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Decentralized Democracy

Ontario Assembly

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
May 17, 2023 09:00AM
  • May/17/23 11:10:00 a.m.

You know, it’s pretty rich for the member from Windsor to say what she just said, when for 15 years you could shoot a cannon down the middle of the street in Windsor. Now Windsor is thriving.

Not only did the member not support it, she voted against it. She voted against every economic development opportunity down in Windsor. She voted against Stellantis. We’re the ones who created the deal—

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  • May/17/23 11:10:00 a.m.

That’s a very disappointing answer. Losing this Stellantis investment would mean losing thousands of good-paying unionized jobs in Windsor-Essex—jobs that feed families and support our local economy and charities.

We’re now seeing a game of jurisdictional football. The Premier says it’s all up to the federal government; the federal government says the province needs to step up too. My community needs and deserves governments at all levels to do everything in their power to not only protect current jobs but secure new ones. We need the Premier to take leadership and not just wait for someone else to save the day.

Speaker, will the Premier tell my community what specifically he’ll do to support Windsor workers and ensure the Stellantis investment isn’t lost? Will he step up?

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  • May/17/23 11:30:00 a.m.

I’m happy to say that, starting this September, students from the member’s riding of Chatham-Kent–Leamington will be eligible to apply for the grant. This grant will touch every corner of the province and that includes ridings held by members of the opposition, with 49 eligible programs at institutions in those ridings currently included in the program.

Where, specifically, do you ask? Ottawa West–Nepean, Mushkegowuk–James Bay, Timiskaming–Cochrane, Thunder Bay–Superior North, Kiiwetinoong, Algoma–Manitoulin, Ottawa–Vanier, Windsor West, Kingston and the Islands, London North Centre and Sudbury. With a constituency week coming up, I hope that each of the members representing the ridings I just mentioned, as well as the other members, will continue to talk about this grant in their ridings, because Premier Ford and the PC government are delivering for their communities.

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