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.

Mar. 2, 2012: Jim McDonell MPP stood up for Ontario's job creators, our businesses, by voting with the PC Caucus to reduce Ontario's corporate tax rate. "Businesses in Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry would create much-needed jobs if we gave them the opportunity", McDonell said. FULL STORY

Feb. 26, 2012: After reading the editorial in today’s Standard Freeholder, I want to offer further clarity regarding Cornwall Community Hospital and my position on resolving an issue that relates to both the health and tolerance of our community. The community is clearly asking for a change in the hiring and promotion policies that will open up all but the designated positions. FULL STORY

Feb. 14, 2012: At Dalton McGuinty’s speech to the Canadian Club on Thursday, he talked of the upcoming release of Don Drummond’s report, heralding it as a new plan to save the province from the brink of disaster. From his track record, we can see that he is not concerned about the dollars, nor the health our economy and has placed many of our basic services in jeopardy. FULL STORY

Dec. 13, 2011: I have the honour of being assigned to the role of Critic for the Ministry of Consumer Services and have had a few issues to deal with to date. I am extremely disappointed in their latest regulation that forces all electrical contractors to have at least one master electrician on staff. While this may not cause any issues for large companies, it is a huge issue for the small self-employed electricians that we commonly see in rural Ontario. FULL STORY

Nov. 1, 2011: It’s been almost a month since Jim McDonell was eleced, and it has been nonstop with the election cleanup, trips to Toronto for orientation, caucus meetings, and looking for accommodations and office space. His riding office opened this past week, temporarily at Jim Brownell’s former Montreal Road office. FULL STORY

Oct. 4, 2011: Ontario families cannot afford four more years of Dalton McGuinty. His record of higher taxes, job losses, sky rocketing energy costs and red tape has made Ontario a have-not province for the first time in its history. In the last two provincial elections, McGuinty has promised not to raise taxes, only to break his promise and implement massive tax increases after the votes were counted. FULL STORY

Sep. 26, 2011: Jim McDonell and Tim Hudak believe that we can’t afford four more years of Dalton McGuinty. His high taxes, red tape, and mismanagement are driving private sector jobs from Ontario. Since Dalton McGuinty took office, Ontario has lost 300,000 manufacturing jobs. FULL STORY

Sep. 21, 2011: An Ontario PC government will crack down on the unprecedented health care dollars wasted by the Dalton McGuinty Liberals. Money that should have gone to nurses, emergency rooms, and frontline patient care was instead diverted to bloated salaries and outrageous expenses for fancy health care consultants - many of whom were connected to the Liberal party. FULL STORY

Sep. 13, 2011: Ontario has historically been the economic engine of Canada. Families from around the world came here because they knew there was no better place than Ontario to live, work and raise a family. But after eight years of Dalton McGuinty, we know it’s not like that anymore. Ontario has fallen behind. FULL STORY

Aug. 11, 2011: Under Dalton McGuinty’s watch, Ontario had its debt rating lowered to AA- on November 2, 2009, - worse than the US - and that is just the start. Ontario, once the economic engine of Canada, is now a “have-not province.” We in Ontario will soon owe $250 billion, double the debt that McGuinty assumed less than eight years ago. FULL STORY