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r r Marathon at Mississauga’s e e Celebration Square. m m Easier for m m u u S S Small Business The Government of is committed to making life easier and more affordable for I joined small businesses. They are the engine of Chief Chris McCord and Peel our economy. Region Chair Nando Iannicca to launch the new, state-of- There are about 470,000 small businesses in Rudy Cuzzetto the-art Marine2 on Boat Ontario, and they employ about a third of all Safety Week. This new boat Ontario workers. will help keep our waters safe for many years to come. It costs these businesses up to $33,000 to MPP, Mississauga-Lakeshore comply with regulations each year, the highest cost of any province. The Government is taking action to make their lives easier, and more affordable: m m • Reducing red tape by 25% by 2020 will

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your representative in the Parliament o o jobs in Ontario. t t Inside of Ontario, and working across t t e e • Cancelling cap and trade , saving small Mississauga-Lakeshore, has provided • A Year of Challenges z z businesses up to $285 each year on their z z me with new insights, and many Delivering on and Reforms u u natural gas bills. Met with President opportunities to help constituents. • Closing the Skills Gap C C I’ve enjoyed getting to meet so many • Building new roads, bridges, and transit , Michelle DiEmanuele to discuss our short and long term hospital infrastructure needs and priorities. of you, and I’m honoured to have the • What I’m Working on with a $30 billion, 10-year commitment through at Queen’s Park the Investing in Infrastructure Program. privilege to serve you, and to represent you at Queen’s Park. Priorities for • Legislative Page Program • Lowering hydro costs through the repeal of the Green Energy Act, and the cancellation I’m proud to report that the Back page Staying in Touch Government is off to a busy and of over 750 wasteful energy projects, saving • Making Life Easier for $790 million for Ontario energy consumers. If you need assistance, please don’t productive start, and I have a lot hesitate to contact one of my offices: of exciting news to share with you Mississauga- Small Business • Creating a new Job Creation Investment about projects and services we are • Upcoming Events Incentive , including an immediate 100 per Community Office delivering in Mississauga-Lakeshore, cent writeoff for manufacturing and processing Units 1 & 2, 120 Lakeshore Rd. W. and throughout Ontario. machinery, to help strengthen Ontario’s tax Mississauga, ON L5H 1E8 Rudy Cuzzetto competitiveness for business investment. Lakeshore Phone: 905-274-8228 Fax: 905-274-8552 • Cancelling planned tax hikes of $308 million on businesses, families, and individuals . Email: [email protected] A $ 26.8 million increase in provincial • $18,745,558 for local transit priorities • Reducing Workplace Safety and Insur - • • Children 12 and under are now able to Queen’s Park Office funding for Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga this year through the provin - ance Board (WSIB) premiums by an average Rms. 261-262, Main Leg. Bldg. ride free on all GO trains and buses. hospitals in Mississauga this year. cial gas tax transfer program, an increase of of almost 30%, through the elimination of the 111 Wellesley St. W. almost 4% . • $1.5 million to help police fight human WSIB Insurance Fund’s unfunded liabilities. Toronto, ON M7A 1A8 • C ommitment to a revised scope for the trafficking , disrupt gang activities, support , • Over $38 million this year for community Together, it is estimated that these policies Phone: 416-326-7239 Hurontario Light Rail Transit project victims, and address mental health issues. Honoured to help launch Italian Heritage Fax: 416-326-7233 including a more convenient route for commuters. housing in the Region of Peel. will save Ontario businesses $5 billion in 2019. Month with the Minister of Tourism, • $52,791 through the Canadian Agricultural Culture and Sport. Email: [email protected] • They are also helping to create a pro-growth • $ 20 million for a new OPP Highway Investing in repairs and rehabilitation of Partnership for the Old Credit Brewing Co . in environment. Safety Division detachment in Mississauga. local highways and bridges , including the Port Credit, to install a new canning line to E-Newsletters QEW bridge over the . Over 170,000 new jobs have been created This newsletter provides a quick overview meet growing consumer demand. in Ontario over the last year, including over of some of the projects I’m working on at • Support for the Bollywood Monster • $27,500 for the Wavelength Summer 116,000 so far in 2019. The majority of Queen’s Park and in Mississauga- Mashup , a major South Asian arts Music & Arts Festiva l through the these are well-paying, private sector jobs. Lakeshore. festival in Mississauga, including $65,000 Celebrate Ontario program. through the Cultural Attractions Fund, and It is estimated that the new Job Creation In - $40,000 through the Ontario Arts Council. vestment Incentive alone will create between Upcoming Events If you would like to receive my e-newsletter, 50,000 and 93,000 net new jobs, and between please visit Cuzzetto.com , or email me at Port Credit Farmers Market [email protected] . $7 billion and $10 billion in net new business Every Saturday starting June 8, 8am-1pm The official groundbreaking for the investment in Ontario. Lakeshore Rd. E. and Elmwood Ave. new OPP Highway Safety Division www.portcredit.com/farmers-market/ detachment in Mississauga, with The Government understands that small busi - Chief Superintendent Chuck Cox, nesses are the backbone of our communities, On the Verandah Outdoor Music Concerts Infrastructure Ontario President providing good jobs for families. Cutting red Every Friday, 7pm, June through August We’re Here to Help Ehren Cory, the Minister of Infra - structure, the Solicitor General, tape and lowering the costs of business in Benares Historic House, 1507 Clarkson Rd. N. I hope to remain out in the community, knocking and Nina Tangri, MPP for Ontario will help them to succeed. Free Admission ($10 donation suggested) on doors as much as possible. My doors are Mississauga-Streetsville. culture.mississauga.ca/ • always open as well, and I hope that you will $4,029,751 for h ospital repairs and through the Health not hesitate to contact me if you ever have renewal in Mississauga Great Ontario Salmon Derby Infrastructure Renewal Fund. June 29 - August 17 any questions, issues, or concerns. My team I joined the Parliamentary and I are here to help. • $ 88,000 for I nterim Place, for crisis serv- Assistant to the Minister of Purchase tickets online ices for women and children fleeing abuse in Transportation to announce greatontariosalmonderby.ca/ Ontario documents: Mississauga, through the Trillium Foundation. an investment in the rehabil - e e itation of the QEW bridge r

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A Year of 100th Birthday. Arthur’s uncle, T.L Kennedy, served as r “At Queen’s Park, I work r e the 15th Premier of Ontario, and was the MPP for Peel, e including Mississauga-Lakeshore, for almost 40 years. m m Truly inspiring to meet Coach m Challenges m Ryan Blair, and Team Canada every day to make life u u S para-athletes at the Mississauga S Canoe Club. The Minsters of and Reforms Seniors and Accessability and easier and more affordable Tourism, Culture and Sport are It has been a year of challenges and reforms, with strong progress working to ensure sports are accessible for everyone for our local families, delivering on commitments to get Ontario back on track. in Ontario. The Province is wasting over $1 billion every single month just to pay interest on our debts, and every dollar spent on interest is taken seniors, and small businesses, from critical front-line services, like our hospitals, schools, and other social services. and to ensure our students Like any business, the Government recognizes it must balance its books. However, in the 2019 Ontario Budget, the Minister of Finance outlined a reasonable and responsible path back to balance, have the skills they need for putting money back in people’s pockets, and protecting the services that matter most: m • Cancelled the cap-and-trade carbon tax , the high-tech and skilled m o saving the average family $260 every year, o c c . and 4.6 cents per litre on gas, with another . o A productive meeting with o t 5.4 cent per litre cut still to come. trades jobs of today, t t Dufferin-Peel Catholic Dis - t e • trict School Board Chair e z Eliminated over $3 billion in planned z Sharon Hobin and Superin - z tax increases . and tomorrow.” z u tendents Mathew Thomas u C • Cancelled over $150 million in scheduled and Wayne Brunton. Rudy Cuzzetto C fee increases for several services, including Sincere thanks to driver and vehicle fees, and scrapped the everyone who at - Drive Clean Program. I had a very productive meeting tended our 2019 with the Minister for Seniors Family Day Skate • Cut tuition rates by 10% , starting in the and Accessibility and the at the Clarkson Mississauga Seniors’ Council. Community Centre. 2019-20 school year, for every eligible I met with Lakeview Community Partners student enrolled in a publicly funded college We enjoyed speaking with It was a pleasure seniors at the Port Credit skating with all to discuss plans for the new Lakeview or university in the province. Residences about their concerns, of you. Village, an exciting mixed-use, sustain - able community on the former site of • and policy options to help Implemented the Low-Income Individuals seniors stay in their homes. OPG’s coal-powered Lakeview and Families Tax (LIFT) Credit , which will Generating Station. provide up to $850 in tax relief to one in six Ontario taxpayers. • Provided a new refundable Ontario Childcare Access and Relief from Expenses (CARE) Tax Credit , which will help with up to 75% of eligible child care expenses. • Developed a new Housing Supply Action Legislative Page Program What I’m Working on Plan to address the crisis in housing afford - ability in Mississauga, and across the GTA. Each year approximately 150 young students from across Ontario are selected to participate at Queen’s Park • Delivered a Made-in-Ontario Environment in Ontario’s Legislative Page Program. Plan that strikes the right balance between • Hosted a round table on occupational health a healthy environment and healthy economy. This unique educational program for Ontario and safety inspections with the Parliamen - students in grades 7 or 8 provides an opportunity tary Assistant to the Minister of Labour at • Began a review of regional government , to experience the provincial legislature in the Centre for Health & Safety Innovation in including the Region of Peel, to ensure that action, and forge new lifelong friendships Mississauga. it’s working efficiently and effectively, and with peers from all over the province. making the best use of taxpayers’ dollars. • Met with the Minister of Transportation, to This is a fantastic discuss plans for the Hurontario LRT and • Invested $4.2 billion more in health care this educational experi - year than 2017-18, an increase of over 7% . QEW/Dixie interchange reconfiguration, and ence, and a great other local transportation infrastructure • Committed $1.9 billion, matched by the opportunity to learn needs. federal government, to build a modern more about our mental health care system , including support political process. • Attended Budget consultations with for Ontarians struggling with addictions. the Mississauga Board of Trade and the Full details about the Minister of Finance. • Allocated 7,232 new long-term care beds , page program, and the almost half the commitment to create application package , • Met with the Minister for Seniors and 15,000 new beds over five years. are available online Accessibility, and the Mississauga Seniors at: www.ola.org/ Council, to discuss policy options to help • Invested $2.5 billion more in education this seniors stay in their homes. year than 2017-18, an increase of over 9%. For more information, please call • Hosted a round table on reducing red tape • Provided a $1.6 billion attrition protection 416-325-7457 , for local small businesses with the Parliamen - fund to ensure that not a single teacher or e-mail In March and April, Elizabeth tary Assistant to the Minister of Economic loses their job due to the Government’s intro - Becke served as a Legislative [email protected] . Dvelopment, Job Creation and Trade and duction of e-learning, or changes in class size. Page at Queen’s Park. Elizabeth is a student at St. Luke Catholic Mississauga East- MPP • Elementary School in Kaleed Rasheed. e Committed $1.4 billion for school renewal e r , and $13 billion over the next 10 Closing the Skills Gap Mississauga-Lakeshore. r o this year • Met with the Minister of Economic Develop - o h years, to build new schools in high-growth h s Ontario’s shortage of skilled labour costs ment, Job Creation and Trade, and the Deputy s e areas, and to help improve the condition of e k billions of dollars each year. Unfortunately, City Manager for Planning at the City of k a existing schools. I learned about our desperate Vaughan, on eliminating red tape for a L the Province’s cumbersome and outdated L - need for more apprentices in - a • Appointed a Task Force on School Boards , apprenticeship rules have prevented many municipalities. a g the skilled trades at a very g u to conduct a thorough review of board opera - young people from entering the workforce informative meeting and tour • Attended consultations on Mental Health & u a a s tions, to ensure they’re working in the most as electricians, carpenters, and welders. at Can Art Aluminum. Addictions at the with s s s i efficient manner to best serve students i s The government is now taking action to improve the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister s s s i and parents. i our apprenticeship system. The 4:1 ratio of of Health and Long-Term Care. M M

• More than doubled the Ontario Autism journeymen to apprentices has been lowered to • Met with the Minister of Infrastructure to P P P Program, from $256 million to $621 million, 1:1 in order to allow more apprentices to get discuss the redevelopment of the Mississauga P M to ensure that we can help more families of the practical experience in the skilled trades M

Waterfront, and the transportation infrastruc - , I was able to learn about many , o children and youth with autism. that they need in order to succeed. ture needs of Mississauga-Lakeshore. o t t t local challenges during a very t e • The government is also eliminating the Ontario informative ride-along with 11 e z Established a new program to provide full • Met with the Minister of Natural Resources z z dental coverage for low-income seniors , for College of Trades, in order to remove hurdles Division of the Peel Regional Police, z u and Forestry, and Port Credit’s First Resource u including the Tactical Team. I C individual seniors with incomes under that deter young Ontarians from entering the C

Toured the former Texaco lands, where my father worked, thanked them for everything they Management Group, on the use of SkyForest y $19,300, or couples with combined incomes with the Port Credit West Village Partners, and discussed skilled trades, and finding well-paying and y d do to keep our community safe. technology to sustainably manage our forests . d u less than $32,300. their plans for the redevelopment of our waterfront. stable jobs. u R R