Peter in the Media

Thousands wait for affordable housing - Vaughan Today (May 14, 2008)

By Charlene Callaghan.

A couple dozen seniors will have new homes when the City of Vaughan completes its 84-unit, $19-million affordable housing building in Maple.

Rookie MPP keeping busy - Vaughan Today (May 3, 2008)

By Peter Shurman

It has been a little over a month since the provincial legislature resumed sitting after the abbreviated autumn session.

Queen's Park mulls prayer - Ottawa Sun (May 7, 2008)

By ANTONELLA ARTUSO, QUEEN'S PARK BUREAU CHIEF

TORONTO -- Thousands of Ontarians have signed petitions and sent on-line submissions urging Premier Dalton McGuinty to retain the Lord's Prayer, but he has yet to see the light.

Premier McGuinty admits he 'screwed up' on Ontario pesticide ban - The Canadian Press (May 7, 2008)

TORONTO ? Premier Dalton McGuinty admitted Tuesday he "screwed up" when he said municipalities could enact tougher anti-pesticide rules than the province.

McGuinty made the mistake two weeks ago when he announced Ontario's proposed pesticide ban on Earth Day with Environment Minister John Gerretsen, who remained silent on the premier's error.

McGuinty won't back away from Lord's Prayer debate - CTV News (May 6, 2008)

Dalton McGuinty is in trouble with his mother over the Lord's Prayer debate but Ontario's premier said he just doesn't care.

McGuinty Wants To Replace Daily Prayer At Queen's Park - CityNews (May 6, 2008)

A tradition some believe is outdated and exclusionary is up for debate at Queen's Park.

Premier Dalton McGuinty said he's considering replacing the daily reading of the Lord's Prayer in the provincial legislature because it doesn't reflect the diversity of Ontarians.

McGuinty Determined To Remove The Lord's Prayer From Legislative Rite - AHN News (May 7, 2008)

By Vittorio Hernandez - AHN News Writer

Ontario, Canada (AHN) - Almost six thousand emailed responses favoring the retention of the Lord's Prayer in Ontario's Legislature's opening ceremony is not convincing enough for Premier Dalton McGuinty to change his mind.

McGuinty admits he bumbled on Ontario pesticide ban - CBC News (May 6, 2008)

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty admitted Tuesday that he blundered when he said municipalities could enact tougher anti-pesticide rules than the province.

McGuinty made the mistake two weeks ago when he announced Ontario's proposed pesticide ban on Earth Day with Environment Minister John Gerretsen, who remained silent on the premier's error.

Native smoke shacks flout anti-smoking legislation - Kingston Whig-Standard (April 21, 2008)

By Christina Blizzard.

There's a lot of smoke and mirrors in the way the government's Smoke-Free Ontario Act is being implemented.

Shurman?s special needs advocacy not limited to Zareinu - Jewish Tribune (April 17, 2008)

Written by the Jewish Tribune staff.

TORONTO ? One of the first causes Thornhill MPP Peter Shurman began fighting for at Queen?s Park following last fall?s provincial elections was special needs families, including more government funding for Zareinu Educational Centre of Metropolitan Toronto.