Tag: Letters to Ministers

QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Mike Schreiner sent the attached letter to the Health Minister today, asking her to release a plan for resuming the over 65,000 surgeries that have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

These procedures include cancer, cardiac and other vital surgeries that cannot be delayed any longer without risking …

QUEEN’S PARK — MPP Mike Schreiner sent the following letter to the Premier, asking the province for a Municipal Response Plan to give municipalities urgent financial relief to deal with COVID-19.

The recommendations include:

Restoring the previous funding formula for public health;Providing a $350 million operating grant to cover the operating costs of municipal-run …

On April 9th Mike Schreiner wrote to the Premier asking that Community Gardens be considered essential and be allowed to re-open.

A follow up letter to the Solicitor General was sent today.

You can read it here.

MPP Schreiner is concerned that small businesses are being left vulnerable without a relief package as statistics show that a majority cannot survive the financial hardship caused by COVID-19.

MPP Schreiner wrote a letter to the Minister calling for the following actions to help small businesses:

Grants of up to $5000 for small business …

Food production will always be essential.

The province made a mistake by closing down community gardens due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This hurts tens of thousands of families as well as food banks who rely on gardens for fresh fruit and vegetables.

British Columbia, New Brunswick and PEI have kept their gardens open by classifying …