On The Ledge Sylvia Jones is the Teflon Health Minister in Ontario
Jun 2, 2023
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In this week's edition of On the Ledge:
Lots of chatter about a cabinet shuffle coming at Queen's Park and specualtion puts Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney in Doug Ford's cross hairs as the minister most likely to land in the back benches. For some unfathomable reason, Health Minister Sylvia Jones is immune from any possibility of losing her portfolio. It might be a different story if the people in Minden had a say in the matter after the Emergency Department was shuttered at the local community hospital. But they don't so, Jones will keep her gig but local PC MPP Laurie Scott will take the heat. Residents are already vowing to bounce the long-time rep out of office in the next election.
The York Region Catholic School Board's refusal to fly the Pride flag has re-ignited calls for the province to eliminate the catholic boards all together. Doing so, would not only save money, it could provide a stable educational funding opportunity AND create affordable rental housing in communities right across the province.
And the stalled Stellantis project in Windsor Ontario may well be driven by the federal government but a third of the corporate welfare bill will be come out of Queen's Park's coffers.
Lots of chatter about a cabinet shuffle coming at Queen's Park and specualtion puts Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney in Doug Ford's cross hairs as the minister most likely to land in the back benches. For some unfathomable reason, Health Minister Sylvia Jones is immune from any possibility of losing her portfolio. It might be a different story if the people in Minden had a say in the matter after the Emergency Department was shuttered at the local community hospital. But they don't so, Jones will keep her gig but local PC MPP Laurie Scott will take the heat. Residents are already vowing to bounce the long-time rep out of office in the next election.
The York Region Catholic School Board's refusal to fly the Pride flag has re-ignited calls for the province to eliminate the catholic boards all together. Doing so, would not only save money, it could provide a stable educational funding opportunity AND create affordable rental housing in communities right across the province.
And the stalled Stellantis project in Windsor Ontario may well be driven by the federal government but a third of the corporate welfare bill will be come out of Queen's Park's coffers.