Bills scheduled to come before the legislature and committees this week. ...
Author Archives: Brian Platt
Four private members bills set to be passed by Christmas
The various pieces of legislation will protect employee tips, prevent the abuse of fentanyl patches, require the reporting of children's deaths to the provincial watchdog, and create more research and support around preg ...
Premier’s director of media relations leaves for Parliament Hill
This marks the third premier's office staffer who has left to join Trudeau's new government ...
Province estimates $1.3 billion in cap-and-trade revenue in 2017
Proceeds will go into a Green Investment Fund, which is dedicated for measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the province ...
Concussion safety bill gets all-party support
The bill, crafted in response to the death of 17-year-old rugby player Rowan Stringer, will see the creation of an advisory committee to implement 49 recommendations from a coroner's inquest ...
Metrolinx makes push to drive up UP Express ridership
The transit agency is sending out 40,000 "buy one, get one" coupons for UP Express tickets, focused mainly on residents living near Union Station ...
Long-term climate strategy so far is short on details
Specific new actions won't be announced until sometime early next year, when the province releases a five-year action plan and the full regulatory design of its cap-and-trade system. ...
Flynn: Both sides will be ‘treated fairly’ in EllisDon dispute resolution
After the NDP raised the issue in question period, Labour Minister Kevin Flynn said the government is trying to prevent a winner-takes-all result from the court process ...
Two more senior Queen’s Park staffers pack up for Ottawa
Senior justice policy adviser to the premier and chief of staff to Treasury Board president have both accepted jobs with the new federal Liberal government. ...
Budget bill to resolve dispute between EllisDon, unions
A union lawyer said 'the real story is that there's a court case that went as far as the Supreme Court that was in favour of the trade unions, and the Ontario government has chosen to abrogate that decision.' ...
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