QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner, released the following statement in response to the constitutional challenge to Bill 124, the Ford government’s legislation that caps wages for provincial workers.
“It’s time for the Premier to stop fighting expensive court battles in defence of bad legislation.Fresh off a bruising defeat in the Supreme Court over …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner today released the following statement as students across Ontario head back to classrooms for the new school year.“After two years of pandemic disruption, the Premier’s government must now ensure that Ontario students can finally enjoy a stable learning environment.
That means avoiding unnecessary labour confrontation by ensuring that …
GUELPH– Mike Schreiner issued the following statement in support of over 200 advocacy groups calling for the doubling of social assistance rates:
“It is shameful that people with disabilities are forced to live in legislated poverty.
Social assistance rates have failed to meet people’s basic needs for decades. Now, with skyrocketing inflation and …
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner, made the following statement on the Premier’s support for “strong mayor” systems:
“The Premier is starting off his second term with yet another attack on local democracy and the people of Toronto and Ottawa.
Steamrolling voices and concentrating power at the top is not the answer.
And now they are exploiting …
TORONTO — MPP Mike Schreiner issued the following statement in response to today’s report from the Financial Accountability Office:
“Hospitals across the province are closing their emergency rooms because they don’t have the staff to run them.
And yet today’s report from the Financial Accountability Office confirms what we expected: the government has been under …
GUELPH — Mike Schreiner made the following statement in response to today’s announcement about expanded vaccine availability:
“I am glad that this government is finally expanding booster eligibility, but I am concerned that this government has yet to shore up our healthcare system to prevent collapse.
Our healthcare human resource capacity is at a breaking …
Guelph – Mike Schreiner made the following statement in response to government comments on repairing our healthcare system:
“While I am glad this government intends to finally hire more nurses and PSWs, recruitment alone won’t solve the problem.
If this government really cared about repairing our healthcare system they would invest in the people …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news of endangered species’ habitat along the Highway 413 route:
“I have been calling for the cancellation of Highway 413 since it was first reintroduced by the Premier because it will pave over 400 acres of the Greenbelt, 2,000 acres of prime …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner made the following statement in response to today’s meeting between the Premier and Mayor Tory where they discussed housing:
“We need real leadership to solve the housing affordability crisis.
Housing in Toronto and a growing number of cities across the province has become entirely unaffordable for most people.
Ontarians are spending …
GUELPH – Mike Schreiner issued the following statement on National Indigenous Peoples Day:
“On National Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we celebrate and honour the significant contributions and customs of Metis, Inuit, and First Nations peoples.
In the face of colonialism and cultural genocide, Indigenous communities have fought hard to preserve the traditional practices, art forms, languages …