The Government of Ontario in recent weeks left Northern Ontario residents in shock and disbelief as it has heartlessly terminated important recreational services, killed jobs, and eliminated critical rail transportation to northern municipalities.
Ontario's North has been forced to stomach one insulting blow after another as the McGuinty government ignores the needs of Ontario's northerners and disregards the heavy consequences the people of his own province will face as a result of his abandonment. Northern municipalities are sick and tired of being a scapegoat to the Ontario government's unjust policies. We are demanding accountability and fairness and preservation of our Provincial parks and the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission.
TIMMINS - The sale of Ontario Northland Transportation Commission is no longer a sure thing for the provincial Liberals.
The party, which announced in March 2012 plans to divest the ONTC of its assets, has softened its position on the proposed sale. Read more ›
TIMMINS - On Friday, MPP Vic Fedeli (PC — Nipissing) revealed documents showing the Liberal government had been wrong about the ONTC fire sale from the start, to the tune of $265 million in benefits and WSIB calculations. Read more ›
Newly divulged documents reveal the Liberal government knew the divestment of the ONTC would cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, said Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli. Read more ›
NIPISSING – On Friday, April 26, PC leader Tim Hudak was in Thunder Bay with his Northern critic, Parry Sound/Muskoka MPP Norm Miller, to announce the party’s platform for Northern Ontario. Simultaneously Nipissing PC MPP Vic Fedeli was making the same announcement in North Bay from the site of a mining equipment manufacturer. Read more ›
The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities will be welcoming Premier Kathleen Wynne to their meeting in Parry Sound next week and will be taking the opportunity to seek a commitment from the Wynne Government to halt the divestment of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission. Read more ›
Nipissing MPP Victor Fedeli is calling for an immediate halt of the fire sale of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) saying the divestment will end up costing taxpayers half a billion dollars. Read more ›
TIMMINS - The Northern Ontario business climate may see some improvements as a result of the 2013 provincial budget, despite lacking several key items, according to the Timmins Chamber of Commerce. Read more ›
As you many of you are likely aware the Wynne Government tabled its budget yesterday May 2nd. It is noteworthy that in regards to the ONTC, the government’s tone is quite different from the previous McGuinty – Bartolucci budget which was all about the fire sale of Ontario Northland’s assets. Read more ›
April 3, 2013 - The Ontario New Democrats recently voted in favour of Premier Kathleen Wynne’s throne speech outlining her hopes for a new Ontario with greater cooperation with other parties in the best interests of Ontarians. Read more ›
