Gilles's News


Bisson slams Tory in ONTC fight

TIMMINS – On Friday, MPP Vic Fedeli (PC — Nipissing) revealed documents showing the Liberal government had been wrong about the ONTC fire sale from the start, to the tune of $265 million in benefits and WSIB calculations. However, MPP Gilles Bisson (NDP — Timmins-James Bay) maintains this isn’t new. He said it has been [...]

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ORNGE helicopter crash: Medevac system critical to northern Ontario health care, MPP Gilles Bisson says

The four ORNGE air ambulance employees killed in a helicopter crash during takeoff from Moosonee Friday were part of indispensible lifeline that allows a medical system in the far north to survive, an MPP representing the eastern half of that region says. “It’s mainstay of our health-care system,” Timmins— James Bay MPP Gilles Bisson says. [...]

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OTF Grant Gives Boost to Great Canadian Kayak Challenge & Festival

Timmins, ON. The 5th Annual Great Canadian Kayak Challenge and Festival received a boost today with news of a $15,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). Joining the media conference was OTF representative Julie Gagnon and MPP Bisson representative Andre Grzela in congratulating the organizing committee and kicking off the promotions for the event [...]

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Ontario-Wide Issues


Are Liberals waiting for byelections to announce Southwestern Development Fund projects?

It’s been over nine months since the Legislature voted to establish a Southwestern Ontario Development Fund and while the government insists "22 [Southwestern Ontario Development Fund] projects a [...]

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NDP: Agent Orange Report all about limiting liability for government

Two years after its commission, the report on Agent Orange exposure in Ontario was finally released today. NDP House Leader Gilles Bisson says the report is a disappointment to affected workers and co [...]

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Liberal mismanagement threatens to extinguish Ring of Fire: NDP

NDP Northern Development and Mines Critic Michael Mantha says government mismanagement of the Ring of Fire could cost Ontario thousands of jobs, and billions of dollars in economic growth.

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