Tag: Statements

QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to raising speed limits on the 400-series highways:
“I support an evidence-based review of speed limits on the 400-series highways with safety being a top priority. Such a review must be driven be experts and not by the Premiers’s need for immediate …

I’ve been contacted a number of time in the last days asking about an email which came from the local NDP riding association about the teacher’s rally on the lawn of Queen’s Park which took place on April 6th. I’d like to correct some false assumptions in the letter.

On April 6th:

I …

QUEEN’S PARK — Today in Question Period, Mike Schreiner asked why the government is disrespecting taxpayers by reviving the Ontario Municipal Board system that once cost municipalities millions in legal fees to defend against deep-pocketed developers.

“It was bad enough the OMB was used to overturn local planning decisions made by democratically elected …

QUEEN’S PARK — The PC government continues to mislead the people of Ontario about the elimination of the 50 Million Tree Program.
The Green Party would like to correct the record on various statements:

1. “We’re giving the forest industry, the best stewards of the environment, the opportunity and the support to plant 67 million …

QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the elimination of all provincial funding for Gambling Research Exchange Ontario:

“It is incredibly irresponsible – and ironic – to shut down the hub of research into responsible gambling policy at a time when the government is overhauling its gambling laws.

But …

QUEEN’S PARK — The PC government’s major omnibus bill tabled today would decimate the Endangered Species Act, jeopardizing habitat protections for Ontario’s 243 species-at-risk.

The Green Party of Ontario analyzed over 1000 submissions on the government’s 10-year review of the Endangered Species Act, representing over half of the total responses.

A staggering 97% of …

QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the PC government’s housing action plan:
“The PC government has given us a mix of good, bad and ugly in its housing plan.

The ugly
Most disturbing is the revival of the much maligned rules of the Ontario Municipal Board, which allowed deep pocketed …

QUEEN’S PARK — Green Party of Ontario Leader, Mike Schreiner, will be introducing a bill to eliminate cash-for-access fundraising in Ontario today, an effort to get big money out of politics and tighten election finance laws that were loosened by the Conservative government in the fall.

“Cash-for-access events have no place in a …

QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement after news that 200 affordable units will be built on surplus government sites sold to Greenwin Incorporated and Choice Properties:

“We need a comprehensive housing affordability strategy in Ontario.

But it’s important to acknowledge that making surplus land available for affordable housing is a step …

QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement after news of full-time job cuts to Legal Aid:

“It is misleading for the government to tell vulnerable people in need of legal representation that they can simply call the Premier or the Attorney General after the funding cuts to Legal Aid.

This is not …