TORONTO — Mike Schreiner is calling on the government to speed up the delayed pandemic pay process for PSWs, which is leaving thousands of health-care workers underpaid.
“As the Omicron variant sweeps through our province, we need to ensure that Ontarians on the frontlines are being compensated and treated fairly,” Schreiner wrote in a …
Mike Schreiner held a virtual news conference to call for all-party collaboration on housing and to call on the Premier to “get serious” about addressing the housing affordability crisis.
Notably, no opposition parties were invited to the Ford government’s housing summit today.
“This is a pattern,” Schreiner said. “ The Premier refuses to listen to …
“The Premier insists on plowing ahead with the Holland Marsh Highway (Bradford Bypass), despite clear evidence that it would be an environmental disaster.
The highway would increase climate pollution by 87 million kilograms per year, pave over 42 acres of the Holland Marsh, and slice right through the Greenbelt.
Less than 30% of Lake …
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner made the following statement on the COVID-19 outbreaks at prisons across Ontario:
“Provincial prisons across Ontario are experiencing mass COVID-19 outbreaks. The situation is out of control, but the government is nowhere in sight on the issue.
Fifteen of Ontario’s 25 jails are in outbreak. And 2,000 inmates are in medical …
TORONTO — This morning, Mike Schreiner held a virtual news conference and called for significant investment in student mental health as kids return to in-person learning.
“As kids head back to school this week, student mental health has to be a top priority,” Schreiner said. “Access to mental health care should not be …
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner made the following statement on the Paris Galt Moraine:
“If the past two years have taught us anything, it’s that health matters.
And that Ontarians need fresh air to breathe, healthy, local food to eat and clean water to drink.
That’s why it’s vital the government passes my bill: the Paris Galt Moraine Conservation …
Guelph is Ready: community leaders come together to discuss a safe return to school
(Guelph, January 14, 2022) – Officials and community leaders from Guelph gather to discuss being ready for a safe return for students.
In an impressive display of community leadership and collaboration, leaders in healthcare, education, public health, and business, along with municipal …
“Ontario is dead last when it comes to per-capita housing supply. We need to change course urgently.
It’s becoming harder and harder for people in Ontario to find an affordable place to live. The housing affordability crisis is hitting Ontarians hard.
It’s hurting them in their wallets, and it’s hurting their health.
If we want …
In an urgent letter to the Minister of Finance, Schreiner amplified the Ontario Nonprofit Network’s calls for key measures, including:
Ensure all supports that are available to small businesses (e.g. Small Business Relief Grant and Ontario Business Costs Rebate Program) include non-profit organizationsCreate a targeted support program for non-profits in Ontario that have specifically been impacted by …
“I’m calling on the Premier’s government to step up and address the current crisis situation in shelters across Ontario.
COVID-19 is ripping through shelters across the province from Toronto to Hamilton to Thunder Bay.
Isolation centres are full, shelters are bursting at the seams, and many infected patients are forced to isolate ‘in situ’ …