Newsletter: July Recap

A message from Christine Hogarth:

Hello Friends, I hope you are enjoying the summer and taking time to be with family and friends. July was a busy month as I wrapped up the first leg of my coffee chats and business tours in our riding. A special shoutout to Studio Charm Café, Le Gourmand Bakery, Zen Café Plus, Franklin Horner Community Centre, and Suvari Coffee for letting me host these insightful conversations. It was a pleasure to engage with the wonderful residents of Etobicoke-Lakeshore over a cup of coffee. Through my coffee chats, I have heard from many of you about your troubles with traffic at the Gardiner. Recently, I was pleased to join Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria and Mayor Olivia Chow at City Hall to announce that the Ontario government has stepped in to save drivers and businesses from the frustrating Gardiner Expressway gridlock by investing $73M for 24/7 construction work. This will move up the construction timeline by one year from April 2027 to April 2026. I am also deeply grateful to the business owners and staff who I met on my Business Meet & Greet. Your thoughts and ideas on improving our community for businesses are invaluable. Small businesses have a big impact on the wellbeing of our community. As part of my efforts to support local, I was also delighted to welcome numerous businesses to Etobicoke-Lakeshore. Last month, I also hosted my annual community BBQ. I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to each of you for joining me with your families and friends. We had an incredible turnout, with close to 500 community members coming together to enjoy the evening. Looking ahead, my team and I are excited to share that we are working to create a Youth Advisory Council in September, bringing together bright young minds from our community. We’re calling on students from Grades 10 to 12 to apply for this fantastic opportunity to get involved in community building. For more information, contact my office by phone at 416-259-2249 or by email at christine.hogarth@pc.ola.org, subject line: Youth Advisory Council. As the Olympic Games captivate us all, I am filled with immense pride for our remarkable Etobicoke-Lakeshore athletes representing Canada. A special shoutout for the amazing Summer McIntosh for bringing home two gold medals in swimming! Let’s continue to cheer on all our athletes as they compete. Go Team Canada! Let’s bring home more victories! Last but not the least, it was my absolute privilege and honour to join the celebrations of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 89th birthday at the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre. It was a fantastic day surrounded by friends, the vibrant colours of Tibetan tradition and the opportunity to celebrate Tibetan Heritage Month. Thank you once again for your continued support and participation in making Etobicoke-Lakeshore a vibrant and thriving community. Sincerely, Christine P.S If you know someone who would like to be added to this distribution list, please have them visit https://christinehogarthmpp.ca/

Ontario Accelerating Construction on the Gardiner Expressway

The Ontario government is helping to accelerate construction on the Gardiner Expressway by at least one year by providing up to $73M to the City of Toronto on the condition that work may be allowed to proceed up to a 24/7 basis. This accelerated timeline moves the construction completion date from April 2027 to at least April 2026, which will benefit Ontario’s economy by an estimated $273M by getting drivers and goods out of gridlock a year faster than planned. Read More

Ontario Breaks Ground on Ontario Line Pape Station

The Ontario government has officially broken ground at Pape Station, marking the start of construction to build a new interchange station connecting the Ontario Line with the TTC’s Line 2 (Bloor-Danforth). The new subway line will deliver better, faster and more reliable transit throughout the Greater Toronto Area, relieving gridlock on roads and the existing transit network. Read More

Ontario Bolstering Nursing Workforce in Emergency Departments

The Ontario government is continuing to build a stronger, more resilient health care workforce by investing $10M to help more than 1,000 nurses upskill their training to provide emergency department care. This will help bolster, stabilize and maintain the nursing workforce in emergency departments across the province, especially in rural and remote hospitals, to connect more people to critical care close to home. Read More

Ontario Exploring More Ways to Expand Role of Pharmacists

The Ontario government is looking at additional innovative and creative ways to make pharmacies a one-stop-shop for people to conveniently connect to care, close to home by further expanding the ability of pharmacists to provide care. Starting today, the government is consulting with its partners on further expanding the ability of pharmacists to provide care by treating additional common ailments, administering more vaccines, and performing more point-of-care testing. Read More

Ontario Added 9,800 Jobs in June

Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, issued the following statement on today’s monthly employment release by Statistics Canada, which showed Ontario added 9,800 jobs in June, including 8,600 jobs in the manufacturing sector. Read More

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Ontario Helping Marginalized Youth Get Training and Land Jobs in Etobicoke-Lakeshore

The Ontario government is investing over $1.2M through the Skills Development Training Stream to train workers in Etobicoke-Lakeshore for in-demand careers. This brings Ontario’s total investment in skills development training through SDF to nearly $1.1B. Read More

$10,300 OTF Grant from the Ontario Government Boosts Beach Clean-Up Efforts

I recently participated in the making of a video with A Greener Future that highlighted the work the group is doing along the lake’s shoreline thanks to a $10,300 Capital grant the group received last year from the provincial government’s Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF).   Read More

Looking Back At July