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 …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the release of the Financial Accountability Office’s health sector spending projection from 2022-23 to 2027-28.
“Today’s healthcare report paints a grim picture. Things are getting worse, and access to care will continue to decline until the government invests in Ontario’s healthcare …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the release of the Financial Accountability Office’s health sector spending projection from 2022-23 to 2027-28.
“Today’s healthcare report paints a grim picture. Things are getting worse, and access to care will continue to decline until the government invests in Ontario’s healthcare …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the tabling of Bill 60, Your Health Act, 2023.
“After years overseeing an escalating healthcare crisis, the government is now proposing to spend more to deliver less by expanding for-profit healthcare.
Bill 60 is designed to prioritize shareholder profits over patient care.
There …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to reports that the Premier’s government is disappointed by the funding proposal made at federal-provincial healthcare talks.
“Ontario Greens support calls for further increases to the Canada Health Transfer but the Premier’s ‘disappointment’ does not distract from the fact that his own …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the release of the Financial Accountability Office’s Economic and Budget Outlook report.
“The people of Ontario are struggling to get by as the Premier imposes his austerity agenda with egregious underspending on the public services we all rely on.
Today’s Economic and …
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to Toronto Mayor’s call for a national mental health summit:
“We are in the midst of a mental health crisis, and the Premier’s government is busy pointing fingers to avoid accountability.
The challenges of the last several years have put an unsustainable strain on …
QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the Premier’s government’s announcement that they will table legislation allowing healthcare workers licensed in other provinces to immediately practice in Ontario.
“When will the Premier admit that Ontario’s healthcare crisis won’t be solved until he treats nurses and frontline healthcare workers …