By Bobbi Ann Brady, MPP Since being first elected in 2022, I’ve been meeting with and hearing from organizations dedicated to tackling hunger. It’s a challenge that seems to keep growing in the midst of economic uncertainty, rising food prices, tariff woes, high rents…Sadly, this list could go on and on. Recently, I was provided
By Bobbi Ann Brady The Auditor General of Ontario, Shelley Spence, recently released her 2025 Annual Report. It’s a whopper of a report. It targeted primary care, OHIP billing; Supply Ontario: personal protective equipment (PPE) inventory management and much more than I can discuss here. My overall takeaway from the Annual Report was government spending
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady Last week, you may recall in this column I wrote about being accused by a government member of having the audacity of talking too much about Haldimand-Norfolk in relation to the good and not-so-good facets of Bill 68, Plan to Protect Ontario, Act (Fall Economic Statement). I reminded the member
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.” – Sir Winston Churchill In today’s political climate, this quote is a powerful reminder of what happens when elected officials prioritize unwavering loyalty to a leader or a party over the duty they owe to the
By Bobbi Ann Brady Last week was filled with Remembrance Day services. I am always heartened at the number of services held across Haldimand-Norfolk. I want to thank all the people who laid wreaths on behalf of the province of Ontario and me. In memory of the fallen and those who serve and have served,
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady Education matters have dominated discussions at Queen’s Park in recent weeks, with a flurry of debate and questions with respect to a new education bill. Yet, for all the talk, little has been said—or done—about the growing chaos and crisis unfolding in Ontario’s classrooms. Teachers, parents, and students alike are
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady It was another full week at Queen’s Park. I’ll give you a few highlights before getting into the meat and potatoes—an omnibus bill rammed through the House including the removal of speed cameras, the Premier calling the law on fixed election dates “fake,” and a renewed call by some of
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady As Ontario MPPs reconvened at Queen’s Park, the corridors of power felt less like the halls of breakthrough policy and more like a political pressure cooker. The agenda can best be described as a Fast and Furious movie: an omnibus bill, which includes a lane change by this government —
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady Better late than never. This Ontario provincial legislative session started October 20th similar to last year, which started on October 21st. In the previous two years, 2022 and 2023, we got down to legislative work in August and September respectively. Not sure why the government wanted another protracted gap between
By MPP Bobbi Ann Brady Walk into any household, and it is often the women who know which bills are due, how much is left on the mortgage, and when the kids’ next school extracurriculars must be paid. It is a fact women control between 80 and 85 per cent of household spending and make