Queen's Park News

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers has announced that local municipalities will receive a combined total of $14,171,167 in 2024 through the Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund (OCIF). “This funding will help renew and rehabilitate critical infrastructure projects in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound,” said Byers. “This investment is part of the government’s plan to support economic development, growth and job creation in our local communities.” Local municipalities are to receive the following: $1,347,122 – County of Bruce $3,309,832 – County of Grey $880,588 – Arran-Elderslie $367,115 – Chatsworth $354,837 –...

Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers is pleased his Private Members’ Motion in support of medical isotopes passed the Ontario Legislature unanimously Tuesday evening. The motion read: “That, in the opinion of this House, medical isotopes should be formally recognized by the Government of Ontario in its life sciences and commercialization strategy because of their crucial role in medical research, the projected expansion of the global isotopes market and Ontario's potential for international recognition.”  Byers noted in his remarks to the Legislature that...