Echoing sentiments previously expressed by OPSEU, the premier says it 'makes a lot of sense' to her that LCBOs would get responsibility for selling legalized marijuana ...
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Wynne and Tory agree that Uber exists
The ridesharing service dominates the news conference after Monday meeting between the premier and Toronto's mayor, but they also discuss affordable housing, refugees and transit infrastructure ...
Seen: Province-wide hearings planned for sexual violence bill
The social policy committee will hold hearings in Sault Ste. Marie, Peterborough and London in late January as it studies a bill that implements measures of the government's sexual violence action plan. Bill 132, ...
Fall sitting ends with 14 government bills passed
Bills lined up for the spring address sexual violence action plan measures, rules around snooping on health records, consumer waste reduction, and long-term electricity planning. ...
Wynne’s chief of staff leaves to be WSIB president
Teahen has been Wynne's chief of staff since she became premier; Bevan, currently Wynne's principal secretary, will take over on Jan. 1 ...
Labour bill with controversial merger reform passes third reading
A PC MPP went so far as to call the bill 'a direct, unmitigated assault on freedom of association in the workplace' ...
Payday lending reform bill introduced, but regulations still a year away
After having first commissioned a report on payday lending practices in January 2014, the province is now planning to have the new rules take effect in early 2017 ...
Mental health bill, four private members’ bills pass third reading
That adds to the six bills that passed their third reading vote last week, and the two more bills that are scheduled for third reading by the end of this week, when the legislature will adjourn for two months. ...
Anti-carding activists say draft regulation ‘falls short’ of ending arbitrary street checks
Ontario's chief human rights commissioner says the province's new anti-carding regulations continue to have loopholes allowing police to cast wide net on whole racialized communities. ...
Province takes cautious step forward on HOT lanes
High-occupancy toll lanes have been promised since 2013, but the province's plan announced Monday was only a small pilot project starting next summer and the potential for more in 2021 ...
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