SummarySpren for "Question Period"
- • Kainos, an IT company from Ireland, has opened a facility in downtown Toronto and plans to hire 300 employees.
• Unilever, a company from the UK, has opened its world's first and only AI lab in Toronto and plans to employ several hundred people.
- • The federal carbon tax will increase Ontario's hospitals' heating costs by $27.2 million in 2022, which could have provided an additional 104,615 MRI operating hours for 157,000 patients.
• The carbon tax is disproportionately impacting northern Ontario and the government is calling on members across the aisle to join them in demanding its repeal.
- • The NDP has consistently opposed public transit investments in Ontario, including the Ontario Line and Eglinton West LRT extension, despite supporting high carbon taxes.
• Under the leadership of Premier Ford, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario will prioritize building highways, roads, subways, and LRTs to improve the transportation network in the province.
- • The Hon. Ted Arnott, a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, asked a supplementary question in the Ontario legislature.
• The question was directed at the Minister of Health.
- • The reconstruction of the Argyle Street bridge in Caledonia, Ontario has been promised since August 2022, but has not yet begun.
• The bridge has been a source of daily frustration for residents, with ambulances unable to pass through and paramedics becoming frazzled, leading to concerns about the safety of the bridge and the risk of collapse.
- • The Ontario government is investing in skilled trades to encourage young people to pursue these careers and to show them that these jobs are ones they can be proud of.
• The number of apprentices signing up for skilled trades training in Ontario has increased by 24% last year, indicating that the government's efforts are having a positive impact.