TORONTO, ON – Bonnie Crombie, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling on the Ontario Government’s mandate letters: “Respect for taxpayers must mean openness, transparency and accountability, so the public has confidence the government is carefully managing their money and working diligently on…
February 1, 2024 Hon. Doug Ford, MPP Premier of Ontario Premier’s Office, Room 208 Legislative Assembly of Ontario Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario (Via email: premier@ontario.ca) RE: Transparency on your sole-sourced deals Dear Premier, I’m writing to express my deep concern by your government’s continued backroom deals, and to call on you to end…
January 29, 2024 Mr. Jeffrey Novak Financial Accountability Officer Financial Accountability Office of Ontario 900-2 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON M4W 3E2 (Via email: requests-demandes@fao-on.org.) Dear Mr. Novak, On behalf of the Ontario Liberal caucus, I am writing to you today to request that your office provide analysis of the government’s recent decision to award…
QUEEN’S PARK – This week, Ontario Liberals met with community leaders at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) conference, and heard firsthand how the provincial government is failing on healthcare. “Doug Ford’s deliberate plan to underfund our hospitals and expand private healthcare is wreaking havoc on our rural communities,” said Bonnie Crombie, Leader of the…
TORONTO, ON – Today, Bonnie Crombie, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, delivered remarks at the 2024 Rural Ontario Municipal Association Conference — promising to be the strong partner that rural Ontario deserves. “As Ontario Liberal leader, a central focus and goal of my leadership must be to build a new, improved relationship between our…
QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Bonnie Crombie, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, announced that Dr. Adil Shamji, MPP for Don Valley East and Ontario Liberal Critic for Health, has requested the Auditor General undertake a value-for-money audit into Doug Ford’s privatization of healthcare through the use of temporary nursing agencies. “We are seeing record emergency…
TORONTO, ON – Bonnie Crombie, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, released the following statement in response to the Ford government’s plan to expand private health clinics across Ontario: “In the wake of a damning Ontario Health report that paints a startling picture of skyrocketing wait times, and amid record emergency department closures, the Ford…
QUEEN’S PARK – Dr. Adil Shamji, MPP for Don Valley East and Ontario Liberal Critic for Health, has issued the following statement: “A newly available Ontario Health report entitled “Emergency Department Provincial Summary – November 2023” paints a picture of some of the worst emergency department metrics in our province’s entire history. “What is particularly…
TORONTO, ON – Bonnie Crombie, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, released the following statement in response to the Ford government’s plan to replace 11 ServiceOntario centers in favour of Staples and Wal-Mart kiosks: “Once again, Doug Ford is catering to wealthy Conservative insiders instead of protecting the services Ontarians rely on. These sole-source contracts…