MPP Hillier penned a letter to Hydro One President and CEO Mayo Schmidt to voice his disdain over the Home Energy Reports. 

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(PERTH) MPP Randy Hillier (Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox & Addington) expressed his alarm that seniors in the Champlain Community Care Access Centre's catchment area are having their Personal Support Worker (PSW) care visits cut in half.

After meeting with a number of PSWs that work in the Champlain CCAC region, and as highlighted in a recent story by Bob Hepburn of the Toronto Star, Hillier has learned that many seniors will see their assisted care reduced to a 15-minute visit.

"What kind of care could we possibly be providing someone in fifteen minutes?" Hillier asked rhetorically.

Hillier has penned a letter to the Board Chair and the President of the Champlain CCAC, demanding a reversal of the policy decision, and suggesting that they instead focus on the larger financial problems and find greater efficiencies within administration before diminishing patient services.

It appears these changes have been initiated in the Champlain CCAC catchment area, however it is anticipated they will expand to other CCACs prior to their anticipated incorporation into the LHINs with Bill 210.

"Clients in in my riding are served by either the Champlain CCAC or the South East CCAC; by far, the services delivered by the Champlain CCAC have been a regular source of complaints and aggravation for their clients, as compared to the SE Region, which seems to function much more effectively," says Hillier. "These new changes only magnify the mismanagement and further demonstrate that lack of concern the Champlain CCAC has for their clients."

You can read MPP Hillier's letter to the Champlain CCAC  here.

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After sending a letter to the Ombudsman regarding numerous complaints about the wait times seniors where enduring at the hands of Service Ontario while attempting to book drivers test, the Ombudsman has assigned staff to examine the concerns raised and to conduct a preliminary review of the matter and is currently gathering information.

MPP Hillier penned a letter to the Ombudsman to express his discontent at the current state of Service Ontario's ability to book seniors in for an appointment for their mandatory drivers test. Many have complained to his office that it takes hours to get through the the booking centre to schedule a driver's test. The few "lucky" ones who hold the line for hours and are able to get through are booked for an appointment months into the future. You can read the entirety of MPP Hillier's letter to the Ombudsman below.

(QUEEN’S PARK) MPP Randy Hillier (Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington) has called on the government to amend Bill 201 - Election Finances Statute Law Amendment Act, which is currently before a traveling committee, to prevent Ministers and other Government Officials from holding cash-for-access fundraisers with stakeholders under their jurisdiction.

(PERTH) – Randy Hillier (MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox & Addington) expressed his disappointment with the recent refusal for key players involved in the delivery of programs for children with mental health disabilities to meet for open and frank discussion on how to provide these services in the next school year. On March 30 of this year the UCDSB notified Hillier they had terminated their delivery of these services effective the end of June.

Here you can read my letter to the Minister of Children and Youth Services advocating for the Minister to expand the direct funding model for IBI and ABA therapies. This would eliminate the wait lists for treatments and ensure children with autism get the timely treatment they need to thrive.