Randy Hillier

Dangerous Precedent Set with Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

Carleton Place – Local MP Scott Reid and MPP Randy Hillier are disappointed with the Court of the Queen’s Bench in Saskatchewan which ruled on Monday that civil servants can be forced to perform duties that contravene the principles of their conscience.

McGuinty Bureaucrats at the Trough

(QUEEN’S PARK) Today, Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington and the PC Caucus has found that despite Dalton McGuinty’s blustery talk of fiscal restraint, his government has done nothing to rein in public spending. Documentation obtained by the PC Caucus has shown public sector executives routinely violating the government salary cap laid out by the McGuinty Liberals.

McGuinty Liberals to Give Away $30 Million to Foreign Students

(QUEEN’S PARK) Yesterday, Dalton McGuinty announced that the Government of Ontario will be giving away $30 million of taxpayer’s money to set up a scholarship fund for foreign students. The scholarship fund will provide foreign students with $40,000 per year in an attempt to lure them to Ontario.

Randy Hillier Motions for the Return of Grand Juries

(QUEEN'S PARK) Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington today tabled a motion calling for the return of Grand Juries in the province of Ontario. The motion, inspired by the Royal Commission, Inquiry in to Civil Rights, is one of a number of amendments to the judicial system that Mr. Hillier will be tabling over the coming months.

Smart Meters are Tax Machines

(QUEEN'S PARK) The McGuinty Liberal government today once again proved that they have next to no knowledge of the impacts that their “green energy” boondoggle is having on regular Ontario Families. Ontario citizens, having been forced to pay an additional 8% HST on their hydro bill, are facing a 40% Hydro rate hike over the course of the next several years.

McGuinty’s Secret & Contemptible Eco-Fees

(PERTH) Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington today denounced the McGuinty Government’s underhanded introduction of eco-fees through Stewardship Ontario, another arms-length government agency.

Bernie Madoff would applaud McGuinty’s Micro-FIT Scheme

(QUEEN'S PARK) Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington spoke out today about McGuinty Liberal’s recent decision to arbitrarily break the terms of the Green Energy Act and the Micro-FIT program, which had promised guaranteed energy prices for small and residential green energy producers.

MNR Ruminates on Elk Problem

(QUEEN'S PARK) Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington spoke out in the Legislature today on the government’s longstanding failure to solve the problem of nuisance elk near Bancroft, ON.

Randy Hillier Introduces New Labour Legislation to Protect Worker’s Rights

(QUEEN'S PARK) Randy Hillier today tabled his labour private member’s bill, the Defending Employee’s Rights Act.

Lack of OSPCA Accountability Creates Victims - Turtles Spared this time

(QUEEN’S PARK)- MPP Randy Hillier (Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington) expressed his dismay over recent events at a Newmarket SPCA shelter, and his ongoing concern over the lack of accountability provided to the OSPCA by the passing last year of Bill 50.

Your Next Hydro Bill will be Shocking

(QUEEN’S PARK) Randy Hillier, Northern Development critic for the PC Caucus excoriated the McGuinty Liberals for their raising of energy prices, demanding the Liberals come clean for why the rates have doubled for many Ontario families.

Labour Recipe has too much “Salt”

(Queen’s Park) - Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington brought up questionable union tactics during Question Period today, demanding to know why the Minister of Labour supports questionable methods used by unions in Ontario.

Promises Made, Promises Broken

(QUEEN'S PARK)- MPP Randy Hillier (Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington) expressed his dismay at the vacuous nature of the provincial government's recent Throne Speech.

Crown Prosecutors attempt to silence MPPs over Gulick Forest Products allegations

(QUEEN’S PARK) Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington, along with Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MPP John Yakabuski, were served with notice of an intended lawsuit by the three Crown Prosecutors involved in the Gulick Forest Products case. The notice also names various media outlets, including the Ottawa Sun, which published stories on the case.

A legacy of service remembered

(Perth, ON)- "Today we mourn as a nation," remarked MPP Randy Hillier of Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, "as we hear of the loss of our last surviving First World War veteran, John Babcock."

MPP Randy Hillier Calls for Postponement of Grant Forest Products Bankruptcy Proceedings

(Queen’s Park) - Randy Hillier, PC Party Critic for Northern Development, Mines and Forestry today called for a postponement in the bankruptcy proceedings of Grant Forest Products, formerly a major player in the Ontario forestry sector.

Tim Hudak Sets PC Caucus Priorities for Spring Session of the Legislature

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Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak today outlined the three key priorities that the Ontario PC Caucus will be focusing on during the spring session of the Ontario Legislature:

Hillier Stands for Democracy

(Queen’s Park) MPP Randy Hillier (Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington) stood firm on his convictions and unwavering belief in the principles of democracy today, and along with caucus colleague Bill Murdoch (Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound) was asked to leave the House for standing against the Liberal HST bill.

Ontario PC Caucus walks to protest McGuinty government refusal to consult public on HST

The Ontario PC Caucus today unanimously walked out of Question Period to protest the McGuinty Government’s attempt to ram through their record-breaking HST tax grab without first allowing for public consultations throughout Ontario.

Randy Hillier Introduces Bill to Provide Choice in Workplace Insurance

(Queen’s Park) – Randy Hillier (Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington) introduced a bill today to reform the WSIB, bringing competition and choice into the workplace safety market.