QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to calls from agricultural leaders and organizations across Ontario for the government to abandon Bill 97 and the Proposed Provincial Planning Statement.
“Ontario’s farmers have a clear message for the Premier: to farm, we need farmland.
Our province’s food and farming sector is …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP for Guelph Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to news that Toronto councillors have voted to allow the construction of multiplex housing citywide.
“This is an important step for the city of Toronto. For far too long, outdated exclusionary zoning laws have severely restricted the growth of …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP for Guelph Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to warnings from the City of Toronto that its rental replacement policy is in danger of being weakened by Bill 97.
“Across Ontario, rental rates have been far too high for far too long.
Nearly half of all renters …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP for Guelph Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to reports that sprawl development in King Township and East Gwillimbury could place unsustainable demand on Newmarket’s infrastructure and amenities.
“The governments sprawl-at-all-costs agenda has never been about building more affordable homes.
In fact, it’s going to make the housing …
GUELPH — MPP for Guelph Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the release of the Ontario Ombudsman’s report on his investigation of delays at the Landlord and Tenant Board.
“The Landlord and Tenant Board is broken – and neither Ontario’s renters nor landlords can afford any more delays.
For too long …
THUNDER BAY — MPP for Guelph, Mike Schreiner, addressed his priorities for strengthening Northern Ontario at the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA)’s annual conference.
“There are serious cracks in the systems we depend on every day, from jobs to healthcare, education to housing,” Schreiner told conference attendees.
“Everywhere you look, homes are too expensive …
QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to reports that Toronto’s affordable housing plan could stall if the government does not fill the gap created by Bill 23.
“From the start, we’ve known that Bill 23 will make it harder to build the homes we need.
And now, we …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the Premier government’s proposal to revise current land use planning documents to weaken protections against reckless urban sprawl.
“Make no mistake. These eleventh-hour attacks on land use planning rules are designed to open the floodgates to reckless, expensive sprawl – while …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the release of Ontario’s annual Poverty Reduction Strategy report, which shows the government is not meeting its own poverty reduction targets.
“If this government truly wanted to help Ontarians living in poverty, it could start with putting a permanent end to …
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 …