March 24, 2011 Conservative Budget out of touch with the priorities of Northwestern Ontario families and communities – Yves Fricot, Liberal Candidate for Thunder Bay Superior North Today’s Conservative budget hides billions in wasteful spending and offers next to nothing for Northwestern [Read more]
Harper declines to eliminate seniors’ poverty, strengthen CPP, take HST off home heating OTTAWA, ON – The Harper Government’s 2011 Budget has little to make life more affordable for Canadian families, deal effectively with the pensions crisis, and provide substantial support for health care, [Read more]
McGuinty Government Improving Access To High Quality Health Care Ontario is a national leader in wait times for key health procedures according to a new report from the Canadian Health Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Today, CIHI released its sixth annual report on provincial and national [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]
72,000 More Students Succeed In Ontario High Schools Ontario is becoming even more competitive now that more students are graduating from high school. Graduation rates have risen in each of the last six years — going from 68 per cent in 2003-04 to 81 per cent in 2009-10. That’s an [Read more]
McGuinty Government Supports Prospectors, Landowners And Local Economies Improvements to Ontario’s mining sector will benefit both prospectors and private landowners, while helping strengthen Northern and rural economies across the provinces. This includes: A new Electronic Assessment [Read more]
McGuinty Government Releases Ontario’s Sexual Violence Action Plan Ontario is taking important next steps to make the province safer for all women. The province is launching its Sexual Violence Action Plan to both prevent sexual violence and improve supports for survivors. The plan includes [Read more]
McGuinty Government Supports Student Success, Stronger Economy Ontario is taking the next step in its plan to integrate financial literacy into the curriculum this September. Working with the Ontario Securities Commission and the Investor Education Fund, the province is developing new financial [Read more]
March 1, 2011 McGuinty Government Establishes Expert Panel To Provide Advice On Best Practices Ontario is establishing an expert advisory group to provide advice on follow-up care and treatment for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) who return to Ontario after undergoing the experimental Chronic [Read more]
February 28, 2011 McGuinty and Charest Governments making it easier to do business between provinces For the first time in history, an Ontario-Québec Economic Forum with businesses and other institutions will meet to further trade and relationships between both provinces.Ontario and Québec makes [Read more]
McGuinty Government Providing Care Closer To Home Ontario’s expansion of bariatric surgeries, also known as gastric bypass, is saving the province tens of millions of taxpayer dollars each year while providing care closer to home for patients. As part of Ontario’s Diabetes strategy to [Read more]
February 25, 2011 The search has begun for exceptional employers in Northwestern Ontario who are helping to build tomorrow’s skilled workforce by training new apprentices. Nominations for the 2011 Minister’s Awards for Apprenticeship Training are now open. The awards celebrate and encourage [Read more]
Only 5% of Canada’s households live in non-profit housing or government housing… the smallest percentage of social housing of any Western country, except the USA. This is a growing problem for those too poor to pay market rates for shelter. Canada’s housing policy emphasizes [Read more]
February 22, 2011 McGuinty Government Proposes To Strengthen the Care And Safety Of Seniors Ontario is one step closer to strengthening protections for seniors in retirement homes across the province. Proposed regulations under the Retirement Homes Act, 2010 were developed after extensive [Read more]
February 22, 2011 Therapeutic air mattresses may pose entrapment risks. Dr. Andrew McCallum, Chief Coroner for Ontario, is alerting all Ontarians to the uncommon but significant risks which may be associated with the use of therapeutic air mattresses that are currently in use in hospitals and [Read more]
