“New Democrats have long supported the idea of turning schools into community hubs, and as such, I welcome the report from Karen Pitre in this regard. However, I find the contradictions of Premier Wynne and her Liberal government hard to ignore. On one hand they say they want to create [Read more]
Northerners can’t get a break from their rising hydro bills. Whether you are trying to stay warm in the winter or cool in the summer, the bills continue to skyrocket. Tens of thousands of Ontarians signed petitions, demonstrated at Queen’s Park and across the province, joined Facebook groups, [Read more]
KAPUSKASING, ON – The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is pleased to hear that the Ontario government will make the Northern Industrial Electricity Rate (NIER) Program permanent in the upcoming budget. The NIER program assists Northern Ontario’s large industrial [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – The legislature returned this week to turmoil and scandals once again. The present liberal government is embroiled in three separate OPP investigations for Ornge, Gas Plants email deletions, and the recent Sudbury bribery scandal. Thursday, minutes before question [Read more]
Premier Kathleen Wynne Announces Initiatives to Raise Awareness, Enhance Prevention and Support Victims of Sexual Violence and Harassment Premier Kathleen Wynne today announced a package of initiatives to raise awareness of sexual violence and harassment, enhance prevention initiatives to combat [Read more]
Wynne Becomes First Ontario Premier to Make Ministers’ Mandate Letters Public For the first time ever, the mandate letters that will guide Ontario’s new government over the next four years are available to the public and posted online. The letters — 30 in total — outline the [Read more]
Creating Jobs, Strengthening Health Care in Northern Ontario THUNDER BAY, ON – Premier Kathleen Wynne visited the Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute today, where she announced that the government will help it expand its patient-centred health care research and create 29 new jobs. “Our [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – Yesterday, the Government of Ontario presented it’s $130.4billion budget with a projected $12.5billion deficit and increased spending which needs the support of at least one opposition party or it’ll be election time. The video below, which includes [Read more]
Premier Joins First Nations Chiefs to Formalize Regional Framework Premier Kathleen Wynne and the Matawa member First Nations Chiefs were in Thunder Bay yesterday, where they joined Matawa community members, to officially celebrate the recent signing of a landmark regional framework agreement to [Read more]
Last week we highlighted the recent news that the Ontario Provincial Police were pursuing criminal charges against the former Liberal Premier’s chief of staff. Police allege that the Premier’s top advisor was responsible for overseeing a massive removal of emails related to the gas plant [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]
From Grassy Narrows First Nation ON makes new plans for industrial clearcut logging at Grassy Narrows OTTAWA, ON – Today the Supreme Court of Canada granted leave to Grassy Narrows to appeal their legal action for Treaty rights and against clearcut logging to the highest court. The case [Read more]
Ontario Government Committed to Growing Regional Economies Across the Province Premier Kathleen Wynne chaired a jobs roundtable in Thunder Bay today as she continued her tour of Northern Ontario. Premier Wynne heard from local business leaders about how the government can help them grow and [Read more]
Demanding Action on Mercury Poison #freegrassy #sovsummer WHAT: Hundreds of Grassy Narrows Indigenous Nation supporters, including a massive 70 person strong marching samba band, are parading to Premier Wynne’s house. Their banners will read “You wouldn’t live with mercury [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) launched a 56- community, 28-day tour of Ontario with the provincial Debt Clock. The tour aims to draw public attention to the overspending and unsustainable debt at Queen’s Park. “Ontario’s debt grows by almost a billion dollars each [Read more]
