Category: News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 21, 2019 Ontario Asking the City of Brantford and GEDSB to Find Four Per Cent Savings and Protect Front-Line Services Government of Ontario to provide funding for large urban municipalities and district school boards to conduct line-by-line reviews BRANTFORD — The Ontario government is offering to help municipalities and school boards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 7, 2019 Ontario Adding More Mental Health and Addiction Services in Communities Across the Province QUEENS PARK — Ontario’s mental health care system is disconnected, making it difficult for patients and families to get the care and services they need. This leaves many vulnerable Ontarians to navigate a confusing system on

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 2, 2019 Ontario Reveals More Homes, More Choice: A Housing Supply Action Plan to Help Brantford-Brant, Government Cuts Red Tape to Build More Housing QUEEN’S PARK – The Ontario government is committed to helping people struggling to find affordable housing that fits their family’s needs and budget. The Ontario government has

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 26, 2019 Helping families with Child Care expenses through the new Childcare Access and Relief from Expenses (CARE) tax credit and other Initiatives BRANTFORD — Ontario’s government is investing $1.7 billion in 2019–20 to help families’ access child care and early years programs. The government is proposing a new Childcare Access

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 18, 2019 Investing and Improving Community Housing for Brantford’s Most Vulnerable Province Making Community Housing Safer, More Efficient and Sustainable QUEEN’S PARK – The Ontario government is putting people first by providing more than $1 billion dollars in 2019-20 to help sustain, repair and grow community housing and help end homelessness.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 12, 2019 Bouma’s Private Members Bill on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder included in the Budget BRANTFORD – Brantford-Brant MPP, Will Bouma has been a leader in raising awareness to dispel the stigma around PTSD. As a volunteer firefighter with over 10 years of service with the County of Brant, he knows all

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 11, 2019 2019 Ontario Budget: A Plan to Protect What Matters Most Building a sustainable future, while protecting critical frontline services QUEENS PARK – Will Bouma, MPP for Brantford-Brant, is pleased that Ontario’s budget delivered on April 11 by Finance Minister Vic Fedeli protects what matters most, and contains absolutely no

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 11, 2019 Brantford-Brant confirmed to receive $4,329,635 in funding from the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF) BRANTFORD — The Ontario Government recently confirmed $200-million in funding for small, rural and northern communities through the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF). This provincial funding is a crucial tool to keeping core assets like

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 3, 2019 Ontario Stands Up For Patients by Opposing Costly Federal Carbon Tax on Hospitals QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario’s government is fighting against increased costs to public institutions caused by the burdensome federal carbon tax. Rod Phillips, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, and Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 1, 2019 MPP Will Bouma, Brantford-Brant Announcing Ontario’s Enhanced Support for Children with Autism New actions include removing income testing for Childhood Budgets and further expanding eligible services. QUEEN’S PARK– Will Bouma, MPP for Brantford-Brant, stands with Lisa MacLeod, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, and Ontario’s government in putting