Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Tuesday, June 21. ...
Daily Archives: June 21, 2016
Q&A with the car czar: Ray Tanguay paints cautiously rosy future for Ontario’s auto industry
After one year as head of the Canadian Automotive Partnership Council, Tanguay identifies some challenges competing with the U.S.: "We have to do a better job with the value proposition. We don’t package it in a way that ...
Wynne claims victory – and credit – in CPP enhancement deal
'Quite frankly, I was a thorn in the side of many of my colleagues,' the Premier declares, adding that planning for the ORPP 'was absolutely worth the cost,' to press for action on the Canada Pension Plan. ...
ORPP planning cost province $14M last year, estimates show
The Liberal government had also been preparing to float a $240-million loan to the management group of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan – which has already amassed 40 to 50 employees. ...
Heard: GM Oshawa union won’t collectively bargain sans promise of production
Decked out in t-shirts emblazoned with the phrase, "No product? No contract!" members of Unifor's Local 222 chapter, which represents workers at General Motors in Oshawa, held a press conference Tuesday to put pressure ...
Metrolinx building four GO train stations in Toronto
But SmartTrack still exists, despite significant changes to its plans, Mayor John Tory insists. The city will be required to contribute to the cost of the new stations. ...
Province, feds announce $640-million affordable housing deal
A week before the first ministers' meeting, the federal and provincial governments made a $640-million affordable housing announcement. ...