Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1   in that cap-and-trade deal until Doug Ford was elected as premier and got out of it. That is the reality of the situation. We can look at how, in those five or six short years, Quebec has advanced in terms of electrifying its grid, setting up EV charging stations and taking

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, Ontario's Greenbelt is a world-class program that protects critical farmland, wetlands and forests, yet the Ontario premier, Doug Ford, thinks the Greenbelt is a scam. Well, do we know what else some people think is a scam? Inviting developers to donate to one's

Business of Supply   on and was elected on, we will do it on our own.” That is when Ontario and Quebec went to see Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor of California, signed the deal and essentially became part of the cap and trade. Flash forward to our newest premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, who got elected.

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, Ontario's Greenbelt is a crown jewel, protecting nearly two million acres of environmentally sensitive land, yet Doug Ford calls the Greenbelt a “scam”. It is clear he is working to parcel it off to his developer friends. We cannot let him do that. What does

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, moments ago, the Minister of Environment said he will use every tool available to the federal government. Those tools are lying idle while Doug Ford is revving up the bulldozers. We know that we could use endangered species legislation or look at impact assessments

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1   is Doug Ford. He is investing both cash and future infrastructure to support it. There is a reason for that. It is the idea that this is an investment in workers, as well as an investment in the future. I would like to quote something that the leader of the Conservative Party quoted

Old Age Security Act   not be sending them into facilities that are run by provinces to protect and to look after senior citizens. We saw this in Ontario, where the death rates in the privatized care homes were staggeringly high. Afterwards, Doug Ford built this iron ring of protection around all those investors

Transport committee   our competitive advantage.” There was also the incredible 250-megawatt Oneida energy storage project, which is being developed in partnership with the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation, Northland Power, NRStor and Aecon Group. As Premier Doug Ford said when

Committees of the House  . This incentivized electrifying the grid, put incentives into transitioning away from fossil fuels. Ontario, when Doug Ford came along, decided to get out of it. In that short period of time, since Doug Ford has been premier, the difference between Ontario and Quebec, with respect to electrifying

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1   not been very positive, even though Premier Doug Ford has also contributed to the plant, not only from a financial point of view but also by building part of the infrastructure that will be necessary. This factory, land-wise, will be hundreds of times the size of a football field

Business of Supply   in a moment. Let us talk about Doug Ford's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause. Right after Doug Ford was elected premier, one of the first orders of business, oddly enough, was to determine the makeup of the Toronto city council. Do not ask me why he did that, as a new premier

Democratic Institutions  Mr. Speaker, we know that CSIS warned Ontario Premier Doug Ford of potential interference in the last provincial election. More importantly, we know that this interference targeted the area around Don Valley North, the riding represented by the federal MP named in the Global

Indigenous Affairs   to be in the heart of the Ring of Fire, and Doug Ford has promised to personally drive a bulldozer across their lands to dig up their wealth for investors. Meanwhile, people in Webequie have no safe drinking water, they live in substandard homes and they have no fire protection to keep

Business of Supply  ) the prime minister has now dramatically changed his position and has lauded as ‘’innovation” Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s proposed expansion of for-profit clinics, (iii) for-profit clinics would poach workers from the public system and lead to longer wait times, (iv) there are multiple

Business of Supply   a cap-and-trade model. By the way, had Doug Ford not ripped it up when he got into the government, we would still have it in place and there would not be a price on pollution in Ontario. What actually happened? When Doug Ford ripped that up and got out of the deal, he started