By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady The Ontario Legislature rose a week earlier than expected for Christmas, but as your lone truly Independent member of provincial parliament, it sure didn’t stop me from an action-packed 2023 at Queen’s Park and in Haldimand-Norfolk. Any MPP’s riding is where the real work lies, and that’s where you find
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady “At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year” – a phrase coined by 16th-century English poet and farmer Thomas Tusser. While we pace our shopping based on our paycheques and the status of our bank accounts, we are all financially thankful Christmas comes, but
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady Christmas is a time of family, joy, and celebration. If alcohol is going to be part of your celebrations, make sure you have a plan to get home safely. What people may not know, is the police have some new tools at their disposal to make the roads safer, and
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady While we await all the details, at first blush the New Deal for Toronto Act is a bad deal for rural Ontario. For those not following the hubbub, this legislation enables the deal made between Toronto and the province worth $1.2 billion. The lynch pin of the deal is the
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady Agriculture funding mechanisms are complicated and difficult for those outside the farming community to understand. There are a variety of multi-faceted programs, some aimed at one sector and some which are broader. The Risk Management Program, or RMP for short, assists farmers in coping with costs beyond their control, such
QUEEN’S PARK—Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady stood in the Ontario Legislature for the fourth time and asked Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria what is still holding up reconstruction of the Argyle Street Bridge. Brady first asked former Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney in August 2022. “There’s nothing the people of Caledonia want more for Christmas
For immediate release: November 29, 2023 QUEEN’S PARK—MPP Bobbi Ann Brady is frustrated and disappointed the Ford government yesterday rammed through Bill 135, The Convenient Care at Home Act, 2023. Particularly frustrating to Brady was the fact that possible amendments to improve Bill 135 were due less than 24 hours before the final vote on
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady Over the past few weeks, I’ve met with both physicians and nurse practitioners at Queen’s Park. The physicians tell me they are overwhelmed and bogged down with paperwork. Nurse practitioners tell me they are underutilized. Just a few days ago, a report to Norfolk County council outlined how dire the
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 24, 2023 SIMCOE – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP had kudos for the provincial and federal governments new CAP agriculture funding to expand production capacity and boost energy efficiency in the agriculture and food sector but questioned when the increase in RMP funding was coming. Announced Monday, the Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership (CAP) through
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady Home care is a great idea, and one that most Ontario residents support, but the problem is government can’t get it right. Let’s start with the agency overseeing home care. It used to be there was a local Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) to oversee home care. This was a