New deal for Toronto, bad deal for rural Ontario

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

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Time Ontario boosts RMP

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

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Brady fourth time questions minister over Argyle St. Bridge

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

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Brady frustrated government rammed through home care bill

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

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Time Ontario fully utilizes nurse practitioners

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

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Brady praises CAP funding, questions missing RMP boost

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

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Navigating the tangled web of home care

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

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Brady votes in favour of making life more affordable

For immediate release: November 21, 2023 QUEEN’S PARK—Constituents continually tell MPP Bobbi Ann Brady that life is becoming unaffordable.  The Haldimand-Norfolk MPP will take every opportunity to try to ease the financial pain people are feeling.  This is why she voted yesterday in support of Motion 70, which called for the Government of Canada to

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Fall Economic Statement: more orange than lemon

By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady On Nov. 2, the Ontario government released its 2023 Fall Economic Statement (FES). I see it as more orange than lemon – or a little sweet, a tiny bit sour. As a fiscal conservative, I’m not thrilled deficits turned out to be higher than projected in the spring budget. They projected

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Brady implores minister to increase RMP by $100 million

For immediate release: November 15, 2023 QUEEN’S PARK—MPP Bobbi Ann Brady today implored Minister of Agriculture Lisa Thompson to truly listen and understand the needs of Ontario farmers. Needs that include the Beef Farmers of Ontario’s (BFO) request for a $100 million bump up to the Ontario Risk Management Program (RMP). “(Minister Thompson in the

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