Recently, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health announced “With hospitalizations and ICU admissions continuing to decline, we are committed to maintaining a gradual and cautious approach to protect our hospital capacity and ensure patients can access the care…
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via cbc.ca Ontario is proposing to extend a moratorium on water-taking bottling permits for nine months. A spokesman for Environment Minister Jeff Yurek says this would give the government more time to review the science and consult with the public,…
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Ontario’s 500,000 community college students should be back in their classrooms this coming week, after a labour dispute lasting more than five weeks was brought to an end by the Ontario Legislature. “There are no winners in a college strike…
Continue Reading ...by Mike Robinson. Local councillors are worried that new draft provincial growth policies might have the opposite effect in Puslinch. On Sept. 20, Mark Paoli, Wellington County’s manager of policy planning, updated Puslinch councillors on draft Provincial Growth Plan policies…
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The bottled water industry in Ontario is facing renewed government scrutiny after a small township was outbid by multinational giant Nestle in its attempt to purchase a well to secure water supply for its growing community. Premier Kathleen Wynne said…
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Environmentalists are urging the Ontario government against renewing one of Nestle’s water-taking permits in a southwestern Ontario town, saying “water should be for life, not for profit.” Wellington Water Watchers says the permit for Nestle Waters in Aberfoyle, Ont., expired…
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First we’re told we DIDN’T USE ENOUGH electricity so prices have to go up (read full article here), and now I get the flyer below in my mail telling me to CONSERVE ENERGY AND USE EVEN LESS – complete with…
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Here are five things you need to know about this year’s Provincial Budget that the Liberals neglected to mention in the Budget Speech (and hope you don’t find out). 1. The debt keeps going up. The provincial debt is projected…
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via uoguelph.ca A tapeworm that can infect dogs and humans and lead to potentially fatal illness is now widespread in southern Ontario, new work by Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) researchers at the University of Guelph has revealed. The researchers found…
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Kathleen Wynne’s 2017 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review shows that the Liberal Government is running on fumes, says Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott. “Today’s Fall Economic Statement was little more than a rehash of old Liberal lines that people…
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The high cost of hydro continues to be the Achilles’ heel of Kathleen Wynne’s Government. Electricity prices in Ontario have been skyrocketing in recent years, mostly due to conscious and deliberate policy decisions which the Government has made. Our local…
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Bottled water companies in Ontario may soon have to pay more and take less water as public outcry over revelations that the province charges them just $3.71 for every million litres triggered a government review. There is a difference between…
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by Mike Robinson. Puslinch councillors agree with a county report which suggests the province is intruding too far into municipal plans with Ontario’s proposed greenbelt expansion legislation. As part of the mayor’s update at the June 15 council session, Mayor…
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When will this Liberal electricity nightmare in Ontario end? After absorbing punishing electricity rate increases in May 2015, November 2015 and January of this year we are once again going to see our rates going up on May 1st. “They…
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(Wellington-Halton Hills) – Wellington County’s Green Legacy Programme is a model for the rest of the province to follow, says Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott. With Ontario’s 150th anniversary quickly approaching in 2017, Mr. Arnott, who addressed County Council on…
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