nine affordable housing units FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2023 DUNNVILLE – True Experience is adding nine more affordable housing units in Dunnville that will support people with mental health and addiction challenges. The Ontario government provided more than $1.7 million through the Social Services Relief Fund to create the units. Each home has three
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady Ontario’s farm and arable land is finite, it’s non-renewable. In debate last Wednesday of my Private Member’s Bill – Bill 62 – I asked members of the Ontario Legislature to take pause and ponder this important fact. Once our productive land is paved over there’s no making more, there’s no
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 10, 2023 QUEEN’S PARK – Bill 62 the Farmland and Arable Land Strategy Act, 2023, was defeated in the Ontario Legislature yesterday on second reading. In a vote of 68-29, all parties except the governing members, voted in favour of the legislation. The bill would have required the Minister of Agriculture,
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady Last Tuesday was the 17th anniversary of the Douglas Creek Estates’ land occupation in Caledonia. Seventeen years later, two governments later, nothing has changed except a second occupied site. There needs to be leadership or clarity regarding productive Indigenous relations on development matters. On the anniversary, I seized the opportunity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2023 Queen’s Park – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady asked the Ontario Government to include hospice care in its upcoming Spring Budget. Brady took time in the Ontario Legislature today to discuss palliative care in the riding and a proposed hospice. “I rise today to talk about a pretty
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady On Tuesday, February 21st, I proudly introduced my first Private Members’ Bill (PMB). The PMB is entitled Bill 62, An Act to provide for the development of a farmland and arable land strategy and an advisory committee on farmland and arable land.” This legislation is close to my heart because it’s my
For immediate release: March 1, 2023 QUEEN’S PARK—Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady, on the 17th anniversary of the Douglas Creek Estates land occupation, asked the Minister of Indigenous Affairs Greg Rickford, with whom Haldimand County should be consulting at Six Nations. “Would-be investors and developers are scared away from Haldimand County because they aren’t sure
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady Depending on how you look at the most recent report of Ontario’s Financial Accountability Officer (FAO), there’s bad news and perhaps good. Keep in mind the mandate of the FAO is to provide an independent analysis of the province’s finances and trends in Ontario’s economy. The FAO was legislated in
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 21, 2023 QUEEN’S PARK – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady today introduced legislation that, if passed, will protect Ontario’s farmland. “Land use planning affects our daily lives and Ontario’s farmland and arable land is an essential resource for the sustainability and security of our food systems, environment and local economies,” Brady
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady Winter is a time for farm meetings. This winter has been no exception, albeit all meetings resumed in-person, which were sorely missed the past few winters. I’ve tried to attend every farm meeting I’ve been invited to, so long as I am not required to be on the road with