QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to a report that the Premier’s government waited until municipalities were on vacation before issuing a notice stripping Conservation Authorities (CAs) of vital environmental oversight powers.
“The Premier’s government’s stealth and deception is unacceptable and damaging. The Premier’s embrace of underhanded tactics …
QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner released the following statement after the Auditor General and the Integrity Commissioner announced they will conduct separate investigations into the government’s decision to open up Greenbelt lands for development.
“I am pleased that both the Integrity Commissioner and the Auditor General have agreed to investigate the Premier’s decision …
GUELPH – Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the Premier’s announcement that the government will increase the number of surgical procedures conducted in private for-profit clinics.
“Everywhere you look in Ontario, the government is on a mission to ensure that private interests trump the public good.
We see it in the …
QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner, released the following statement in response to a report that the government will announce plans to significantly increase the number of surgeries performed in private for-profit clinics.
“By throwing open the door to private, for-profit operators, the Premier is setting the stage for a further deterioration of Ontario’s …
GUELPH – Mike Schreiner, released the following statement in response to the Premier’s comments today on the need to build housing for the future.
“The Premier’s destructive sprawl agenda is bulldozing over Ontarians’ best interests so a handful of land speculators can profit at our expense.
He continues to make planning and housing decisions …
QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner is joining incoming NDP leader Marit Stiles and interim Liberal leader John Fraser in asking Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk to conduct a value-for-money audit and an environmental impact assessment of the government’s decision to open up Greenbelt lands for development.
In a letter (attached) to Ms. Lysyk, the …
QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to comments by the Premier about private delivery of healthcare in Ontario.
“Let’s be honest: When the Premier keeps repeating that “the status quo is not an option” for healthcare in Ontario, he’s not promising major changes to improve our public healthcare …
GUELPH – Mike Schreiner, released the following statement on the pending legal action against the Ford government over its decision to expand Hamilton’s municipal boundaries.
“The Premier is happy to ignore everything and everyone in his reckless haste to open up farms and green spaces across the GTHA to expensive sprawl development.
Hamilton City …
GUELPH – Mike Schreiner, released the following statement in response to a report that the government’s internal briefing documents confirm that Bill 124 has contributed to the staffing crisis in Ontario’s healthcare system.
“The fact that the Premier knew Bill 124 was contributing to the crisis in our healthcare system, refused to repeal …
GUELPH – Mike Schreiner, released the following statement in response to a report that the OPP are considering launching an investigation into Greenbelt land deals in response to numerous complaints, including from Patrick Macklem, constitutional law expert and former Ontario Green candidate in Parkdale–High Park.
“I am pleased that the OPP is responding …