Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Wednesday, July 27. ...
Daily Archives: July 27, 2016
Heard: Government will tax you, won’t ‘provide the lube’
One Ontarian has a particularly poetic way of expressing her feelings of powerlessness in dealing with the provincial government: the only thing you can do is pay more taxes, she says, and the government won't "provide ...
Seen: NDP critic’s open letter on ministerial staffers’ fundraising
NDP finance critic Catherine Fife released an open letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne Wednesday afternoon, calling on her to prohibit policy staff from engaging in political fundraising, and to "immediately direct a sepa ...
Canada’s chief electoral officer warns Ontario of risks of ‘permanent campaign’
Marc Mayrand also said the important thing about federal conflict-of-interest rules concerning ministers' fundraising is that they exist — which is more than you can say for Ontario. ...
Labour laws face scrutiny in interim Changing Workplaces Review report
Preliminary "options" to remedy the province's antiquated labour laws have drawn mixed reviews from labour and employer groups. ...
Provinces urged to co-ordinate carbon-pricing plans
A study by Ecofiscal Commission would give the provinces a universal target to shoot for – one that considers Ontario’s purchases of California carbon-emission credits. ...