By MPP Toby Barrett Last year I introduced disabilities legislation to provide incentives for people on support to allow them to earn and then keep more of their own money. Bill 23 passed second reading and was referred to the Finance Committee – but a year later we continue to wait. Sadly, political partisanship has … Continue reading “Will disabilities law see light of day?”
Author: Toby Barrett
MPP Barrett presents wind moratorium petitions to Legislature
For Immediate Release: April 29, 2011 Queens Park – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett rose in the Ontario Legislature today to read in petitions calling for, “a moratorium on wind development”, as well as a revision of the Green Energy Act. “I’ve got close to 1,000 names on a petition to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario,” … Continue reading “MPP Barrett presents wind moratorium petitions to Legislature”
For Immediate Release: April 29, 2011 Aylmer — MPP Toby Barrett reminds families they continue to pay more on their hydro bills due to Dalton McGuinty’s expensive energy experiments. At a news conference yesterday, Barrett warned that as of May 1st electricity will go up again. Dalton McGuinty promised he would only raise electricity bills … Continue reading “Families continue to pay for McGuinty’s energy experiments”
Make Earth Day more than a feel-good public relations exercise: Barrett
For Immediate Release: April 21, 2011 Queens Park – Opposition Environment Critic Toby Barrett reminded government that words only go so far to address the environmental concerns that come into focus every April 22nd. “I’d like to first commend all who ensure that initiatives such as Earth Day are more than merely a feel-good public … Continue reading “Make Earth Day more than a feel-good public relations exercise: Barrett”
By MPP Toby Barrett Earlier this month, MPPs of all stripes got together to support legislation we could all agree on – strengthening provincial laws to protect people in Ontario from sex offenders. Bill 163, An Act to amend Christopher’s Law, builds on the good work of the former PC government in 2000 to create … Continue reading “Christopher’s Law changes bolster Sex Offender Registry”
Opposition Environment Critic laments empty words for Earth Day
For Immediate Release: April 19, 2011 Queens Park – “As people across the province join with those the world over to celebrate and champion efforts to protect our the third planet from the sun this Earth Day, we in Ontario are left wondering if government is even paying attention.” That’s how Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett … Continue reading “Opposition Environment Critic laments empty words for Earth Day”
By MPP Toby Barrett Last year, Ontario’s Auditor General found that one in five municipalities, “felt they had insufficient landfill capacity for their residential waste,” adding that, “existing capacity will diminish more rapidly once export of residential waste to Michigan largely ends after 2010.” And five years earlier the Ontario Waste Management Association found that, … Continue reading “We have developed a landfill problem in Ontario”
For Immediate Release: April 14, 2011 Queens Park – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett is calling for increased enforcement and other measures to prevent Asian Carp from establishing into Ontario and the Great Lakes. Barrett submitted a resolution to the Ontario Legislature on Monday. It read: “That in the Opinion of this House, the Government of … Continue reading “Barrett: Crackdown on Asian Carp”
For Immediate Release: April 13, 201 Queens Park – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett was ordered out of the Ontario Legislature for the first time in his close to 16 year parliamentary career after refusing to retract comments in which he called the Premier a liar. After previously withdrawing a statement dubbing Mr. McGuinty as “Premier … Continue reading “Barrett predicts Premier, a “three-peat liar”, Haldimand-Norfolk MPP expelled from house for “bald-faced” prediction”
Environment Minister answers wind concerns with more ‘dirty’ coal scapegoating
For Immediate Release: April 8, 201 Queens Park – After eight years of badmouthing “dirty” coal power, it seems the McGuinty government has forgotten how to say anything else. In an attempt to silence concerns over McGuinty’s wind power policies removing local/municipal powers of siting and decision-making, the Minister of Environment ignored the issue choosing … Continue reading “Environment Minister answers wind concerns with more ‘dirty’ coal scapegoating”