By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady I’ve been hearing over and over from locals that while the Ontario government is welcoming thousands upon thousands of newcomers to Ontario, the cost of a home has become unattainable for many. Perhaps it’s time we look for innovative ways to house Ontarians. Last week while at Canada’s Outdoor Farm
By Bobbi Ann Brady, MPP The tourism industry, both locally and across Ontario, has been booming after a lapse due to COVID shutdowns. I learned more about the industry while attending the recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference in London. During a presentation, from several industry groups, I learned how important tourism has
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady I am going to step outside my provincial realm today and write about a federal issue that has had me troubled for some time. It’s an issue I don’t believe is getting the attention it needs, and I feel it has huge implications for those of us who choose to
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady People ask how politicians avoid answering questions. Truth, many talk about what they want you to hear rather than the question asked. While at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) in London recently, someone suggested to me that it’s a real talent to avoid the question and believes many
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady Fall brings with it mixed emotions – the joy that a new season is upon us mixed with the realization that summer is over. The name says it all with Hagersville Summer’s End Festival taking place on Sept. 2. While in that area of Haldimand County, Ruthven National Historic Site
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady I loathe getting groceries. I am indecisive, and I have been known to impulse buy. Surely, I am not alone in that a trip to the grocery store these days is downright depressing. The only highlight is coming across you, the constituents of Haldimand-Norfolk, who brighten the trip. That being
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady Ontario’s Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk delivered a report last week that revealed what many of us have suspected – developers had a massive influence over the Ontario government’s Greenbelt land swap. I saw shades of the Nanticoke development proposal in the Special Report on Changes to the Greenbelt. First and foremost,
By Bobbi Ann Brady Haldimand-Norfolk MPP As we rush towards meeting the prime minister’s imposed deadline of ending production of fossil fuel vehicles by 2030, many unanswered questions remain. In case you missed it, Toyota was recently under fire when company president Akio Toyoda questioned if EVs should be pursued as the only option for
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady A few weeks ago, I attended the Council of State Governments Midwestern Legislative Conference in Detroit. In my social media feeds, which primarily included photos of what I saw in Detroit, I promised to write about what I learned. The first session was with Kansas State Representative Mari-Lynn Poskin, who
By Bobbi Ann Brady When we consider people who uphold the law, we think of those who protect our greatest resource – people and their property. But there are resources that are protected daily by other people who carry a gun and enforce the law. They are Conservation Officers (COs). In short, COs protect our natural