Posts Tagged ‘News from the Park’

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park : Sale of Public Assets & Affordable Post-Secondary

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park : Sale of Public Assets & Affordable Post-Secondary

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]

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park

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]

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park

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]

News from the Park : Hydro Costs, Unemployment, Small Business and Tax Credits

News from the Park :  Hydro Costs, Unemployment, Small Business and Tax Credits

  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]

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park : Northern Road Report Input

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park : Northern Road Report Input

For months New Democrats have been raising concerns and highlighting issues facing Personal Support Workers (PSW’s) in the province. After contract negotiations fell through almost two weeks ago the provinces PSW’s have been on strike.  The union representing the workers has indicated that [Read more]

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park

Like municipalities across the province, many Northern communities rely on property tax as a key source of revenue. In turn, this means they are reliant on the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) to assess reasonable tax values on local properties for the purposes of collecting [Read more]

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park

MPP Michael Mantha’s News from the Park

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]

Mantha’s News from the Park

Mantha’s News from the Park

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]

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