CALEDON – This afternoon Mike Schreiner held a press conference along the proposed route of Highway 413 to call on the Premier to cancel Highway 413.
Instead of building a highway that mostly benefits wealthy land speculators, we will build the livable, affordable communities people want so they don’t have to commute for …
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner released the following statement for Remembrance Day:
“On Remembrance Day, I express my sincere, heartfelt gratitude for the service and sacrifice of our veterans and first responders.
We must never forget.
Especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedoms, our democracy and our way of life.
We owe veterans and …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that the government will not mandate vaccines for healthcare workers:
“Today’s announcement is a slap in the face to patients and their families who deserve to be safe, as well as to the vast majority of healthcare workers who have …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement ahead of tomorrow’s Fall Economic Statement:
“Ontario needs investments in a green and caring recovery, not the Premier’s highway schemes.
Instead of spending billions on Highway 413, which is a climate, fiscal and economic disaster, I’m calling on the government to invest in healthcare, mental …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the Premier’s announcement on raising the minimum wage:
“The Premier is yet again flip-flopping with a delayed and lukewarm minimum wage increase.
It is good that the government has finally seen the light and revoked his previous cancellation of the minimum wage …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in reaction to the government’s vote against Bill 32: the Carbon Budget Accountability Act:
“It is alarming that when we are facing a climate emergency, the government would reject our Carbon Budget Accountability Act and say no to reducing climate pollution.
It is vital for …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the government’s new LTC legislation:
“It shouldn’t have taken the tragic deaths and suffering of thousands of elders for the Premier to finally budge on improving LTC.
By failing to build the promised ‘iron ring’ around LTC during COVID-19, this government poured …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that take-home tests will be available for students:
“If the Premier really cared about protecting kids in schools, he’d make vaccines mandatory for education workers.
It doesn’t make any sense that children are being exposed to unvaccinated teachers and staff — …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement:
“The costs of the climate crisis are drastically escalating.
The tornado that hit Barrie this summer caused $75 million in damages. And in 2018, three hours of extreme rain in Toronto cost $80 million.
Six First Nation communities were evacuated this summer due to rampant forest …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner made the following statement on the nursing shortage crisis:
“The Premier’s refusal to improve working conditions and pay for nurses has led to a health care staffing crisis.
Nurses are the heart and soul of our healthcare system and COVID-19 response.
Many are burnt out, stressed and overworked from the …