By MPP Toby Barrett This past week while by-election fever was hitting the Kitchener-Waterloo area, I had the opportunity to share thoughts on Bill 115 – the so-called, Putting Students First Act. This is legislation that comes nine years late and $411.4 billion dollars short as a tentative step towards fiscal restraint. As Opposition Leader … Continue reading “Teacher’s bill is half-loaf, half-baked restraint”
Author: Toby Barrett
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SEPT. 6, 2012 QUEEN’S PARK – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett recently questioned the secrecy surrounding negotiations on the Algonquin Land Claim, comparing it to his experiences surrounding the government handling of the occupation in Caledonia. During debate for the Standing Committee on Estimates on Aug. 28, Barrett grilled Minister of Aboriginal Affairs … Continue reading “Barrett calls for end of secrecy in Aboriginal talks”
By MPP Toby Barrett In a tale of two realities, the private sector has lost 300,000 manufacturing jobs and wage growth has become virtually stagnant, while 300,000 bureaucratic government jobs have been added to a bloated public sector payroll. While Ontario’s unionized and non-unionized private sector workers have taken it on the chin, their public … Continue reading “Why pay $143 to screw in a pencil sharpener?”
Barrett questions Premier on his relationship with Ornge CEO
For Immediate Release August 29, 2012 Queen’s Park – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett today asked Premier Dalton McGuinty when he’ll have time to come before the Public Accounts Committee with regard to the millions of taxpayers’ dollars that have been misappropriated through the Ornge scandal. “Public accounts has received and assembled thousands of pages of … Continue reading “Barrett questions Premier on his relationship with Ornge CEO”
August 29, 2012 For Immediate Release Queen’s Park – The Ontario Legislature pulled together yesterday to honour 14-year-old Annaleise Carr and her incredible feat to cross Lake Ontario. MPP Paul Miller reflected on Annaleise’s accomplishment on behalf of the NDP caucus. His aunt was an Olympic swimming trainer. “She also provides an amazing example of … Continue reading “Legislature pulls together for Annaleise”
Simcoe – The continued wasteful spending of Ontario tax dollars only buys more lost jobs and a deeper debt. That from Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett following Opposition Leader Tim Hudak’s appeal for straight talk and bold ideas in confronting our jobs and spending crisis, at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) annual conference in … Continue reading “McGuinty wasteful spending buys further debt and job loss Time to turn around the debt train – Barrett”
By MPP Toby Barrett “I think it’s so great we have a new Lady of the Lake.” ~ Marilyn Bell Over the years, I have met so many wonderful people who give tirelessly and believe in their community. But every once in a while I meet someone who stands head and shoulders — even at … Continue reading “Our Mighty Mite becomes Ontario’s Lady of the Lake”
“Labour is the universal lot of Man, but he who is willing to work will get by.” ~ Hesiod 700 B.C. By MPP Toby Barrett People in Ontario are hard-wired to work – we all like to work, we know how to work and want to work, whether in a formalized work setting or not. … Continue reading “Time to put Ontario’s social welfare back to work”
August 14, 2012 Simcoe – Arcady is pleased to announce the permanent establishment of its new Youth Chorus, thanks to a three-year, $65,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). MPP for Haldimand-Norfolk, Toby Barrett congratulated Arcady Director Ron Beckett at the organization’s Simcoe office. Over the next three years, this grant aims to increase … Continue reading “Arcady To Add Permanent Youth Chorus Thanks to OTF Grant”
By MPP Toby Barrett With the loss of 300,000 manufacturing jobs since 2003, and an unemployment rate above the national average five years running, Ontario has regrettably become the ‘sick man’ of Canada. Once seen as a place of opportunity and hope – a province that attracted work and hardworking people — Ontario is now … Continue reading “It’s time to wake up job creation in Ontario”