QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the tabling of Bill 60, Your Health Act, 2023.
“After years overseeing an escalating healthcare crisis, the government is now proposing to spend more to deliver less by expanding for-profit healthcare.
Bill 60 is designed to prioritize shareholder profits over patient care.
There …
GUELPH — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to reports that temporary staffing agencies are charging not-for-profit long-term care homes as much as $150 per hour for healthcare workers.
“It is deeply troubling to learn that temporary staffing agencies are taking advantage of the health human resources crisis by charging not-for-profit …
GUELPH — Mike Schreiner released the following statement to recognise the annual Women’s Memorial March, commemorating the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
“The Women’s Memorial March honours the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across Turtle Island, and offers us an opportunity to come together and …
GUELPH — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to reports that the city of Windsor is facing a shortage of skilled labour to support its growing EV manufacturing sector.
“The growth of Windsor’s EV sector is a prime example of our province’s potential to be a global leader in the new …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to reports that the Premier’s government is disappointed by the funding proposal made at federal-provincial healthcare talks.
“Ontario Greens support calls for further increases to the Canada Health Transfer but the Premier’s ‘disappointment’ does not distract from the fact that his own …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to reports that the Ford government’s first climate change impact report is delayed again.
“It’s extremely disappointing – although not surprising – that the Premier’s government’s report on what it needs to do to protect people from the impacts of the climate …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the release of the Financial Accountability Office’s Economic and Budget Outlook report.
“The people of Ontario are struggling to get by as the Premier imposes his austerity agenda with egregious underspending on the public services we all rely on.
Today’s Economic and …
GUELPH — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to growing calls to declare homelessness a public health emergency across Ontario.
“We cannot continue to sit idly by while unhoused community members across Ontario risk their lives struggling to stay warm.
With shelters operating at capacity and limited access to warming centres, many …
GUELPH — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to a new report showing that renewable energy technologies are lower-cost compared to fossil gas.
“Investing in dirty, expensive fossil gas plants despite mounting evidence that they are more expensive than renewable alternatives goes directly against Ontario’s best interests.
The Premier’s government’s continued investment …
GUELPH — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to a report that Ontario Power Generation, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. and Aecon Group Inc. are planning to build a small modular nuclear reactor at the province’s Darlington site.
“The people of Ontario will pay the price for the Premier’s …