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Ontario Lowering Eligibility Age for Life-Saving Colon Cancer Screening
TORONTO — The Ontario government is lowering the eligibility age to allow people to access publicly funded colorectal cancer screening to help more people receive life-saving screening services sooner. Starting July 1, the eligibility age will be lowered from 50 to 45 for all individuals and to 40 for those at increased risk. This historic expansion will give more than one million additional people the option to connect to life-saving screening services to detect and treat co
Stephen Lecce, MPP
May 74 min read


Ontario Advances 18,900 Nuclear Jobs at Bruce Power
ETOBICOKE — As part of its plan to protect Ontario and build a more competitive, resilient and self-reliant economy, the government is taking a major step to build the Bruce C Nuclear Project, the province’s first large-scale nuclear project in over 30 years. Ontario has directed the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) to enter into a cost-sharing and recovery agreement, enabling Bruce Power to move forward with critical activities including First Nations and commu
Stephen Lecce, MPP
May 711 min read


Ontario Continues to Protect Health-Care Workforce
PETERBOROUGH — The Ontario government is continuing to deliver on its commitment to protect the province’s health-care system by expanding the Ontario Learn and Stay Grant (OLSG) to include two additional nursing programs in eastern Ontario. Building on the success of OLSG with an additional $14 million investment, 1,500 students participating in nursing programs at Trent University and Sir Sandford Fleming College will be able to have their tuition, books and other education
Stephen Lecce, MPP
May 55 min read
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