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Ontario Assembly

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
October 3, 2023 09:00AM
  • Oct/3/23 10:30:00 a.m.

I want to introduce Brooke Timpson, a friend and a former staffer here at Queen’s Park. Welcome.

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  • Oct/3/23 11:20:00 a.m.

I do thank the member for the question. I want to reaffirm the message shared by the President of the Treasury Board that we want all parties to come together to put children first, as we just did last week with OSSTF, a large union in the province of Ontario, where we were able to sign a deal, a pathway that averts a strike and keeps kids in school. We want the spirit of unity to come together around the negotiating table where all parties come together to sign a deal that ensures the continuity of services.

We value the work of TVO employees, be it Mathify, digital learning, the high-quality online courses which, of course, members opposite have systematically opposed. The bottom line is, Speaker, we value their contributions—funding is at $50 million for TVO specifically—and we reaffirm and urge all the parties to come together to sign a deal that allows the continuity of these critical services in Ontario.

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