For Immediate Release: January 26, 2011 Thunder Bay – MPP Toby Barrett is joining Opposition Leader Tim Hudak in calling for a forensic audit to explain why Ontario families continue to be charged for a debt that should be paid next year. “We need an explanation as to why McGuinty plans to charge Ontario ratepayers … Continue reading “Where are our hydro debt retirement payments going? Barrett joins call for forensic audit to solve $7.8 billion McGuinty mystery”
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Beware new enviro-taxes in McGuinty budget Pre-budget silence belies new taxes on the way – Barrett
For Immediate Release: January 25, 2011 Windsor – Opposition Environment Critic Toby Barrett is taking time during Finance Committee pre-budget hearings to warn Ontario residents to brace for a slew of possible new environmental taxes in the upcoming McGuinty budget. “We’ve seen this premier’s M.O., he’s quite simply hardwired to tax,” Barrett affirmed . “The … Continue reading “Beware new enviro-taxes in McGuinty budget Pre-budget silence belies new taxes on the way – Barrett”
Mid-Pen Corridor will take pressure off Niagara Escarpment from Hamilton to US border: Barrett
For Immediate Release: January 18, 2011 Simcoe –A decade after helping to announce the creation of a Mid-Peninsula corridor, Haldimand-Norfolk’s MPP maintains it’s still the way to go for jobs and to reduce population pressure on the Niagara Escarpment from Hamilton to the Niagara Gorge. “I helped announce this project in 2001 – with any … Continue reading “Mid-Pen Corridor will take pressure off Niagara Escarpment from Hamilton to US border: Barrett”
For Immediate Release: January 14, 2011 Simcoe – Farmers across Ontario deserve the backing of government through risk management programming. That according to Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett following the annual meeting of the Haldimand Cattlemen’s Association where area farmers stressed the need to widen the range of crops and livestock covered in the province’s risk … Continue reading “Barrett reaffirms commitment to Business Risk Management”
For Immediate Release: January 4, 2011 Simcoe – MPP Toby Barrett is asking residents to stop by his office and pick up a Smart ConsumerCalendar to ensure that 2011 doesn’t get off on the wrong foot. Barrett says the calendars from the Ministry of Consumer Services provide a handful of useful tips and information on … Continue reading “Stay on time – and fraud free – in 2011”
For Immediate Release: January 3, 2011 Do you know a person in the community who is worthy of recognition for their volunteer efforts? The Ontario Volunteer Service Award program is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2011. Since it was launched in 1986, more than 150,000 volunteers were recognized through Volunteer Service Awards. The program honours … Continue reading “Do you wish to thank a volunteer?”
Raise your voice on Ontario’s budget, MPP Barrett invites presenters to pre-budget consultation
For Immediate Release: December 22, 2010 (Simcoe) – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP and Finance Committee member Toby Barrett is encouraging organizations to have their say when the Ontario Legislature holds pre-budget consultations across Ontario next month. The Finance & Economic Affairs Committee will be holding pre-budget consultations in the new year as follows: January 24 – London … Continue reading “Raise your voice on Ontario’s budget, MPP Barrett invites presenters to pre-budget consultation”
For Immediate Release: December 21, 2010 Simcoe – “It’s time to put the province’s electronics tax out of its misery,” that from Opposition Critic Toby Barrett who in the past has advocated a management shakeup of the Ontario Electronics Stewardship program. In November The Ontario Electronic Stewardship’s annual report indicated it collected $44 million in … Continue reading “Scrap the eco tax on electronics”
For Immediate Release: December 17, 2010 Simcoe – While Mr. McGuinty has been touting supposed gains in job creation, Statistics Canada’s Employment Insurance numbers and Ontario Works Social Assistance numbers prove otherwise. Since October 2009 there has been a steady growth – unfortunately that growth was in the welfare caseload and number of people whose … Continue reading “Welfare numbers are an awakening”
Barrett calls for Bartolucci to resign – again “First Caledonia – now G20,” Barrett
For Immediate Release: December 15, 2010 Queen’s Park – Two and a half years after first demanding the acquiescence of Ontario’s Solicitor General over injustices in Caledonia area land disputes, Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett is reiterating his call for Rick Bartolucci to step down. Barrett first insisted Bartolucci step down in May, 2008 following a … Continue reading “Barrett calls for Bartolucci to resign – again “First Caledonia – now G20,” Barrett”