TORONTO – MPPs Aislinn Clancy and Mike Schreiner have tabled a joint bill calling on the government to stop fuelling oil and gas greed.
While most provinces in Canada allow municipalities to charge fossil fuel giants like Enbridge for the use of municipal land, Ontario does not. This results in a lost source of revenue for municipalities and …
GUELPH — MPP Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to a new report showing more than 9,000 megawatts of Ontario’s electricity will come from fossil gas during peak summer weather this year.
“Ontario cannot keep burning fossil gas. It’s putting our health, our economy and our environment at risk.
What does this …
KITCHENER — MPP Schreiner and MPP Clancy released the following statement in response to the ongoing heat warning covering much of Ontario.
“As extreme heat warnings continue across the province, the government’s silence is louder than ever.
Ontarians are not okay right now. I’ve heard stories from teachers in my riding of classroom temperatures …
GUELPH — MPP Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the government’s latest funding commitment for oil and gas well cleanup.
“We all know that legacy oil and gas wells pose a danger to our communities, ecosystems and environment.
Although it is vital to public safety to clean them up, it is …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that it could take at least 11 years to complete the refurbishment of the Pickering nuclear plant.
“Ontario is falling behind while the rest of the world reaps the benefits of the clean energy transition.
Recent data shows that the United …
GUELPH —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 recent decision to expand fossil gas investment with a new gas plant in Napanee.
“There is no excuse for spending money to expand expensive, dirty fossil …
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 …
QUEEN’S PARK — Today, MPP Aislinn Clancy tabled a motion calling on the government to permanently protect Ontario’s prime farmland, including by immediately halting plans to expropriate 770 acres of farmland in Wilmot and reversing urban boundary changes in the Waterloo region that put nearly 7,000 acres of land at risk of …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Schreiner and MPP Clancy released the following statement to mark Earth Day.
“Ontario needs honest, ambitious climate action now.
Fortunately, we have no shortage of affordable solutions that can crush climate pollution while putting money back in people’s pockets through savings on household energy, transportation and transit.
But the government is …