Billions spent on plant relocation scandal while Nanticoke prepares for closure: Barrett FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 21, 2013 QUEEN’S PARK – When Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli rose in the House Thursday to announce there were additional documents to be released regarding the pre-election cancellation of Oakville and Mississauga gas plants it was the latest about-face … Continue reading “Cover up continues as more gas plant documents revealed”
Author: Toby Barrett
Empty words in the Throne Speech fail to address jobs crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2013 QUEEN’S PARK – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett says the empty words and feel-good statements of the Wynne Throne Speech do little to fix a continued made-in-Ontario jobs and debt crisis. “It’s more of the same overspending, overpromising, government direction that has run this province into a dead end,” Barrett … Continue reading “Empty words in the Throne Speech fail to address jobs crisis”
Inspire us to decisions which establish and maintain a land of prosperity and righteousness where freedom prevails and where justice rules. – Speaker’s Prayer By MPP Toby Barrett The day a handful of people blockaded the entrance to Douglas Creek Estates seven years ago, I crossed the floor of the Ontario Legislature to ask the … Continue reading “February marks seventh anniversary of Caledonia”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 19, 2013 QUEEN’S PARK – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett invoked the biblical Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in predicting the legacies of e-health, Caledonia, Ornge and natural gas plant scandals will continue to haunt the McGuinty-Wynne era. “When the new Premier says she wants to build on Mr. McGuinty’s legacy, she … Continue reading “Will Wynne confront the legacy of scandal?”
By MPP Toby Barrett The brain is the most complex organ in the human body, and health conditions affecting the brain can by among the most debilitating and challenging. Yet mental health and addiction has for too long been treated as an afterthought in our health system. Ontario must confront the human and economic toll … Continue reading “Integrate mental health and addictions into the system”
For immediate release: February 12, 2013 Simcoe – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett says the latest reboot of the decade old Drive Clean program should get the boot altogether. Barrett made the claim following the Wynne government’s latest set of changes introducing a bureaucratic and excessively onerous procedure for consumers and car dealers to follow if … Continue reading “Time to scrap Drive Clean: Barrett”
For Immediate Release February 11, 2013 Simcoe – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett says changes to Health Canada’s wind study take direct aim at previously unexamined indirect adverse health effects of industrial wind turbines – acknowledging a key complaint of concerned residents. Changes to the study were announced following the submission of more than 950 public … Continue reading “Changes to Health Canada wind study target indirect effects”
By MPP Toby Barrett “We’re going to build on the work that Dalton McGuinty has done over the last nine years. Absolutely.”~ Kathleen Wynne. Ontario is spending $8.5 billion more on education than in 2003, despite 250,000 fewer students. At the same time test scores are down in key areas like math and science. It’s … Continue reading “Put students ahead of teacher union bosses”
SIMCOE – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett called for a more cautious approach on automobile insurance rates. NDP Leader Andrea Horwarth made headlines earlier this week, calling for a 15 per cent reduction in automobile insurance rates as a bargaining chip with the Liberals. While Barrett wasn’t against a reduction in rates, he was more cautious … Continue reading “Real solutions needed for auto insurance: Barrett”
“As co-chair of the Liberal re-election campaign last year, Ms. Wynne could find it difficult to distance herself from scandals swirling around the government over the province’s air ambulance service and the decision to pull the plug on two power plants, said a Liberal insider.” – The Canadian Press, September 11, 2011. QUEEN’S PARK – … Continue reading “Wynne directly linked to gas plant cancellations”