Jim McDonell is the Member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry. Mr. McDonell is currently the Ontario PC Critic for Consumer Services.

Nov. 30, 2015: The Ontario Liberals’ shenanigans continue to surprise even their biggest skeptics. Government messages are scripted to deliver an image of high moral ground, as leaks and documents reveal quite the opposite. The Hydro One sale is a case in point. The story line is all about securing funds to build needed infrastructure – the same they neglected and procrastinated on for the past 12 years. Reading the Government’s financial documents, however, tells a different story FULL STORY

Feb. 20, 2015: Elections Ontario CEO Greg Essensa’s report concluded that the Premier’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Patricia Sorbara, and provincial appointee to the Greater Sudbury Police Services Board, Gerry Lougheed Jr, apparently violated the Elections Act by offering a job or appointment to Andrew Olivier if he would withdraw from becoming a candidate for the recent Sudbury by-election. FULL STORY

Oct. 8, 2013: Ontario’s Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk confirms the cancellation of the Oakville gas plant will cost Ontarians in the order of $815 million. The report was released today. Both cancellations were political decisions in an attempt to save vulnerable Liberal seats in the Greater Toronto Area. This Liberal seat-saver program cost Ontario taxpayers $1.1 billion overall and was nothing but a campaign expense on the backs of all Ontarians. FULL STORY

Sep. 2, 2013: As I travel across Stormont-Dundas- South Glengarry, people talk to me about the need to get this province back on track and to create the jobs that will allow our children to enjoy a bright future. Small businesses owners are frustrated by the unnecessary regulations and government forms. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business identified Ontario employers as having to face the largest regulation burden in Canada, costing them more than $11.8 billion in 2013. FULL STORY

Jul. 19, 2013: MPP Jim McDonell welcomed the release of Paths to Prosperity - Advanced Manufacturing for a Better Ontario. This is the thirteenth in a series of Ontario PC White Papers outlining the PC strategy for returning Ontario to its rightful place as the economic engine of Canada. FULL STORY

Jul. 8, 2013: There is no question that Premier Kathleen Wynne has had a tough four months as the leader of the Liberal government in Ontario. Despite trying to make Ontarians believe that she has turned the page on the failed and morally corrupt McGuinty reign, she continues to fall back into the same old ways. FULL STORY

Dec. 6, 2012: Ontario is in a deep fiscal hole. Without urgent action, we’re staring at a $30 billion deficit, and a $411 billion debt, in just a couple of years. The Liberal government has no plan to deal with this. FULL STORY

Dec. 4, 2012: “Liberal MPP Grant Crack must answer for nine years of reckless overspending by the Liberal government which has created a made-in-Ontario jobs and debt crisis” - Ontario PC MPP Jim McDonell said today during a media availability at Mike Dean's Super Food Store. FULL STORY

Dec. 4, 2012: Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry MPP Jim McDonell and PC Energy Critic MPP Vic Fedeli toured Tri-County Stainless Inc in Ingleside, learning more about the impact of increasing energy prices on Ontario businesses. FULL STORY

Nov. 9, 2012: Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry MPP Jim McDonell joined his caucus colleagues in signing an open letter and a petition to Dalton McGuinty requesting a return of the Legislative Assembly following the October 15th prorogation. FULL STORY