Today (December 5th), the Statistics Canada Stats numbers were released. They are showing 34,000 people have lost their jobs, clearly this is just more evidence that the Liberals have failed to address the province’s jobs crisis and their austerity budget will only make matters worse. These [Read more]
This week marked another constituency week where I had the opportunity to tour the riding and offer clinics. I visited several communities in the northwestern part of the riding and heard many of your concerns. Unfortunately things are not improving for many families. Affordability continues [Read more]
NDP to Libs: Open the books on Cliffs documents QUEEN’S PARK, ON – In the wake of Cliffs Natural Resources’ decision to withdraw from the Ring of Fire, NDP Northern Development and Mines Critic Michael Mantha says the Liberal government should be upfront about agreements they had with [Read more]
This week in the legislature the voices of many in Algoma-Manitoulin and across the north were heard. For over a year I have been receiving calls from constituents requesting that the Ministry of Transportation change the definition of an Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) under the Highway Traffic Act [Read more]
This week the legislature returned and the NDP welcomed two newly elected MPP’s. During the summer by elections Percy Hatfield was elected in Windsor-Tecumseh and Peggy Sattler was elected in London West. We are proud to have these two fantastic additions to our caucus and look forward to [Read more]
This week marks another constituency week in the legislative calendar, but much has still happened at Queen’s Park. Early this week, Leader of the Ontario New Democrats Andrea Horwath announced that she, together with NDP caucus will be supporting the budget, so that results can be delivered to [Read more]
WHITE RIVER, ON – Elgin Street was lined with children of all ages Saturday morning in anticipation of the 2012 Winnie the Pooh Festival Parade, an annual event that attracts residents from across the region. The theme for the 2012 Poohfest parade was ‘carnival’ and people went [Read more]
ELLIOT LAKE, ON – As residents of Elliot Lake grieve the victims of the Algo Centre Mall collapse, many are also dealing with the disruption of services resulting from the loss of a major community hub. A number of services provided by municipal, provincial and federal government have been [Read more]
Ontario Government Putting Ontario Wood to Work, Creating Jobs CHAPLEAU, ON – Mike Brown, MPP, Algoma-Manitoulin, is pleased to announce that a Chapleau sawmill has accepted a wood supply offer from the Province to diversify its product line, creating 27 new jobs and protecting 19 existing jobs. [Read more]
March 9, 2010 QUEEN’S PARK, ON – Today in the Legislature, Peter Tabuns NDP Environment Critic, reiterated the NDP policy saying to Liberal Energy Minister Duguid “I believe in offshore wind power, this is a Minister of Energy who doesn’t, so I’ve had it [Read more]
New Tenure & Pricing Framework Proposed by Karina Hunter Dubbed as the most comprehensive overhaul of the Ontario’s wood allocation system in decades, the proposed new forest tenure and pricing system released today is designed to position Ontario’s forestry sector as an innovative, [Read more]
BROWN ANNOUNCES 16 MAJOR GREEN ENERGY PROJECTS FOR ALGOMA-MANITOULIN Thousands of green jobs created across Ontario Renewable energy growing in Ontario QUEEN’S PARK “Ontario is committed to greening our electricity system, cleaning up our air and creating new ‘green collar’ jobs,” [Read more]
After attending Snow Tour 2010 I shared the experience with media through submissions of a variety of articles/editorials to newspapers and magazines – I wanted to allow these to publish, and allow M.Brown, by whom I was contracted to photograph this event, the opportunity to share [Read more]
Students political savvy highlighted by Karina Hunter March 5th Manitouwadge Public School students of Mr. Jones Grade 4/5 class enjoyed a very special visit from Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Mike Brown. Brown brought along many goodies to show and share with the children including, the [Read more]
Snow Tour 2010 a success by Karina Hunter Northeastern Ontario said goodbye Thursday to the key political figures who participated in Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Mike Brown’s Annual Snow Tour in Wawa, Ontario this week. In addition to Brown, participants included the Honourable Gerry Phillips Chair [Read more]
