(Queen’s Park) – Today, Sylvia Jones, MPP Dufferin-Caledon asks the Minister of Infrastructure why he failed to spend nearly $3.3 billion of the infrastructure budget in 2016-2017. “According to Public Accounts documents, the government failed to invest nearly 20% of promised infrastructure spending,” Jones said. “Ontarians expect […]
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Earlier this month, I co-sponsored legislation with NDP MPP Peter Tabuns to create an organic standard in Ontario. The legislation titled, Bill 153: the Organic Products Act will ensure that consumer confidence in organic products in Ontario remains high. The federal government adopted the Canada Organic Standard […]
Read more →(Queen’s Park) – Today Sylvia Jones, MPP Dufferin-Caledon co-sponsored with NDP MPP for Toronto Danforth, Peter Tabuns: the Organic Products Act, 2017. “Today, I will be co-sponsoring a Private Members Bill with MPP Tabuns that would ensure confidence in organic labeling across Ontario,” said Jones. “Many of […]
Read more →On September 6th the independent Financial Accountability Officer (FAO) released a report raising concerns with the Government’s budget claims, saying that the government’s projections are based on optimistic assumptions. The report can be found at www.fao-on.org/en/. The reality, according to the FAO is that that the debt-to-GDP […]
Read more →Last week, I attended the annual Association of Municipalities Ontario (AMO) Conference; hosted this year in Ottawa. It was an excellent opportunity to meet with municipalities across Ontario, including the Town of Caledon and the Region of Peel to discuss their communities. As the Progressive Conservative Critic […]
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