The Liberals fact-checked PC MPP Monte McNaughton and his letter about incoming U.S. president Donald Trump. ...
Daily Archives: January 11, 2017
Happening: Cabinet members to be sworn in Thursday
Ontario doesn't currently have a full-time corrections minister, and the premier had said one would be appointed soon. ...
Happening: Government seeking power to charge, fine long-term care homes
The provincial government had already ramped up long-term care homes inspections after a negative auditor general report in 2015. ...
Pharmaceutical lobbying effort highlights conflict over biosimilar drugs, confusion over Patients First
A pharmaceutical company took an MPP on a tour of its clinic in her riding and raised some concerns about public coverage of one of its drugs. ...
Op-ed: Pickering Nuclear is a key, low-cost source of electricity in Ontario’s Long-Term Energy Plan
David Shier notes that, along with Bruce Power, the Pickering nuclear plant will continue to supply two-thirds of the world’s Cobalt-60 to Ottawa-based Nordion, which uses it to keep hospitals around the world clean and ...
Issues emerging between Wynne and Trudeau governments over infrastructure cash
Meanwhile, the federal budget office has said that Ottawa's "planned transfers to third parties (mostly provincial governments) for infrastructure spending have not materialised in the first half of the year." ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Wednesday, January 11. ...