News & Community Updates
National Espresso Day ☕
I stopped by Café Amore in Orléans this morning ahead of National Espresso Day this Sunday…
Skills Development Scandal
Stephen asks the Minister of Finance what he knew about the Skills Development Fund scandal in the Ministry of Labour before and after he budgeted for the program…
2025 Fall Economic Statement Debate
MPP Stephen Blais debates the Ford Government's Fall Economic Outlook and its lack of support for youth unemployment, middle class families, small business owners…
French Language Services Act Anniversary
Stephen speaks about them importance and impact of the French Language Services Act
Helping Young People Find Meaningful Work
Today we are putting forward a motion in the Legislature to tackle a growing problem that has left 223,400 young people out of work…
Creating opportunities to enter the trades
Last week, MPP Stephen Blais visited All Pro Electric, a proud Orléans-owned company participating in Ontario’s Skills Development Fund. During the visit…
Building a resilient economy
Stephen debates the need to build a resilient economy in Ontario.
Debate on Bill 40: Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act
In this speech, Stephen Blais exposes Doug Ford’s broken promise to lower hydro bills and reveals how Bill 40—the so-called Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act—does the opposite…
Standing Up for Fans: Capping Ticket Resale Prices in Ontario
Families shouldn’t have to empty their wallets just to see a game or a concert. That’s why I’ve co-sponsored a bill to limit the resale of tickets for sporting and special events to no more than 50% above face value…
Breaking Ground on Affordable Home Ownership
I was excited to join Marie-France Lalonde to help break ground on the final phase of the Habitat for Humanity project on Nantes Street in Avalon…
Fighting to Save Speed Cameras
Stephen debates the Government's Bill 56 which amongst many others things will make automated speed enforcement in Ontario illegal. Stephen fought hard to…
Congrats MIFO!
Stephen congratulated MIFO on breaking ground on MIFO 2.0. He also thanked the Minister of Sport for the investment and challenged him to a friendly game…
No Changes to the Municipal Accountability Act
As The Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy concluded summer travel of Bill 9 and Government members failed to make any recommendations…
Visiting La Ha Tacos in Orléans 🌮
I had the chance to meet Jay Wing, who has been proudly running this food truck for the past eight years….
Welcome to the Ottawa Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
I had the pleasure of taking a tour of the soon to be opened Ottawa Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic…
Highway 174 progress in a ‘nebulous state of nowhere’: MPP
“What is being communicated publicly by the politicians — which is that the upload is happening — is not what the agreement says,” Blais said. “Since neither the province nor the city is being particularly transparent about it, it’s difficult for the public and for people who are not getting private briefings to have a clear understanding as to the status of things.”
The City Just Hit Reset on Highway 174, That’s a Big Problem
Earlier this summer, the United Counties of Prescott and Russell (UCPR) approved work to begin widening Highway 17 up to the Ottawa border, where Highway 17 becomes Highway 174…
Ring Roads, Bridges and Missed Opportunities for Orléans
There’s been a lot of talk lately about building a southern ring road around Ottawa. Let me be clear: I support it. In fact, we need two new east-west connections and neither should be seen as a replacement for a new interprovincial bridge.