Tag: Statements

QUEEN’S PARK —  Green Party of Ontario leader and Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner issued the following statement on Bill 36:
“I voted yes on Bill 36 today because I believe a retail model with regulated dispensaries across the province is the best way to end the illegal, unsafe, underground market.
The previous government’s monopoly …

QUEEN’S PARK —  Green Party of Ontario leader and Guelph MPP, Mike Schreiner, issued the following statement in response to the FAO review of cap-and-trade cancellation:
“Premier Ford’s anti-climate agenda is bad for the environment and bad for business. And today we learned that the Premier’s reckless actions are a $3 billion boondoggle …

QUEEN’S PARK —  Mike Schreiner issued the following statement regarding the student walkouts taking place across Ontario today:
“I ask the Premier to listen to the thousands of students demanding a modern health and physical education curriculum. They are asking for a curriculum that provides them with the knowledge and tools needed to …

QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner, GPO leader and Guelph MPP made the following statement regarding the Green Energy Repeal Act:
“This legislation will do nothing to lower electricity prices, but it will have a chilling effect on job creation and investors in the clean economy. The government is doubling down on its message …

QUEEN’S PARK — The PC government is taking credit for a seasonal drop in gas prices, attributing it to their climate cancellation bill, even though it hasn’t yet become law.
“It’s a complete farce for this government to be lavishing praise on itself for the drop in gas prices. The cap-and-trade bill hasn’t …

CHATHAM-KENT, ON — Green Party of Ontario Leader and MPP for Guelph, Mike Schreiner, issued the following statement on the day of the 2018 International Plowing Match:
“I am thrilled to be attending my eighth plowing match as Green Party Leader and first as MPP. As someone who grew up on a farm …

QUEEN’S PARK — Green Party of Ontario Leader and MPP for Guelph, Mike Schreiner, issued the following statement on the midnight sitting of the legislature:“This Premier has manufactured a crisis by meddling with elections and trampling on local democracy. The Conservatives are acting with impunity, trying to suspend people’s Charter rights under …

QUEEN’S PARK —  Mike Schreiner issued the following statement about the recalling of the Legislature for a rare weekend sitting:
“I’m calling on the Premier to stop wasting taxpayer dollars on petty political fights that he has created for the province.
How much is it costing taxpayers to pay for MPPs to travel back …

QUEEN’S PARK —  Green Party of Ontario Leader and MPP for Guelph, Mike Schreiner, released the following statement in response to the government’s filing of legal arguments in the carbon tax lawsuit
“The Premier wasn’t elected to waste taxpayer money on frivolous lawsuits and petty political battles.
I’m appalled by the money Premier Ford …

QUEEN’S PARK —  Mike Schreiner, MPP for Guelph, has filed notice of a reasoned amendment on Bill 31, the act to use the notwithstanding clause to reduce the size of Toronto City Council. Schreiner issued the following statement:
“I will fight to protect people’s Charter rights. My office is being flooded with emails …