Ted Arnott: What the Liberals don’t want you to know about their budget
Here are five things you need to know about this year’s Provincial Budget that the Liberals neglected to mention in the Budget Speech (and hope you don’t find out). 1….
MPP Arnott begins presenting hydro petitions
The Ontario Legislature is back in session and Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott has begun presenting petitions calling on the Government to take immediate action to stabilize hydro rates. On…
County Residents Get Reprieve On User-Pay Garbage Fee Increases
by Patrick Raftis GUELPH – Wellington County residents will get a reprieve on a planned increase in the cost of user-pay garbage fees. At its Jan. 12 meeting, the county’s…
Council Disappoints Public At Budget Meeting
I left the Council budget meeting Wednesday night completely disappointed and disillusioned by our elected politicians and the budget process that occurred here in Puslinch. With very few exceptions I…
Will The Proposed Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) Benefit You? (Plus: Skating in Aberfoyle!)
Is the proposed Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) a hoax, according to the dictionary definition of the word? The idea for an ORPP was initially conceived by the Liberals before…
Ministry of the Environment releases proposed Excess Soil Management Policy Framework
(Queen’s Park) – The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change is consulting on a new policy framework to ensure that fill being dumped in rural Ontario is safe. The…
Council reduces spending by just $33k At Budget Meeting.
Council voted to reduce the 2016 tax levy by just $33,000 (about 1%) after tonight’s budget meeting. The only actual change in spending was the deferring of phase 2 spending…