QUEEN’S PARK — MPP for Guelph Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the publication of the Financial Accountability Office’s Q4 Expenditure Monitor 2022-23.
“Ontarians are caught in the crosshairs of so many interconnected crises: healthcare, housing, climate, mental health – the list goes on and on.
It’s unconscionable that in the …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP for Guelph Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to reports that temporary ER closures have become so commonplace in Ontario that the government has created a protocol for hospitals to follow before issuing a temporary closure.
“Over the past weekend alone, eight emergency rooms in Ontario were …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP for Guelph Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to reports that small-town hospitals in Ontario continue to close some emergency room departments due to staffing shortages.
“Once again, hospitals in small communities across the province are being forced to close their emergency rooms because they don’t have …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to a report showing that the Alberta Surgical Initiative to outsource public surgeries to private facilities diverted resources from the public system and reduced provincial surgical capacity.
“The evidence is clear: privatizing healthcare only leads to poorer quality of care.
Everywhere it has …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP for Guelph Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to reports that private clinics have charged patients over $42,000 in wrongful fees since the government came to power in 2018.
“We’ve known all along that Bill 60 puts shareholder profits before patient care.
And now, not even 24 hours …
GUELPH — MPP for Guelph Mike Schreiner released the following statement to mark Doctors’ Day.
“Today, I am delighted to join the Ontario Medical Association in celebrating the incredible doctors across our province who work tirelessly to keep us healthy and safe.
The past several years have shown us just how much each and …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to new polling that shows 60 percent of registered practical nurses are considering leaving the profession due to poor working conditions.
“When will the Premier admit that Ontario’s healthcare crisis won’t be resolved until he treats nurses with the respect they …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the Premier government’s announcement of a minimum wage increase.
“People are hurting from a cost of living crisis that’s hitting the lowest-paid workers the hardest.
And it’s a slap in the face to minimum-wage workers that the Premier government pats themselves on …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the Premier’s government 2023 budget.
“We can’t prepare for a better future unless we tackle the multiple urgent crises that are affecting us today: climate, housing, healthcare, mental health, and poverty.
But this head-in-the-sand budget shows a government in denial of the …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement calling on the government to prioritize climate action, affordable housing and essential public services in the upcoming provincial budget, to be tabled March 23.
“Since the Premier was elected in 2018, quality of life in Ontario has gotten worse.
Everywhere you look, there’s a crisis …