Today, Minister MacLeod announced her plan for Social Assistance in Ontario. This plan represents a deep misunderstanding of the roots of poverty and it is yet another short-sighted cut from a government that doesn’t believe in helping those who are most vulnerable. This is absolutely a cut, and to call it an “efficiency” is to…
The Harris cuts were on the wrong side of history. The Liberals were elected in 2003 to make positive change, on social assistance and more broadly across government. Investing in people builds us all up, and that core value guided our action in government. We got good work done on social assistance. We increased social…
TORONTO, ON – “The deeply saddening news of Toronto’s 90th homicide brings great concern to a community of seniors, families and individuals who deserve to feel safe in their community – this most recent act of violence is just one of 90 fatal shootings in Toronto this year. All three levels of government need to…
TORONTO, ON – This evening, Doug Ford is speaking to delegates at the Ontario PC Party’s 2018 policy convention. “This week Doug Ford and the PCs broke most of the promises they have made to Ontarians during the election campaign,” said MPP Mitzie Hunter (Liberal, Scarborough-Guildwood.) “They promised they would find efficiencies, that no one…
Ontario PC Party passes resolution that endorses discrimination. Today at the Progressive Conservative Convention, members voted to approve Tanya Granic Allen’s resolution stating that gender identity is not real and to make it the policy of the government to remove it from Ontario’s curriculum. Every student in Ontario deserves the right to go to school…
TORONTO, ON – Today, Mitzie Hunter, Finance Critic for the Ontario Liberal Party explained that the PC’s Fall Economic Statement recklessly threatens Ontario’s prosperity and the most vulnerable members of society. “Doug Ford and the PCs are breaking most of the promises they have made to Ontarians during the election campaign,” said Hunter. “They promised…
TORONTO, ON – On Thursday, the Ford Government will table the Fall Economic Statement in the Ontario Legislature. “This is a first opportunity for the Premier to show his math and back up his campaign promises,” said Mitzie Hunter, Ontario Liberal Finance Critic and MPP for Scarborough-Guildwood. “It’s important to remember that unlike all other…
Since the legislature returned, our caucus has tried many times to engage the government to discuss ensuring that the voices of 1.1 million Ontarians who voted Liberal in the last election could be heard effectively in our legislature. We have not asked for official party status, what we have asked is for the same…
During today’s speech, Ontarians expected The President of the Treasury Board to answer some of the tough questions facing Premier Ford’s government. How is the Conservative government going to keep their many promises? How are they going to cut program spending by $6 billion dollars without any layoffs? Which social programs will be cut next?…