Is the proposed Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) a hoax, according to the dictionary definition of the word? The idea for an ORPP was initially conceived by the Liberals before the 2014 election. By promising a new provincial pension scheme,…
Continue Reading ...(Queen’s Park) – The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change is consulting on a new policy framework to ensure that fill being dumped in rural Ontario is safe. The problem of compromised soil has been a big issue in…
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As the Member of Provincial Parliament for Wellington-Halton Hills, it is my distinct pleasure to wish everyone in our Riding the very best at Christmas. In our home, Christmas is the most special time of the year. It is the…
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Ted Arnott – MPP – The Minister of Natural Resources needs to step up soon and commit to establishing an Ontario Green Legacy Programme if it is to be up and running by 2017, says Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott….
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(Queen’s Park) – Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott is calling the Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review, tabled in the Ontario Legislature on November 26th, an exercise in creative accounting. “It’s little more than a shell game,” Mr. Arnott charged….
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Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott’s proposal to establish an Ontario Green Legacy Programme to mark Ontario’s 150th anniversary within Canada has been endorsed by the Ontario Legislature. On October 22, the Legislature voted unanimously to pass Mr. Arnott’s Private Member’s…
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(Queen’s Park) – With the 150th anniversary as a province within Confederation quickly approaching, Ontario should mark the occasion by planting 150 million trees across the province, says Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott. Mr. Arnott tabled a resolution in the…
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(Queen’s Park) – Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott has been appointed the new Official Opposition Critic to the Minister of Labour. “I want to thank our Leader Patrick Brown for assigning me this new responsibility,” Mr. Arnott said. The PC…
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Today we met with Transportation Minister @stevendelduca about the need for the Hwy 6 Morriston bypass. #onpoli pic.twitter.com/n6hc9PiWJC— Ted Arnott (@TedArnottMPP) June 23, 2015 Mayor, Council, staff of Puslinch Twp, Wellington Cty and Morriston Bypass Coalition have made the case….
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By Ted Arnott. As of the end of December, the Ontario Government phased out the “Ontario Clean Energy Benefit,” which in recent years has reduced electricity bills by 10 percent. To be fair, the “Debt Retirement Charge” is ending this…
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Acton bypass meeting set for January 20 (Queen’s Park) – Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott has arranged a meeting with the Minister of Transportation on January 20 to discuss the need for a long-term truck strategy in the Town of…
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(Queen’s Park) – Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott refuses to give up on the Morriston bypass highway project. “The traffic bottleneck in Morriston directly impacts the safety of local residents. However, it extends beyond that,” Mr. Arnott told the Ontario…
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In the month of November, we gather to remember. Wellington-Halton Hills is a large riding, but our Remembrance services and events take place over the course of a number of days. This year, I was honoured to attend observances in…
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Thirteen years ago, I introduced a controversial Private Member’s Bill to support “two hatter” firefighters in the Ontario Legislature. Typically, two hatter firefighters work as full time professional firefighters with a city department, but may live in a small town…
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The Ontario Legislature resumed sitting on September 14th, and MPPs picked up where we’d left off before the summer recess. Many of the issues haven’t changed, but our Official Opposition Caucus has been energized and renewed with the arrival in…
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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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(Queen’s Park) – Bill 6, Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2013, passed the Ontario Legislature in a unanimous vote at Third Reading on June 4. The Bill requires the Government to publish a 10 year infrastructure plan, which must…
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