Ontario’s New Democrats, vowed to fight the privatization of Ontario’s hydro system and campaign against the sell-off of public assets by the Liberals. The Liberal Government of Ontario is currently reviewing proposals to sell off a significant amount of our shared public assets. This [Read more]
This week the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) held their annual conference in London Ontario. Through AMO, Ontario’s 444 municipalities are able to work together on shared interests and concerns and enhance municipal government. I had the opportunity to attend many of the briefings [Read more]
The Liberal Gas plant scandal just won’t go away despite the Liberals best efforts. On Thursday another bombshell announcement came just before question period ended. News that the Ontario police are pursuing a criminal charge against former Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Chief of Staff was made [Read more]
This week in Queen’s Park the NDP announced their plan to create jobs for families in Ontario through a targeted tax credit that rewards job creators for new hires. This tax credit will help small businesses that are creating jobs here Algoma-Manitoulin and northern Ontario not the ones [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]
Last week more Ontarians went to the polls in two by-elections in Niagara Falls and Thornhill. The results: more and more voters are rejecting the same-old parties offering the same-old solutions. Families across this province are feeling squeezed and this current liberal government has not been [Read more]
This week the Ontario Mining Association (OMA) held their annual “Meet the Miners” event at Queen’s Park. This annual event is held to bring recognition to the importance of the mining sector in our province and inform politicians of the successes and challenges within the industry. Many [Read more]
FROM THE EDITOR: It is interesting to note that though Manitouwadge Town Council rec’vd what they were hoping, which is a redistribution of Manitouwadge to the federal riding of Thunder Bay – Superior North; they admitted themselves that they did not realize this would not equate to a [Read more]
“I join the residents of Elliott Lake in hope that the Independent Inquiry will ask the tough questions about the collapse so we can ensure that nobody has to go through what our community experienced. “I trust that the Honourable Justice Paul R. Bélanger will be complete in his examination of [Read more]
ELLIOT LAKE, ON – Two days ago, a tragic accident in my community united us in shock and in grief. Since then our community has been united in efforts to save every life we can. Earlier today, my community learned that rescue efforts were being abandoned and we are, once again, united in [Read more]
It has been a little over a week since the Liberal Budget was announced. Since then my NDP colleagues and I have been asking for your feedback. In that time, we have heard from over 38,000 Ontarians. Out of the thousands of concerns we have heard about, it’s clear that many Ontarians are very [Read more]
