FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 1, 2017 QUEEN’S PARK – In a week marked by the opening of trout fishing, turkey hunting and farmers preparing to get on the land, Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett asked the Minister of Health for an update on what is happening in the battle against Lyme disease. After hearing from … Continue reading “Barrett raises concern over Lyme”
Year: 2017
Budget fails to address the debt and ignores Opposition requests
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 27, 2017 QUEEN’S PARK – Today’s budget provides more questions than answers as the government introduces a budget that does not address Ontario’s $312 billion debt. And, the big question remains, is the budget really balanced or is it a case of “cooking the books”? With the claim the … Continue reading “Budget fails to address the debt and ignores Opposition requests”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 27, 2017 QUEEN’S PARK – Today’s budget didn’t offer much for farmers, agri-food processors or rural Ontario, according to Opposition Agriculture Critic Toby Barrett. Our farms and factories are under the gun of additional costs from cap and trade piled upon the skyrocketing costs for electricity – but there was … Continue reading “Ontario’s agri-food budget cut $47 million: Barrett”
By MPP Toby Barrett Tractor rollovers. Electrocution. Grain suffocation. Heatstroke. Sadly, with every beautiful growing and harvesting season also come the ugly dangers of working on a farm. Some farm families know all too well that farming is one of the deadliest jobs in the world and stories of on-farm accidents and close calls are … Continue reading “Slow down a bit and think about farm safety”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 24, 2017 QUEEN’S PARK – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett spoke in the Ontario Legislature today against the government record of taxes and debt as the solution to all problems. “To paraphrase the famous quote from Ben Franklin – in today’s Ontario, nothing can be certain except death, debt and taxes,” … Continue reading “Barrett addresses debt, taxes in Legislature”
By MPP Toby Barrett Last year Ontario became the first province in Canada to rack up over $300 billion in debt. Worse yet, there are plans to add more debt in the future with no plans to cut taxes. Ontario is the most indebted sub-national government in the world with each Ontarian sharing in over … Continue reading “In Ontario, nothing is certain but debt and taxes”
For immediate release: April 13, 2017 QUEEN’S PARK – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett paid tribute to the unsung heroes of conservation during a statement at Queen’s Park yesterday. Speaking to pay tribute to the volunteers of conservation during National Wildlife Week, Barrett made his remarks after attending the Long Point Waterfowlers’ Association annual meeting … Continue reading “Barrett salutes conservation volunteers”
By MPP Toby Barrett Ontario needs a law that will ensure every municipality will get a fair share of the gas tax every driver in the province pays at the pumps. Currently, the Gasoline Tax Act permits only those municipalities that have a rapid transit or public transportation system to get a tax rebate. As … Continue reading “We need our fair share of the gas tax back”
By MPP Toby Barrett One hundred years ago, three young brothers from our area’s Houghton Township were fighting in France as part of the Canadian Corps’ 14th Battalion. Within a matter of days, all three would be dead. Bill West, age 20, and Arthur West, age 27, were killed on April 9, 1917, during the … Continue reading “We commemorate the service and sacrifice of Vimy”
Barrett pays tribute to sacrifice of Houghton family at Vimy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 4, 2017 QUEEN’S PARK – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett paid tribute to a Houghton Township family that suffered catastrophic loss during the First World War’s Battle of Vimy Ridge. “One hundred years ago today, three young brothers from our area’s Houghton Township were fighting in France as part of the … Continue reading “Barrett pays tribute to sacrifice of Houghton family at Vimy”