Category: Media Releases

Dunnville receives $1.7 million for nine affordable housing units

nine affordable housing units FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2023 DUNNVILLE – True Experience is adding nine more affordable housing units in Dunnville that will support people with mental health and addiction challenges. The Ontario government provided more than $1.7 million through the Social Services Relief Fund to create the units. Each home has three

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Government votes against Brady’s bill to protect Ontario’s farmland

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 10, 2023 QUEEN’S PARK – Bill 62 the Farmland and Arable Land Strategy Act, 2023, was defeated in the Ontario Legislature yesterday on second reading. In a vote of 68-29, all parties except the governing members, voted in favour of the legislation. The bill would have required the Minister of Agriculture,

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Brady calls on province to lend a hand to community hospice

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2023 Queen’s Park – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady asked the Ontario Government to include hospice care in its upcoming Spring Budget. Brady took time in the Ontario Legislature today to discuss palliative care in the riding and a proposed hospice. “I rise today to talk about a pretty

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Brady demands answers from Indigenous Affairs Minister

For immediate release: March 1, 2023 QUEEN’S PARK—Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady, on the 17th anniversary of the Douglas Creek Estates land occupation, asked the Minister of Indigenous Affairs Greg Rickford, with whom Haldimand County should be consulting at Six Nations.  “Would-be investors and developers are scared away from Haldimand County because they aren’t sure

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MPP Brady introduces legislation to protect farmland

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 21, 2023 QUEEN’S PARK – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady today introduced legislation that, if passed, will protect Ontario’s farmland. “Land use planning affects our daily lives and Ontario’s farmland and arable land is an essential resource for the sustainability and security of our food systems, environment and local economies,” Brady

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Brady encourages input into budget process

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 2, 2023 SIMCOE – Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady is encouraging residents to provide input into the province’s Finance Committee to aid in drafting the 2023-24 budget. Brady, a member of the province’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, has been travelling the province as part of the pre-budget hearings.

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Brady pushes the Solicitor General to say NO to Trudeau’s gun buyback

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 29, 2022 Queen’s Park—Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady today stood in the Ontario Legislature and asked Solicitor General Michael Kerzner if he will say “no” to using Ontario police resources to enforce the federal gun buyback. “Minister, I come from a riding with a great deal of hunters, target shooters and

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MPP Brady heartened by ODSP uptick in Fall Economic Statement

November 15th 2022 Simcoe — MPP Bobbi Ann Brady is heartened to see the Fall Economic Statement (FES) contains some Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) adjustments for which she has often advocated.  “Allowing ODSP clients to keep more of their hard-earned money is great news and one of the biggest steps forward in years,” said

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Brady backs back-to-school repeal of Bill 28

For immediate release November 7, 2022 SIMCOE – MPP Bobbi Ann Brady, after writing to Minister Lecce, speaking in the House, and twice voting against Bill 28, is glad kids will be back in class as both CUPE and the government return to negotiations with the forthcoming repeal of Bill 28. The Canadian Union of

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