TORONTO — Mike Schreiner released the following statement regarding education workers:
“As parents and teachers try to navigate virtual learning this week, we’re all reminded of the difficulties of balancing work and child care.
Education workers like clerical, custodial and maintenance workers are still required to report to work and those who have young …
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner made the following comment on the recently announced province-wide lockdown:
“I am relieved to learn that Premier Ford is finally taking the action that our health care professionals have been asking for.
My question is why the Premier waited until today to announce the lockdown? The Ontario Hospital Association sounded …
TORONTO – Mike Schreiner made the following statement regarding the funding gap facing municipalities in 2021:
“Yesterday, the Financial Accountability Officer identified a $2.4 billion shortfall projected for Ontario municipalities in 2021.
Let’s be clear – there will be no recovery if the province doesn’t support municipalities.
The province must step up, while also working …
Toronto – Mike Schreiner, MPP for Guelph, made the following comment regarding the second wave of Covid-19 affecting long term care residents and workers:“The Premiers’s failure to invest in better care and more staff in LTC over the summer is unacceptable.
Stories of neglect, rampant infection rates and the increasing number of deaths break …
Toronto – Mike Schreiner released the following statement on the passing of the omnibus budget bill:
“We need a budget that cares for people and planet, not one that bulldozes over environmental protections for people and property
The Premier’s attack on conservation authorities, snuck in an omnibus budget bill, rips up decades of conservation policies …
Mike Schreiner sent the following letter to the Premier this morning calling on his government to remove Schedule 6 from Bill 229 – a request supported by a long list of municipalities, conservation authorities, nonprofits and organizations.
Read the Letter here.
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement after the Premier’s press conference:
“I support efforts from the government to help parents get through this pandemic.
Families have been facing a lot of extra expenses during the pandemic to help their kids with online learning, while many parents are facing job insecurity.
But this …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Ontario schools:
“This summer I called out the Premier and the Minister of Education for their half-baked plan for schools.
The Government’s failure to follow the advice from Sick Kids to cap class sizes at 15 students to …
TORONTO, ON — Mike Schreiner released the following statement after the Premier’s press conference:
“The Premier needs to show that he cares more about small businesses than big box stores.
The Premier says he’s for the little guy, but in reality he’s taking marching orders from Walmart.
I’m alarmed that decisions about business activity are …
TORONTO, ON — Mike Schreiner released the following statement:
“From the onset of this pandemic, I’ve been worried that only the Amazons and Walmarts of the world would survive.
We must give independent retailers a fighting chance, but the Premier is failing to do what he can to prevent mass closures on mainstreet.
While I …