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.

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

Nov. 8, 2012: Every Remembrance Day, residents of Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry take the time to honour and pay tribute to those who fought for the liberation of millions around the world and died for our freedom. FULL STORY

Nov. 8, 2012: MPP Jim McDonell sent the Honourable Linda Jeffrey, Minister of Labour, the following open letter regarding the loss of jobs at Teleperformance. FULL STORY

Nov. 2, 2012: It has been just over a year since the last Ontario election and no one could have foretold the chain of events that would lead up to last month’s prorogation of the Legislature and the resignation of Dalton McGuinty and so far, two of his key cabinet ministers, Chris Bentley and Dwight Duncan. All a result of the work done by the opposition parties in uncovering the billions of dollars of waste by this government. FULL STORY

Nov. 1, 2012: Over the past week, Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Toby Barrett has been travelling Eastern Ontario garnering views on the recently-released report on social assistance. FULL STORY

Sep. 21, 2012: Unaffordable arbitration settlements for public employees will become a thing of the past upon passage of PC MPP Jim Wilson’s Bill 121, “An Act to Deal With Arbitration in the Public Sector”. The Act will compel arbitrators to consider a municipality’s ability to pay for a demanded public pay raise before issuing a decision, and to detail their consideration of such factors in writing. FULL STORY

Sep. 18, 2012: MPP Jim McDonell put the Government’s commitment to reining in deficit spending to the test today with a Private Member’s motion. The motion would have instructed the Government to enact an immediate broader public sector wage freeze and address the loopholes that allowed 98% of public sector managers to receive bonus pay. The Liberals teamed up with the NDP to defeat the motion. FULL STORY