Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, July 18. ...
Daily Archives: July 18, 2016
Ontario auto insurance rates rise in Q2, Liberals still below 15 per cent pledge
Rates have only fallen by an average of about 10 per cent since the Liberal government vowed to cut them by 15 per cent by August 2015. ...
B.C. balks at enhanced CPP deal deadline, Ontario not sweating the delay
Asked whether his own ministry would consider public consultations a la B.C., the finance minister said, "Ontario's been doing it for years." ...
Seen: Ontario economy grew by 0.8 per cent in Q1
Ontario’s economy grew by 0.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, according to the province’s latest economic accounts. The new numbers, released Monday, show real gross domestic product expanded at an annualized r ...
Bruce Power names next CEO ahead of $13B refurbishment
The Ontario government and Bruce Power updated their contract last December to allow for the refurbishment of six nuclear reactors at the decades-old plant, which Mike Rencheck will oversee. ...
Wynne: If conflict of interest is a concern, government should look seriously at solutions
Over the summer, the standing committee on general government has been holding consultation sessions on election financing legislation before it goes to second reading in the fall. ...
Heard: Misinformation in the doctor debate, Hoskins suggests
A little misinformation is being spread as Ontario's doctors duke it out online and in the news media concerning their tentative agreement with the government. The debate is getting heated — the Concerned Ontario Doct ...
Seen: Wynne weighs in on…Pokemon Go
Premier Kathleen Wynne was confronted with a scorching-hot question Monday morning: Are there any Pokemon at Queen’s Park? The question came as the world has become enraptured by Pokemon Go, a new and free game that i ...