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LIBERALS
CONTINUE TO IGNORE ‘LAW AND ORDER’ ISSUES
December 16, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Garfield Dunlop, P.C.
Critic for Community Safety and Correctional Services,
today criticized the McGuinty Liberals for leaving
law-and-order issues off the legislative agenda
since their election in October 2003. |
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DUNLOP SAYS
NEW PRIVATE SECURITY BILL IS WEAK December 9, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Garfield Dunlop, P.C.
Critic for Community Safety and Correctional Services,
today criticized Minister Kwinter for introducing
a toothless bill to replace the Private Investigators
and Security Guards Act. |
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NEW McGUINTY
ANTI-SMOKING LEGISLATION WILL TARGET VETERANS November
4, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Today in the Ontario
legislature, Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop questioned
Premier McGuinty about his Health Minister’s
plans to include Royal Canadian Legions in new anti-smoking
legislation. |
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ENVIRONMENTAL
COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS SITE 41 DECISION October
22, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP Garfield
Dunlop today applauded the Environmental Commissioner
of Ontario (ECO) for publicly questioning the Ministry
of the Environment’s decision to reject his
application for a review of the Certificate of Approval
(C of A) for proposed landfill Site 41. Dunlop filed
his Application for Review under the Environmental
Bill of Rights on February 25. |
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McGUINTY LIBERALS
BREAK POLICING PROMISE October 21 , 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Garfield Dunlop,
P.C. Critic for Community Safety and Correctional
Services, today criticized the McGuinty government
for breaking its election promise to “put
1,000 new officers on the street for community
policing”. |
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DUNLOP DEMANDS
COMPENSATION FOR DEER AND ELK FARMERS September
14 , 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP Garfield
Dunlop today demanded that Ontario’s deer
and elk farmers be fairly compensated if the Dalton
McGuinty Cabinet approves a controversial amendment
to Ontario Regulation 665/98 under the Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Act. |
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HURONIA REGIONAL
CENTRE SET TO CLOSE WITHOUT A PLAN FOR RESIDENTS
AND CAREGIVERS September 9 , 2004
(Orillia) – The McGuinty government’s
announcement that it will close the Huronia Regional
Centre (HRC) by March 31, 2009 without a clear plan
could lower the quality of life for many of the
facility’s residents and cause economic hardship
for the Orillia community, Simcoe North MPP Garfield
Dunlop warned today. |
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KENNEDY NOT
PUTTING STUDENTS FIRST IN CARDEN & DALTON August
27, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP Garfield
Dunlop today criticized Education Minister Gerard
Kennedy for ignoring a school busing issue affecting
students from the former townships of Carden and
Dalton. |
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McGUINTY
USING MUNICIPALITIES TO REINSTATE PHOTO RADAR August
25, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Garfield Dunlop, P.C.
Critic for Community Safety and Correctional Services,
today accused Premier Dalton McGuinty of using municipalities
to get photo radar back on Ontario’s highways. |
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“WHERE’S
MONTE?” ON FANTINO ISSUE, ASKS DUNLOP July
6, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Garfield Dunlop, P.C.
Critic for Community Safety and Correctional Services,
today criticized Monte Kwinter for ignoring Toronto
Police Chief Julian Fantino’s current contract
complications, while Ontario’s Finance Minister
defends the Chief in the media. |
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McGUINTY
HEALTH TAX TAKES EFFECT JULY 1st June 30, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – As Canadians celebrate
our nation’s 137th birthday tomorrow, the
new Dalton McGuinty Health Tax will be officially
inflicted on any and all people in Ontario earning
over $20,000 per year. The Health Tax is part of
the recent McGuinty Budget that has created over
50 ways to get into the wallets of Ontarians. |
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DUNLOP URGES
KWINTER TO REQUEST INVESTIGATION OF TORONTO POLICE
SERVICES BOARD June 25, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Garfield Dunlop, P.C.
Critic for Community Safety and Correctional Services,
today urged Minister Kwinter to use his powers under
the Police Services Act to ask the Ontario Civilian
Commission on Police Services (OCCPS) to investigate
the Toronto Police Services Board. |
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McGUINTY
LIBERALS PASS BUDGET OF BROKEN PROMISES June 17,
2004
(Queen’s Park) – Under the cover of
darkness, the Dalton McGuinty Liberals voted unanimously
tonight to pass their tax-hiking Budget bill into
law, despite strong resistance from the Progressive
Conservatives, said Garfield Dunlop, Chief Opposition
Whip. |
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PREMIER DEFENDS
MINISTER’S INTERFERENCE IN SIU INVESTIGATION
June 15, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Dalton McGuinty today
defended Monte Kwinter and the comments he made
yesterday regarding the highly-publicized shooting
death by police of a 26-year-old Scarborough man.
Kwinter told the media that the life of this man
would probably have been spared if the police had
instead used a taser. |
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DUNLOP AWARDED
FOR FURTHERING TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION May 21, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – The Ontario Council
for Technology Education (OCTE) has awarded its
2004 Certificate of Appreciation to Simcoe North
MPP Garfield Dunlop. The certificate was presented
to Dunlop at the 2004 OCTE Annual Conference held
in Alliston on May 14. |
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McGuinty
budget ignores police and firefighters May 19, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Garfield Dunlop, P.C.
Critic for Community Safety and Correctional Services,
today expressed his disappointment with the lack
of respect shown in yesterday’s Liberal budget
for Ontario’s police services. |
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LIBERAL BUDGET
BETRAYS ONTARIO VOTERS May 18, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP Garfield
Dunlop said today that the Liberal government’s
first budget goes against Dalton McGuinty’s
230 election promises, and instead, charts a new
course on which taxes will increase more than 20
times over the next year, and provincial debt rise
by $12 billion by 2007. |
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LIBERALS
REJECT DUNLOP’S APPLICATION FOR SITE 41 REVIEW
May 13, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP Garfield
Dunlop announced today that the new McGuinty government
has refused to grant his request for a review of
the Certificate of Approval (C of A) for Site 41
in the Township of Tiny. Dunlop had requested the
review under the Environmental Bill of Rights in
late February 2004. |
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DUNLOP &
SCOTT ASK MINISTER TO PUT STUDENTS FIRST ON BUSING
ISSUE May 3, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP Garfield
Dunlop and Haliburton-Victoria-Brock MPP Laurie
Scott today asked Ontario’s Minister of Education
to help 150 students in the former townships of
Carden and Dalton remain in their Orillia-area schools. |
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Dunlop attacks
McGuinty Liberals for targeting seniors April 28,
2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP Garfield
Dunlop criticized the new McGuinty government today
for its “anti-senior” policies. Most
recently, the McGuinty Liberals implemented a retroactive
property tax increase for long-term care facilities
that takes valuable dollars away from quality patient
care. |
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NO MORATORIUM FROM MINISTER FOR
“DOUBLE HATTERS” April 26, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Garfield Dunlop,
MPP for Simcoe North and P.C. Critic for Community
Safety and Correctional Services, said today that
Rural Ontario taxpayers were dealt a serious blow
when Minister Kwinter refused to commit to reinstating
a moratorium on new charges against full-time
fire fighters who also serve as volunteers. |
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DUNLOP LAUNCHES
PETITION TO STOP McGUINTY LIBERALS’ SOUP &
SANDWICH TAX April 15, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP Garfield
Dunlop initiated a petition today calling for an
end to the McGuinty Liberals’ plan to increase
the Provincial Sales Tax (PST) from 0 to 8 percent
on meals under $4. |
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DUNLOP DISAPPOINTED
THAT SITE 41 NEGLECTED IN NEW LEGISLATION April
5, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP Garfield
Dunlop today criticized new legislation announced
by Environment Minister Leona Dombrowsky that would,
if passed, prohibit Adams Mine from ever being used
as a landfill. Adams Mine is located in the riding
of Timiskaming-Cochrane held by Liberal David Ramsay. |
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No straight answer from McGuinty
government on tolls for highways 11 and 400 March
23, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP
Garfield Dunlop reported today that Rick Bartolucci,
Minister of Northern Development and Mines in
the new McGuinty government, would not respond
directly to a question about tolls on northern
Ontario highways. |
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DUNLOP
EXPERIENCES 42 DIVISION FRONT-LINE POLICING March
19, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Garfield Dunlop,
P.C. Critic for Community Safety and Correctional
Services, rode along with an officer from the
Toronto Police Service’s 42 Division in
Scarborough last night. This division has drawn
much attention in recent months as the location
of numerous gang-related gun crimes, including
murder. |
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DUNLOP PLEASED
WITH OUTCOME OF JAIL’S RATIFICATION VOTE March
12, 2004
(Orillia) – Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop,
who is also PC Critic for Community Safety and Correctional
Services, said today that he is pleased that Management
Training Corporation Canada (MTCC) and the Ontario
Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) have reached
a contract agreement for correctional officers at
the Central North Correctional Centre (CNCC) in
Penetanguishene. |
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Ontario government
backs down on property assessment changes March
10, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP Garfield
Dunlop today announced that the Ministry of Finance
has reversed its decision to impose retroactive
tax increases on trailer park owners and occupants,
as well as maple syrup producers. |
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DUNLOP CHALLENGES
SITE 41 UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS March
2, 2004
(Township of Tiny) – Simcoe North MPP Garfield
Dunlop today visited Tiny Marsh to announce that
he has asked the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
to review the Certificate of Approval for the proposed
County of Simcoe landfill known as “Site 41”
in the Township of Tiny. Dunlop filed the Application
for Review under the Environmental Bill of Rights
with supporting documentation on February 25. |
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DUNLOP CHALLENGES
PREMIER & EDUCATION MINISTER TO “PRACTISE
WHAT THEY PREACH” February 19, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP Garfield
Dunlop, a former P.A. to the Minister of Education,
today demanded that both Dalton McGuinty and Gerard
Kennedy live up to their announcement today inviting
all MPPs to spend one day in the classroom before
March break. |
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DUNLOP DETERMINED
TO PROTECT CASINO RAMA JOBS February 18, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP Garfield
Dunlop today urged the McGuinty government to stop
any plans to consider additional casinos in the
province. Dunlop’s riding is home to Casino
Rama, the largest employer of First Nations people
in Canada. |
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ACTION NEEDED
FROM ONTARIO TO HELP OPEN BORDERS TO BEEF February
11, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP Garfield
Dunlop is calling on Premier Dalton McGuinty to
start fighting on behalf of Ontario’s beef
farmers to help re-open the U.S. border to Canadian
beef and cattle products. |
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DUNLOP: KWINTER’S
GROW OPS ANNOUNCEMENT NOTHING MORE THAN A “DELAY
TACTIC” January 28, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Garfield Dunlop, P.C.
Critic for Community Safety and Correctional Services,
today criticized Minister Kwinter for announcing
yet another Liberal consultation. This time, the
Liberals will seek direction at a two-day summit
on combating marijuana grow operations in Ontario. |
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DUNLOP:
McGUINTY GOVERNMENT LONG-TERM CARE ANNOUNCEMENT
HAS “NO SUBSTANCE” January 22, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP
Garfield Dunlop today criticized the McGuinty
government for patronizing seniors with a hastily-announced
plan of surprise visits to long-term care facilities
across the province and a toll-free number to
register complaints about long-term care facilities.
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DUNLOP
QUESTIONS PREMIER’S MOTIVE IN PROPOSING
LABOUR LEGISLATION THAT WILL KILL JOBS January
19, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP
Garfield Dunlop today criticized the McGuinty
government for proposing job-killing legislation
to end the optional 60-hour work week, while announcing
even more consultations. |
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DUNLOP:
“ONE-TERM WONDER” GOVERNMENT “RETREATS”
FROM ELECTION PROMISES January 17, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP
Garfield Dunlop, predicting that the new McGuinty
government will be a “one-term wonder”,
today characterized the two-day Liberal Caucus
Retreat at Queen’s Park as a desperate measure
by Dalton to keep his troops in line as they prepare
to retreat from even more election promises. |
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DUNLOP
ASKS YET AGAIN: WHERE ARE THE 1,000 POLICE OFFICERS?
Questions Premier’s Intentions on Photo
Radar
January 14, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Garfield Dunlop,
P.C. Critic for Community Safety and Correctional
Services, while commenting on the McGuinty government’s
decision to consider bringing back photo radar,
today reminded Premier McGuinty about his promise
to put 1,000 new police officers in Ontario communities.
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DUNLOP
SAYS McGUINTY’s REPEAL OF ZERO TOLERANCE
OPENS DOOR TO ABUSE OF THE WELFARE SYSTEM January
9, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Simcoe North MPP
Garfield Dunlop today warned the McGuinty government
that its decision to repeal the P.C. government’s
zero tolerance for welfare fraud policy will result
in a return to fraud and abuse of the welfare
system. |
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DUNLOP
URGES McGUINTY TO FIGHT TO ABOLISH GUN REGISTRY
January 8, 2004
(Queen’s Park) – Garfield Dunlop,
MPP for Simcoe North and P.C. Critic for Community
Safety and Correctional Services, today challenged
Premier McGuinty to stand up for taxpayers and
law-abiding firearms owners by urging his federal
counterpart Paul Martin to put an immediate end
to the federal long gun registry. |
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