Tag: environment

QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner is joining incoming NDP leader Marit Stiles and interim Liberal leader John Fraser in asking Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk to conduct a value-for-money audit and an environmental impact assessment of the government’s decision to open up Greenbelt lands for development.

In a letter (attached) to Ms. Lysyk, the …

GUELPH – Mike Schreiner, released the following statement on the pending legal action against the Ford government over its decision to expand Hamilton’s municipal boundaries.

“The Premier is happy to ignore everything and everyone in his reckless haste to open up farms and green spaces across the GTHA to expensive sprawl development.

Hamilton City …

GUELPH – Mike Schreiner, released the following statement in response to a report that the OPP are considering launching an investigation into Greenbelt land deals in response to numerous complaints, including from Patrick Macklem, constitutional law expert and former Ontario Green candidate in Parkdale–High Park.

“I am pleased that the OPP is responding …

GUELPH – Mike Schreiner, released the following statement in response to news that the public consultation on the government’s Greenbelt plan showed that there was broad opposition to opening up the protected land for development.

“The Premier’s decision to ignore the results of the public consultations proves he doesn’t care what the people …

QUEENS PARK – Mike Schreiner, released the following statement after hosting a rally at Queen’s Park and delivering thousands of petition signatures to the Premier’s office.

Over a hundred people showed up for a last minute lunchtime rally with Mike Schreiner at Queen’s Park to deliver a Christmas present of over 6,000 signed petitions …

GUELPH – Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to a new report from the Independent Electricity System Operator on the cost of phasing out gas power in Ontario.

“Ontario has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a fully clean electricity grid that is affordable for rural and urban residents if the government …

GUELPH – Mike Schreiner released the following statement about leaked government documents that show plans to double the size of the Bradford Bypass in the Greenbelt:

“Just when we thought that the Premier’s vicious assault on the Greenbelt couldn’t get any worse, we learn that he is planning on doubling the size of …

QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to a complaint by Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation about lack of consultation on Bill 23.

“The government abandoned any semblance of consultation or debate in its unseemly haste to ram through Bill 23.

As we now learn, that includes not fulfilling its …

QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner, released the following statement in response to the Auditor General’s report on the operation of the Environmental Bill of Rights.

“The Auditor General’s report on the Environmental Bill of Rights merely confirms what we have learned during the Premier’s four and a half years in office – that this …