will be remembered as the day the majority party in the Ontario legislature voted for minority rule.
By giving select ‘strong mayors’ the power to pass by-laws …
The government gets a predictable and well-deserved ‘F’ on Environmental Bill of Rights
QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner, released the following statement in response to the Auditor General’s report on the operation of the Environmental Bill of Rights.
“The Auditor General’s report on the Environmental Bill of Rights merely confirms what we have learned during the Premier’s four and a half years in office – that this …
The Premier betrays all Ontarians by giving away Duffins Rouge farmland to speculators
QUEEN’S PARK – Guelph MPP, Mike Schreiner, released the following statement as the legislature prepares to vote on Bill 39, Better Municipal Governance Act.
“Today, I stood with representatives of the National Farmers’ Union-Ontario and the Ontario Farmland Trust to defend farmland protection and to call out the Ford government’s destructive sprawl agenda.
By including …
Statement on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
QUEEN’S PARK – Guelph MPP, Mike Schreiner, released the following statement on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
“On this day, 33 years ago, 14 young women were murdered at École Polytechnique in an act fueled by violent misogyny and anti-feminist hate.
Gender-based violence has become more prevalent since …
As children’s hospitals call in emergency help, Ontarians want to know: What’s the plan, Premier?
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP for Guelph, Mike Schreiner, released the following statement in response to reports that the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario has called in the Red Cross to help with patient care.“The Premier’s government continues to insist that all is going according to plan as children’s hospitals across the province struggle …
The Premier’s government is misleading Ontarians on its plans to carve up our Greenbelt
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP for Guelph, Mike Schreiner, released the following statement after rising in the House today to question the government’s plan to open up the Greenbelt to development.
“For the umpteenth time, the Premier’s government is misleading people with its plan to carve up the Greenbelt as a choice between building …
The Premier’s anything-but-renewables policies will mean higher electricity bills for Ontarians
GUELPH – MPP for Guelph, Mike Schreiner, released the following statement responding to today’s ground-breaking for construction of a small modular reactor (SMR) at the Darlington nuclear site.
“The Premier’s obsessive anything-but-renewables energy policy is setting the people of Ontario up for higher electricity bills and more energy supply chaos.
Touting the planned Darlington SMR …
If the Premier’s government really wants to support nurses, it must not appeal Bill 124
QUEEN’S PARK – Guelph MPP, Mike Schreiner, released the following statement following today’s announcement by the Minister of Health of funding to train critical care nurses.
“The Minister of Health’s declarations of support for Ontario’s nurses ring hollow while in the same breath her government confirms it intends to appeal the Superior Court …