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Daily Archives: June 14, 2016
Purchase: Industrial policy visions, geo-economic realities and good government
Columnist Bryne Purchase points out there are global factors that may trump the Ontario government's dreams of auto industry investment. ...
Kitchener inches closer to two-way, all-day GO service
The Premier claimed a major hurdle has been passed to fulfill a 2014 election promise to build an innovation super corridor, which Wynne said she was confident will happen by 2024. ...
Leone: Doing the cabinet scuttle
In his first column for Queen's Park Briefing, Rob Leone suggests that the growth in the size of cabinet tilts the balance in our parliamentary system toward the government by stealth. ...
Cabinet shuffle creates new ministries, splits others
Premier Kathleen Wynne unveiled her bigger, shuffled cabinet this week, and with it, some new and divided ministries, in order to give each of the 30 members of executive council a portfolio. Here's what the government s ...
Shifting Ontario pension plan duties pass to rookie minister
Indira Naidoo-Harris takes over the ORPP file at time when its viability hinges on the outcome of Canada Pension Plan enhancement talks between the provinces and Ottawa later this month in Vancouver. ...
Mitzie Hunter ‘thrilled’ to be named Minister of Education
Taking over after the rocky tenure of Liz Sandals, the new minister enjoys some breathing space in the education portfolio and is looking forward to advancing the government’s plan to make postsecondary education free fo ...
Seen: Green Party selects candidate for Scarborough-Rouge River byelection
The Green Party of Ontario has selected its candidate for the uncalled byelection in Scarborough-Rouge River. The Greens announced Tuesday that Priyan De Silva would carry the party’s banner in the upcoming race, whic ...