MPP Shurman calls Ontario Legislature to condemn Israeli Apartheid Week

MPPs unite to condemn ?odious? Israeli Apartheid Week

Robert Benzie - Toronto Star

?Resolutions in the Ontario Legislature send a message. They are about moral suasion,? said Shurman, adding ?it is close to hate speech? to liken democratic Israel to apartheid-era South Africa.

?I want the name changed, it?s just wrong,? he said, emphasizing that ?respectful? debate about the Middle East is much more constructive than slinging slurs.

?Israeli Apartheid Week is not a dialogue, it?s a monologue and it is an imposition of a view by the name itself?the name is hateful, it is odious,? he said, adding it is also offensive to the millions of black South Africans oppressed by a racist white regime until the early 1990s.

Shurman scoffs at McGuinty's 11th hour request

Call to post leaders' expenses comes back to haunt Liberals

By: Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star

..."It's politics," said Conservative MPP Peter Shurman (Thornhill), calling the tactic "nonsense" from a government that promised up to $15 million for the Grace Health Centre on the eve of the Feb. 4 by-election in Toronto Centre

...Shurman said any request for the opposition parties to post their expenses should have come not at "the eleventh hour" but last fall with McGuinty's original announcement...

Shurman scoffs at McGuinty's 11th hour request

Call to post leaders' expenses comes back to haunt Liberals
By: Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star

..."It's politics," said Conservative MPP Peter Shurman (Thornhill), calling the tactic "nonsense" from a government that promised up to $15 million for the Grace Health Centre on the eve of the Feb. 4 by-election in Toronto Centre
...Shurman said any request for the opposition parties to post their expenses should have come not at "the eleventh hour" but last fall with McGuinty's original announcement...

Peter Shurman calls Ontario govt's new transparency rules 'nonsense'

Ontario govt's new transparency rules a deflection game: opposition parties

By: Romina Maurino, THE CANADIAN PRESS

...Progressive Conservative Peter Shurman called the move "nonsense" and said it targeted the wrong offices.

"The size of the premier's office is what we really have to focus on, and if you want to take it a step further, the size of the public sector with 185,000 net new employees since (Premier) Dalton McGuinty took over while the private sector is dying under him," he said...

Province hands York Children's Aid Society lifeline

Regional News - February 18, 2010 10:26 AM

But $4.1 M funding comes eight months after $5.5 M cut

By Chris Traber

Mr. Shurman and his colleagues raised the issue in the legislature and lobbied behind the scenes. "This is just a stop gap," he said.

"That's all it is. This is a government that sees you drowning 30 feet off shore and throws you a 20-foot rope then says, see, we met you more than half way."...

Murray takes his seat

Newest MPP arrives at Queen's Park after byelection win

By ANTONELLA ARTUSO, Queen's Park Bureau Chief

Last Updated: 16th February 2010, 11:10am

Tory MPP Peter Shurman said Ontario has a lot of work to do on its energy file before going cap in hand to the federal Conservatives.

Tim Hudak Appoints Peter Shurman as Vice Chair of the Standing Committee of Public Accounts

Posted Feb 12, 2010

By EMC News

EMC News - Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak announced several changes to Critic, Committee and House Leadership positions within the Ontario PC Caucus Feb. 4.

Shurman Says 'Dalton McGuinty Must Put the Brakes on Reckless Spending and Record Tax Increases'

February 11, 2010

Filed under: Canada news - muneesh @ 7:27 pm

Dalton McGuinty?s reckless spending, runaway deficits and record tax increases remain the largest obstacles to Ontario recovering from recession. Today Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak and Ontario PC Finance Critic Norm Miller shared the clear conclusions that emerged from their provincewide pre-budget consultations. Over the past week alone, Hudak has with met small business leaders in Ottawa, Cornwall, Lindsay, Peterborough, Guelph, Kincardine and Brampton. Over the same span Miller joined fellow MPPs Peter Shurman and Toby Barrett in travelling to Niagara Falls, London, North Bay, Kingston and Toronto for pre-budget consultations through the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs.

'It is an astounding thing. If you are going to go on a trade mission [to Israel],' Shurman remarks

Tory member criticizes `reverse Midas touch'

Published On Fri Feb 12 2010

By Tanya Talaga Queen's Park Bureau

Premier Dalton McGuinty will travel to Israel and the West Bank this spring to boost a billion-dollar trade relationship.

Tim Hudak Announces Changes to Caucus Responsibilities

2/4/2010 3:30:00 PM

NEWS:

QUEEN'S PARK ? Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak today announced several changes to Critic, Committee and House Leadership positions within the Ontario PC Caucus.

MPP Shurman calls Ontario Legislature to condemn Israeli Apartheid Week

Shurman scoffs at McGuinty's 11th hour request

Shurman scoffs at McGuinty's 11th hour request

Call to post leaders' expenses comes back to haunt Liberals
By: Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star

Peter Shurman calls Ontario govt's new transparency rules 'nonsense'

Province hands York Children's Aid Society lifeline

Murray takes his seat

Tim Hudak Appoints Peter Shurman as Vice Chair of the Standing Committee of Public Accounts

Shurman Says 'Dalton McGuinty Must Put the Brakes on Reckless Spending and Record Tax Increases'

'It is an astounding thing. If you are going to go on a trade mission [to Israel],' Shurman remarks

Tim Hudak Announces Changes to Caucus Responsibilities

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MPP Shurman calls Ontario Legislature to condemn Israeli Apartheid Week

Shurman scoffs at McGuinty's 11th hour request

Shurman scoffs at McGuinty's 11th hour request

Call to post leaders' expenses comes back to haunt LiberalsBy: Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star

Peter Shurman calls Ontario govt's new transparency rules 'nonsense'

Province hands York Children's Aid Society lifeline

Murray takes his seat

Tim Hudak Appoints Peter Shurman as Vice Chair of the Standing Committee of Public Accounts

Shurman Says 'Dalton McGuinty Must Put the Brakes on Reckless Spending and Record Tax Increases'

'It is an astounding thing. If you are going to go on a trade mission [to Israel],' Shurman remarks

Tim Hudak Announces Changes to Caucus Responsibilities

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Call to post leaders' expenses comes back to haunt Liberals
By: Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star