Press Release
At the start of the new fall session in the Ontario legislature on Tuesday, local MPP Sarah Campbell wasted no time laying out priorities for Kenora-Rainy River.
Within recent months spent in the riding, Campbell talked directly with residents about their needs and highest priorities.
“I have heard from people on their concerns about the unaffordability of every-day life, whether it is the high cost of groceries and gasoline, their property tax bills, or home heating such as hydro or oil,” she noted.
“When I was face-to-face with these hard-working people and hearing their stories, their struggles were palpable,” she added.
Campbell also highlighted issues around health care, justice, economy, and road safety.
“I heard more concerns about not being able to access health care close to home,” she noted.
“Instead of having access to medical services in Winnipeg, about 200 km away, an increasing number of people are being told that they must travel 2,000 km away to the nearest specialty clinic in Ontario.”
The MPP also touched on the effect of forestry licenses on local communities, the absence of a resident judge in Rainy River District, safe winter road maintenance, and the twinning of Highway 17.
Others included trucking regulations, the Emo Agricultural Research Station, resource revenue-sharing, First Nation jury representation, and the issue around missing and murdered aboriginal women.
Campbell said she will continue to raise these, and other important issues, during the upcoming months in the legislature.
