For immediate release:April 11, 2024 QUEEN’S PARK –Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady yesterday stood in the House to debate and vote against Bill 180, Building a Better Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2024. While there are components of the bill that will pass and will be beneficial to Ontarians, Brady could not, on principal, support a budget that
Last week, I wrote Part 1 of my analysis of Building a Better Ontario, the 2024 Ontario Budget, in which I spoke about the government’s missed opportunities. I lamented the deficit and how it’s tripled over the past year to an astounding $9.8 billion. Sadly, we are careening toward a debt wall, and your kids and
The newly-announced budget Building a Better Ontario, has an uninspiring title to an underwhelming document that misses multiple opportunities. I’m one who believes there is no monopoly on a good idea so off the top I will mention the good things I see. The budget says the government will move ahead with auto insurance reforms
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady Questions in the Ontario Legislature are like gold to me. Parliamentary privilege ensures I receive a question every eight sessional days. This week, one of my colleagues asked if I’d trade questions. I jumped at the opportunity to get something off my chest ahead of next week’s Ontario Budget. By
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady I hope all the young kids out there had a great March Break last week – the weather was amazing and as I drove around the riding, I saw many on bicycles and playing outside. As I drive, I do significant thinking about our education system because it is responsible
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady As your Independent representative at Queen’s Park, I can truly say with pride that last week was one of the most eventful since my election in 2022. I campaigned on the idea of standing up for democracy and the taxpayer, and I got two opportune moments to do just that
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 6, 2024 QUEEN’S PARK— Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady caused a stir in the Ontario Legislature today when she questioned the government whether the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) has been hijacked by friends of developers. “I respectfully ask if the premier can articulate what skills and qualifications one must possess to
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady As winter draws to a close, it signals the winding down of farm meeting season and the approach of the new life associated with spring and planting. Farm meeting season is a time I have come to appreciate and enjoy over my 25 years working for former MPP Toby Barrett,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 29, 2024 SIMCOE – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady is encouraged but cautious of provisions in the Get It Done Act that will require a referendum before a provincial carbon tax can be introduced. Brady, who read in copies of a petition she launched on Jan. 12 calling on Ontario to
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady Last week, I wrote about my committee work scrutinizing Bill 149, the Working for Workers Four Act, 2023. As I wrote, there was much to unpack from the legislation; therefore, I touched on the highlights, minus one crucial topic. Schedule 2 of the bill I felt deserved a column of its own