GUELPH — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to growing calls to declare homelessness a public health emergency across Ontario.…
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Schreiner calls out the Premier’s government’s ‘nonsense’ on the housing crisis
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner addressed the annual conference of the Rural Ontario Municipal Association in Toronto this morning.…
Schreiner addresses Toronto rally with a clear message to the Premier: Keep your hands off our Greenbelt
TORONTO – Mike Schreiner today repeated his demand to the Premier: Keep your Greenbelt promise, keep your hands off our Greenbelt.…
The Premier’s government is misleading Ontarians on its plans to carve up our Greenbelt
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP for Guelph, Mike Schreiner, released the following statement after rising in the House today to question the government’s plan to open up the Greenbelt to development.…
SCHREINER REQUESTS INTEGRITY COMMISSIONER INVESTIGATION INTO PREMIER’S GREENBELT DEVELOPMENT PLANS
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Guelph, Mike Schreiner, released the following statement after initiating an Integrity Commissioner complaint:
Yesterday Mike Schreiner filed a complaint with the Integrity Commissioner asking for an opinion on whether the Premier and the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing breached sections 2 and/or 3 of the Members Integrity Act, or any other parliamentary convention, when making their decision to open certain Greenbelt lands for development. …
Ford government ignores important voices before passing environmentally destructive Bill 23
QUEEN’S PARK – Guelph MPP, Mike Schreiner, released the following statement after the passage of Bill 23:
“Today, we heard one more time from poverty activists, municipal voices and healthcare workers whose voices have been ignored and excluded by the government in its decision to ram Bill 23 through the Legislature without proper consultation.…
Housing experts agree: Bill 23 endangers the Greenbelt, doesn’t address affordability and won’t solve the housing crisis
QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner released the following statement after a Facebook live discussion with housing experts, Mike Moffatt, Senior Director, Policy and Innovation at the Smart Prosperity Institute, and Cherise Burda, Executive Director, City Building Toronto Metropolitan University:
“The government’s housing legislation – Bill 23 – not only fails to address the urgent need for more housing, it also puts lives and homes in danger from flooding by further weakening the role of conservation authorities.…
Mike Schreiner’s housing bills bring new solutions to the housing crisis, and protect the Greenbelt
QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner, will table two private member’s bills for Planning Act amendments to allow fourplexes and walk-up apartments in residential neighbourhoods and mid-rise housing along transit corridors and main streets.…
The Premier steps up attack on local democracy under the guise of expanding housing
QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner, released the following statement after the government introduced legislation to expand Strong Mayors powers:
“When will the Premier understand that attacking local democracy is not the way to build more housing?…
People power pushes the Premier to back down on rights-violating Bill 28
QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner, made the following statement on the repeal of Bill 28, which imposed a contract on 55,000 education workers and violated their Charter Right to freedom of association:
“The Premier’s repeal of the egregious Bill 28 shows once again that he will backtrack when the pressure is on.…