Your afternoon roundup of news and noteworthy items for Thursday, Feb. 4. ...
Daily Archives: February 4, 2016
Brokered deal will see former MP Dykstra acclaimed as PC Party president
The backroom negotiations to settle the race for president is causing grumbling in the party ranks, after PC leader Patrick Brown promised, during the leadership race, to empower the grassroots. ...
New $100M retrofit program announced, but with scant details
Money, which will help consumers pay for energy-efficient audits and equipment upgrades, will be drawn from the government’s Green Investment Fund, a $325M down payment made prior to the start of the province’s cap-and-t ...
Wynne-led trade mission to India inks new deals as trip nears end
Trip is deemed a success, according to government sources, after seven new agreements are signed Thursday, adding to 39 other deals signed during trip, totalling $112M. ...
Cap-and-trade details to be released by May, to include retrofit program
Environment and Climate Change Minister Glen Murray says the coming cap-and-trade system is "a little overwhelming so you’re getting it in pieces.” ...
Heard: ONA says 1,200 nurses have lost jobs in last year
The government has frozen hospital budgets for four years while restructuring the health care system to reduce expensive hospital services and provide more home care. ...
Fraser report ranks Wynne poorly on fiscal management
Despite poor ranking, Finance Minister Charles Sousa continually reminds opposition critics that Ontario ranks lowest in Canada on per-capita government spending. ...
Heard: Work progressing well on East Rail yard in Whitby
Project, slated for completion by end of 2017, is jointly funded by provincial and federal governments. ...
The Funding Portal: Who got funded – Week of Jan. 29
Each week, the Funding Portal crunches the numbers on who got funding from where. ...
Heard: Ontario spends $900,000 on aboriginal economic development in GTA
Money will fund develop training programs to help First Nations and Aboriginal Peoples fight poverty and improve their economic prospects. ...
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