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Liberals Happy to Repeat Conservative’s Mistake on Algoma Passenger Train: Hughes SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Despite the fact that the Algoma Passenger train is a proven boon to the Northern Ontario economy, the Liberal government is content to live with their predecessor’s mistakes, says [Read more]
Province Celebrates Outstanding ChangeTheWorld Campaign More than 67,000 young Ontarians participated in the 2016 ChangeTheWorld – Ontario Youth Volunteer Challenge – setting a new participation record for the annual campaign. High school students between the ages of 14 to 18 [Read more]
Province Creating Jobs, Building Up Critical Infrastructure in Small, Rural and Northern Communities Ontario is providing the Municipality of Greenstone with up to $990,000 to upgrade the wastewater system at Picnic Point Pumping Station through the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund– one of [Read more]
Ontario and OMA Reach Tentative Agreement The province and the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) have reached a tentative four-year agreement that would, if ratified, strengthen the quality, access and timeliness of health care while providing a predictable physician services budget. The tentative [Read more]
Winter, summer, spring and fall, one of the most common topics for calls and letters my office receives is in regard to transportation concerns. This isn’t surprising given that so many of us have to travel often for business, recreation, medical and other reasons. People contact me to express [Read more]
*Edited from provided release MARATHON, ON – The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay-Superior North travels the North Shore this week to visit Marathon, Manitouwadge, and Pic River. MP Hajdu spent the day in Manitouwadge today, meeting with Mayor Major and visiting with [Read more]
(en français ci-dessous) Supporting Algoma passenger train should be at top of government’s to-do list Mid July will mark one year since the Algoma passenger trains stopped running. The service ground to a halt after third party operator Railmark could not come up with adequate financing to [Read more]
New Anti-Racism Directorate to Hear from People Across Province Ontario is launching community meetings across the province to engage with the public and organizations on addressing systemic racism and eliminating barriers for Indigenous and racialized communities. Michael Coteau, Minister [Read more]
“The Nipigon Bridge failed seven months ago, in January. The Ministry has two reports on what went wrong. People deserve to know what is in those reports, and what’s being done to fix the problems so this doesn’t happen again, and won’t happen elsewhere. Ontarians shouldn’t have to wait [Read more]
THUNDER BAY, ON – The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay-Superior North and Minister of Status of Women today issued the following statement: “It is with deep respect that I have reviewed the Ontario Coroner’s Inquest recommendations into the deaths of Jethro [Read more]
It wasn’t that long ago I wrote about the danger presented by a request from the town of Waukesha, Wisconsin (read that column) to draw its drinking water from Lake Michigan. At that time it seemed that so many groups and communities around the Great Lakes were lining up in opposition to the [Read more]
QUEEN’s PARK, ON – Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath issued the following statement: “Pride is a time for us come together to celebrate the achievements of the LGBTQ community and the advances we’ve made in our province for all Ontarians regardless of their sexual orientation or [Read more]
Mapping the North: Northern Ontario Infrastructure now just a click away Northern Policy Institute is pleased to launch the Northern Ontario Infrastructure Map, an interactive tool that displays various infrastructure assets within Northern Ontario. According to map designer Julien Bonin, the [Read more]
Statement from Ontario NDP Indigenous Affairs Critic France Gélinas (MPP Nickel Belt) QUEEN’s PARK, ON – “New Democrats mourn the loss of Jethro Anderson, Curran Strang, Paul Panacheese, Robyn Harper, Reggie Bushie, Kyle Morriseau, and Jordan Wabasse, as we reflect upon the [Read more]
