QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the release of the FAO’s Economic and Budget Outlook report for the 2023-24 to 2028-29 period.
“While everyday Ontarians are struggling to get by, the government continues to underspend on the public services we all rely on daily.
Today’s Economic and …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that Japanese company Asahi Kasei will build an EV battery separator plant in Port Colborne.
“If the government is serious about our province’s EV future, it must step up to the table with serious measures that make it affordable …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Schreiner and MPP Aislinn Clancy released the following statement in response to news that the government has awarded a contract for the detail design of the western section of the Bradford Bypass.
“We have been clear: super-sprawl highways like the Bradford Bypass and Highway 413 need to be cancelled …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that the government has procured 1,784 megawatts of clean energy storage and 411 MW of fossil gas and biogas.
“By keeping taxpayer dollars flowing to fossil fuel giants, the government is costing Ontarians more.
While I appreciate that the government …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Mike Schreiner has written to Ontario’s Auditor General requesting a value for money audit and review of the financial and environmental costs of the government’s decision to overturn the Ontario Energy Board ruling that would have ended the subsidization of fossil gas hookups in newly built Ontario homes.
“The …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that the federal government will transfer funding for affordable housing directly to city service managers, after the provincial government failed to meet its construction targets.
“While I’m glad that Ontario municipalities will still get the funding they need to …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Mike Schreiner and MPP Aislinn Clancy joined youth advocates calling on the government to get off fossil gas and transition to cleaner, cheaper electricity sources.
“In the Premier’s Ontario, our grid is getting dirtier,” said Clancy. “His continued investment in fossil gas plants is putting our health, our economy …
GUELPH — MPP Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the Premier’s recent comment that the Campbellville quarry will not proceed if the community does not want it.
“The Premier is failing to be clear about whether he will keep his promise to stop the Campbellville quarry.
He promised to cancel …
KITCHENER — MPP Aislinn Clancy and MPP Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that the government is planning to begin construction on Highway 413 in 2025.
“Highway 413 is an environmental wrecking ball that’s going to pave over 2,000 acres of prime farmland, including 400 acres of the Greenbelt …
GUELPH — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that the government will pass legislation to ensure wildland firefighters have the same presumptive WSIB coverage for cancers, heart injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder as municipal firefighters.
“This is an important change that wildland firefighters have long been asking for and …