Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, June 2. ...
Daily Archives: June 2, 2016
What was asked in question period
Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown asked Premier Kathleen Wynne if the government would be fighting parents of kids with autism in the courts, as removing therapy for those over the age of 6 could launch hum ...
Seen: Government’s pension and power planning bills pass third reading
The Liberal government has stickhandled two more of its bills through the legislature ahead of the summer break. The first bill establishes Premier Kathleen Wynne’s signature pension plan, while the other piece of leg ...
Ontario and General Electric closing in on ‘supports’ for Welland plant
Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid told QP Briefing that talks with GE on a “potential investment” are continuing. ...
Ottawa jail report could be a blueprint for provincial prison fix
"Every one of the rest of the institutions that I have contact with basically say we have the same problems," as the Ottawa jail, says OPSEU's corrections chair. ...
Health minister axing Community Care Access Centres with new bill
Eric Hoskins said it’s a “significant transformation of our health care system” that transfers the responsibility for home- and community care to the province’s 14 Local Health Integration Networks. ...
Ontario’s David Suzuki climate change spot wouldn’t fly under old ad rules: Auditor General
The Liberal government released a new 30-second spot on Wednesday that features Suzuki talking to a theatre full of children about climate change. ...
Happening: More study money to get subways shovel-ready
Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca continued to hand out money for subway planning Thursday. Del Duca announced the province is giving more than $55 million to Metrolinx for the provincial transit agency to work ...