Former PC leader's bill, which will be introduced in legislature in late October, aims to take sharing economy services 'out of a legislative grey area and into black and white' ...
Author Archives: Brian Platt
As Trudeau rises in polls, Wynne makes final campaign push
As the federal Liberals approach majority territory in national polls, and seem poised to win most Greater Toronto Area ridings, Wynne has attended as many as four campaign events a day in the final week of the election. ...
Ontario sees huge loss of full-time jobs, unemployment ticks up
Despite economic conditions that should be boosting Ontario's exports, job growth remains stagnant over the past year thanks to a brutal September that wiped out 67,700 full-time jobs. ...
Heard: Labatt purchases Mill Street Brewery
One of Toronto's best known craft brewers has been purchases by one of Canada's largest beer companies. Labatt Breweries of Canada announced Friday it has purchased Mill Street Brewery, a craft beer company based ...
Trudeau promises billions in Toronto transit project funding
Promise includes $2 billion in federal funding for Regional Express Rail, a request provincial Liberals have put in to Ottawa but haven't yet gotten from Harper government ...
After new deal, OPSEU looks to privatization fight
Should the deal be ratified, the union will turn its attention to the line-by-line review the Treasury Board is conducting on all ministries as it looks for further savings. ...
Province still negotiating fines a year after snow plowing failures
Contrary to some reports that a contractor had been fined nearly $1 million for a slow response time, the province is still negotiating how much to fine the company and can't say what the exact cause of the problem was. ...
Provincial trade ministers meet again in long slog toward free trade agreement
Focus this time is on regulations and damper they put on companies trying to do countrywide business but getting tripped up by different requirements in different provinces ...
Wynne and Notley talk climate change, energy policy
Two premiers present united front in support of carbon pricing policies that would achieve real emissions reductions; Wynne says that shouldn't involve 'pitting one province against the other' ...
As Toronto grapples with Uber, province remains out of the fray
Despite well-connected Liberals signing up to lobby Queen's Park on issues around ride-sharing, the provincial government is still maintaining it's a municipal issue and is not getting involved — yet. ...
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