Tag: Ontario Legislature

  • Indy MPP Brady Frustrated With Both Parties Re Bill 28

    Indy MPP Brady Frustrated With Both Parties Re Bill 28

    Brady stands up for educational workers and students QUEEN’S PARK –   Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady over the past two days, stood in the House and implored the government and CUPE to tone down the rhetoric, work together through negotiations, and stop using education workers and students as political pawns. “To this government, to…

  • How Covid Affects Ontario Legislature

    How Covid Affects Ontario Legislature

    The past week has been a whirlwind of activity in Ontario politics.    Some have asked about my absence from the Legislature for the vote on May 31.     With the advent of COVID-19, all political parties decided to divide the sitting members of the Legislature into two groups with equal representation from all parties.  Separate groups in the Legislature are…

  • When Are We Going to Get Serious About Invasive Species- Phragmites?

    When Are We Going to Get Serious About Invasive Species- Phragmites?

    The Phragmites invasion was identified as the number one concern facing the Long Point area at this summer’s Long Point Biosphere symposium on ecosystem stresses. In the pond adjacent to my house, a few Phragmites plants appeared about 20 years ago. Those few stalks then turned into a patch covering 15 per cent of the…