Frank Klees

Press Releases

2013

June 11, 2013
Wynne Government Shuts Down Ornge Committee Hearings

June 3, 2013
Parliamentary Tribute to Ornge First Responders

May 9, 2013
Media Advisory: i Run & Rock Kick Off Event May 10

May 2, 2013
Liberals Present an NDP Budget

April 19, 2013
Preserving Existing Communities Act Passes Second Reading

March 28, 2013
Affidavits Show Ornge Chief Operating Officer Evaded Summons

March 21, 2013
Preserving Existing Communities Act Bill 35 introduced March 21, 2013

March 20, 2013
Public Accounts Committee Continues with Testimony by Ornge CEO Dr. Andrew McCallum contradicts Health Minister

March 7, 2013
Chief Coroner or Ornge - Who's Judgement Should be Questioned ?

March 6, 2013
New Premier Picks up Where Old Premier Left Off

March 4th 2013
First Responders Day Act Re-Introduced

February 21, 2013
Town of Aurora 150th Anniversary Recognized by MPP Frank Klees

February 14, 2013
Wynne must hold her Deputy Minister Accountable for Ornge

January 21, 2013
What was Pupatello's Role in Ornge?

January 18, 2013
Matthews Lets Mazza Wine Dine Fly High on Taxpayers Dime

2012
December 19, 2012
Appointment of McCallum to Ornge Raises Questions

December 13, 2012
Same Cast Is Back At It - Only This Time, It's Called Presto

December 11, 2012
ORNGE Refuses To Reveal Executive's Salary

November 28, 2012
PESTO ! Province Announces Its Next Scandal

October 18, 2012
First Responders Day Act a Casualty of Prorogation

October 4, 2012
First Responders Will be Honoured With a day of Recognition

September 12, 2012
First Responders Should be Honoured With A Day of Recognition

August 28, 2012
What Ornge Involvement is McGuinty Hiding?

August 7, 2012
Missing ! Animal Welfare Task Force

August 1, 2012
McGuinty Liberals Ignored 26 Red Flags in 2010 Report on ORNGE

August 1, 2012
Liberals Attempt to Shut Down Ornge Hearings, Silence Critics

July 31, 2012
Health Minister Deb Matthews Must Resign

July 18, 2012
Mazza Testimony Further evidence of Liberal mismanagement of ORNGE

June 26, 2012
Another Senior Bureaucrat Responsible for Ornge Oversight Suffers Memory Lapse

June 6, 2012
Liberals Try to Intimidate Key Ornge Witness

June 6, 2012
On Ornge, Liberals Jeopardize Confidence and Care

June 1, 2012
Secret Docs Show Cabinet Knew Ornge Put Lives at Risk

May 28, 2012
Liberal Government Silenced Top Civil Servants on Ornge

May 24, 2012
Healthcare Bureaucracy Fails Newmarket Family

April 26, 2012
Only a Select Committee Can Peel Back the Truth

April 25, 2012
Klees: Ongoing Testimony Exposes Health Minister's Excuses

April 18, 2012
Ornge Scandal Reaches Highest Levels of McGuinty Government

April 17, 2012
Minister Ignored Patients Deaths Reported by Auditor General

April 11, 2012
McGuinty Liberals Obstructing Ornge Investigation

March 27, 2012
Budget Spending Unrestrained, No Jobs Plan: Klees

March 21, 2012
Klees: Matthews Must Resign Over Auditor General's Report

March 20, 2012
Klees on Ornge: Now let's Get to Work

March 7, 2012
Ontario PC Caucus Tables Opposition Day Motion Calling on Government to Establish a Select Committee to Investigate ORNGE

March 1, 2012
PCs, NDP Call For All-Party Committee On Ornge

February 15, 2012
Klees: Get On With The Job, Premier

February 14, 2012
Another Scandal Brewing

February 6, 2012
MPP: Make Diplomats Pay

February 1, 2012
McGuinty Government Spurns Parliament

January 20, 2012
Details emerge about what liberals knew and when about ORNGE

January 17, 2012
Media Advisory Public Information Meeting: Coyotes in Aurora

January 12, 2012
York Region's Media Release on Transit Strike Offensive

January 12, 2012
McGuinty Gov't Ignored Warnings of Turbulence in Air Organization

January 9, 2012
ORNGE has Ontarians seeing RED

Press Releases for 2011

Press Releases for 2010

Press Releases for 2009

Press Releases for 2008

Archived Press Releases releases prior to 2008

2011

November 23, 2011
PC York Region MPPs Introduce Back to Work Legislation to End Transit Strike

November 10, 2011
PC MPPs Demand Back to Work Legislation to End York Region Strike

November 4, 2011
York Region MPPs Call for End to Transit Strike

October 31, 2011
Klees Leads All-Party Organ Donor Initiative

October 28, 2011
Statement by Newmarket-Aurora MPP Frank Klees

October 25, 2011
Klees Enters Race for Speaker

August 23, 2011
Jack Layton- Book of Condolences available at Frank Klees, MPP Constituency office

August 19, 2011
Frank Klees, MPP Hosts Gift of Life Benefit Concert

June 15, 2011
Klees: A Good Start for GO

June 14, 2011
Klees Welcomes On-Line Organ and Tissue Donor Registry

June 3, 2011
OSPCA Presents Findings of the Independent Review of the York Region Branch

http://ontariospca.ca/ June 3, 2011

May 24, 2011
Eliminate Waste and Move Health Care Funds Into Frontline Services

May 19, 2011
Klees Announces a PC Government Will Provide Immediate
Relief for Families on Home Hydro and Heating Bills

May 19, 2011
MPP Discusses McGuinty Tax Burden With Police Pensioners,
Promises Relief on Home Hydro and Heating Bills

May 18, 2011
OSPCA Keeping LeSage-Meek Report Under Wraps

May 11, 2011
MPP Renews Call for More Frequent GO Train Service

May 11, 2011
Health Care Forum Tuesday May 17, 2011

April 21, 2011
MPPs Issue Organ and Tissue Donor Registration Challenge

April 14, 2011
MPP: Stop the Horse Trading of Private Members Bills

March 30, 2011
BUDGET Frank Klees Says Ontario Families Need Relief from Tax and Spend McGuinty Government

March 28, 2011
Klees calls on McGuinty Government to make Long Term Care a priority

March 23, 2011
MPP: Allow Trustees to do Their Job

March 21, 2011
Letter Ignored By Premier Turned Into MPP's Statement in Legislature

March 21, 2011
MPP to Utility: Don't Bill Customers for Utility's Lawsuit Damages

March 3, 2011
Dalton McGuinty Keeps Handing Out Untendered Contracts

February 23, 2011

Untendered Contracts on Fast Track

2010

                                                                                                             Archived Press Releases releases prior to 2008

December 22, 2010
MPP Frank Klees invites presenters to pre-budget consultations                Press Releases for 2010

December 6, 2010                                                                                  Press Releases for 2009

Auditor General Exposes Millions in Infrastructure Waste

                                                                                                             Press Releases for 2008

December 6, 2010                                                                                 

Auditor General Recommends On-line Organ Donor Registry

November 5, 2010

McGuinty Government Refuses HST Break for "Support our Troops" Plates

November 4, 2010

MEDIA ADVISORY: Second Reading Debate on Private Members Resolution

to bring the OSPCA under provincial oversight

November 4, 2010

Air Transportation Missing Link in Province's Transportation Plan

November 1, 2010
MPP Challenges Integrity of Vehicle Safety Certificates

October 25, 2010

Local Health Integration Network Failing York Region

October 20, 2010

Minister Agrees to review Healthcare Policy

October 18, 2010

Photo Card Delay Inexcusable

October 8, 2010

Thanksgiving a time to celebrate Ontario's agricultural industry and heritage

October 6, 2010

German Pioneer Day

September 16, 2010

Minister Refuses to Support Reform of OSPCA

August 31, 2010

A New Vision for Mental Health and Addiction Services

July 14, 2010

McGuinty Ministers Ignored Warnings of Eco-Tax Fiasco

June 18, 2010

Take the Politics out of Transportation and Infrastructure Planning

June 1, 2010

Resolution Calls for Provincial Oversight of OSPCA

May 20, 2010

Klees: Enhance Patient Access to Important Physiotherapy Services

May 17, 2010

McGunity Gov't Refuses MPP's Call to Control OSPCA Investigation

May 14, 2010

HST puts Grave Burden on Ontario Families

May 13, 2010

Mass Euthanasia Stopped!!

May 11, 2010

MPP Calls for Stay of OSPCA Euthanasia Plans

April 29, 2010
Wait List for Speech Therapy at Crisis Level

April 26, 2010

Make On-line Organ Donor Registry a Priority

April 22, 2010

MPP Proposes On-Line Organ Donor Registration

April 21, 2010

Media Advisory: MPP HOSTS PHARMACY FACT-FINDING MEETING

April 15, 2010

Stop Flea Market Driver's Licences

April 15, 2010

Commemorating the Life Achievements of Poland's President

March 31, 2010

Klees Proposes Private Sector Financing for Infrastructure

March 17, 2010

YRT/Viva and GO Transit offer new options for customers

March 11, 2010

GO TRANSIT BUS CANCELLATIONS

March 2, 2010

Media Advisory: Town Hall Meeting Re GO Transit Newmarket Bus Service

proposed changes March 9th

February 25, 2010

Klees: Another $9 million Unaccounted for! HVMP

February 24, 2010

Klees: McGuinty Office Tower Latest Assault on Private Sector

January 20, 2010

Klees invites Businesses to share their Red Tape experiences

January 13, 2010

All-Day Kindergarten

Klees: The Principle is right, the timing is wrong

January 11, 2010

Have your say on Ontario's budget

2009

December 9, 2009

Transportation Minister Ignores Safety Warning:

Refuses to Order Independant Study

December 3, 2009

MPP Reports on HST Hearings

December 1, 2009
KLEES:  Liberal Release Intentionally Misleading

November 26, 2009

McGuinty Liberals Stop DriveTest  Back-to-Work Legislation

November 23, 2009

Klees: The Time to End DriveTest Strike is Now

November 10, 2009

OECD Conclusions Predictable: PC Transportation Critic

October 29, 2009

Klees: McGuinty Government's Response to H1N1 Flu Inadequate

October 28, 2009 October 29, 2009
DriveTest Strike:  Keeping the Pressure on

October 26, 2009

Klees: MTO Mismanagement Threatens Road Safety, Contributes to Gridlock

October 26, 2009

Klees: Only Public Inquiry Can Restore Public Confidence

October 26, 2009

KLEES:  Time to End Strike at DriveTest Centres

October 20, 2009

Klees: McGuinty Government Wastes Millions on Consultants,

Cuts Funding for Vulnerable Children's Service in York Region

October 5, 2009

Klees:German Day of Unity a Reminder of German-Canadian Community's Great Contributions to Ontario

September 23, 2009

Unisured Drivers Targeted by PC Transportation Critic

August 19, 2009

PC MPPs Concerned About Lack of Government Investment in Buttonville Airport

July 28, 2009

Hudak selects Frank Klees as Transportationand Public Infrastructure Critic

June 5, 2009

Ontario peat farmers have been struggling to survive, Klees says we need a

Charter of Property Rights in this province

June 4, 2009

Klees calles on Ottawa to Allow Ontarians to Decide Future of HST

June 4, 2009

Klees: Reform the Human Rights Commission, Refocus on Discrimination

May 25, 2009

Klees Argues Against "HST" Tax Grab

April 23, 2009

The Holodomor Memorial Day Act Becomes Law

April 6, 2009

Klees Calls on Province to Step in to Save Regional Airport

April 2, 2009

MPP Pays Tribute to Dick Illingworth

March 11, 2009

Proposed Tax Increases will Kill Jobs and Shut the Door on Home Ownership

February 23, 2009

Klees opposes downloading the cost of capital costs for hospitals in

York Region onto property tax payers at a time when they can least afford it

February 20, 2009

Klees Launches a Petition to the McGuinty Government for a

Sales Tax Holiday on New and Used Car and Truck Sales

2008

December 15, 2008

New Reporting Requirements Fail Students and Parents

December 8, 2008
Transportation Minister Backs Down on Young Drivers Legislation

December 3, 2008

Federal Government Crisis Impacts Local Economy

November 27, 2008

McGuinty Liberals Playing Games With Auto Aid

November 27, 2008

Auto Industry Crisis: Magna Job Losses

October 30, 2008

Klees Launches Petition to Boost Nursing Home Care

October 28, 2008

Advisory: MPP Klees Hosts Summit on the Economy, Nov 5

October 20, 2008

Klees Calls on Province to Fix Approvals Process for Clean Energy

October 16, 2008

"Gotcha!" Question Period Exchange

October 15, 2008

Statement from Frank Klees on Federal Election Results

October 8, 2008

Klees Remarks During Special Debate on the Regulatory Burden of Ontario Businesses

October 6, 2008

MPP Raises Local Business Concerns at Queen's Park

October 6, 2008

Aurora Acknowledged as Canada's Heritage Leader

September 30, 2008
KLEES Calls For End To VIVA Strike

September 30, 2008
Klees to Premier McGuinty:  Close The Integrity Gap Between Rhetoric and Funding of Developmental Services

September 29, 2008

Klees to Premier: Practice What You Preach- York Region Health Care Services

September 29, 2008

Klees: David Teetzel Will Be Missed By All Who Knew Him

September 24, 2008
Legion Week Pays Tribute to the Great Sacrifices and Enduring Dedication of Canada’s Heroes

September 22, 2008

KLEES Starts New Legislative Session with Strong Message for  Health Minister on Behalf of York Region

September 10, 2008

Ontarians Can't Afford to Wait for Safe Roads: Klees


July 3, 2008

McGuinty Government Admits to Gambling Addiction

 

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