Brian Platt, Author at QP Briefing

What’s in the new budget bill

The bill sets date for eliminating the debt-retirement charge on electricity bills, makes changes to dispute mechanisms over liquor store licences and the OSC’s powers ...

How cap-and-trade will affect the competitiveness of Ontario firms

QP Briefing spoke with Ecofiscal Commission chair Chris Ragan about how a new study on carbon pricing and economic competitiveness can help the Ontario government design its cap-and-trade program. ...

Liberal Party paid for part of Lougheed’s legal bills

Liberal fundraiser has been paying his own legal costs since criminal charges were laid on Sept. 24. ...

Despite differing timelines, Wynne promises to work with Ottawa on refugees

Ottawa says it will settle 25,000 refugees by the end of 2015, but Queen's Park officials do not yet know how many will be settled here, where in the province they will be settled, or how much federal funding assistance ...

Final step coming for armed guards at Queen’s Park

Speaker Dave Levac said all of the upgraded security measures announced last spring are progressing, and an all-party security task force will be briefed on armed guards in the coming weeks ...

Design options for cap-and-trade program released

Consultations for the program are still ongoing, and draft regulations are still months away from being posted. ...

Trudeau announces first ministers’ meeting for Nov. 23

The meeting, the first one with all the premiers since 2009, will have the upcoming UN climate change conference at the top of the agenda. ...

Four projects short-listed for Ontario’s first social impact bonds

SIBs have been on the radar of Queen's Park for years and the government is slowly getting to the stage of signing contracts with private investors to fund the projects ...

Wynne’s director of issues management leaves for Parliament Hill

Brian Clow, Wynne's executive director of issues management and legislative affairs, has been on leave from that position for much of the past couple of months while he worked in the campaign war room for Justin Trudeau. ...

Wynne marks Remembrance Day in Hong Kong while hundreds gather at Queen’s Park

The premier, who has been on a China trade mission since Nov. 5, attended a ceremony at a war cemetery in Hong Kong where hundreds of Canadian soldiers are buried. ...

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