Brian Platt, Author at QP Briefing

Province aims for first cap-and-trade auction in early 2017

Environment Minister Glen Murray said having the system up and running by 2017 will give the province enough time to meet its 2020 target of reducing emissions 15 per cent below 1990 levels. ...

Your morning briefing

Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Friday, July 3. ...

NDP makes long-shot appeal for release of business studies for Hydro One privatization

Records will almost certainly be considered a Cabinet confidence, but rejection of a Freedom-of-Information request gives NDP another argument that Liberals are conducting sale secretively ...

Your morning briefing

Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, July 2. ...

Province boasts $50 million in business savings from red tape reduction

The government has set a goal of $100 million in savings by 2017, but much of the savings it's counting toward that goal are from projects starting well before the goal was set last year. ...

E-signatures to be allowed for real estate documents – with no new regulations

Despite concerns e- signatures could lead to fraud, the government that new regulations were unnecessary and is simply allowing people to use e-signatures if they choose to. ...

Brown to lead first PC Party contingent in Pride parade

Attendance at Toronto's Pride parade was widely seen as a litmus test for the new PC leader, a way of measuring how committed he really was to social conservative views. ...

Controversial Wynne documentary likely to air in the fall – but perhaps sanitized

Dispute over film's airing has exposed a deep rift between the production studio and Premier's Office on one side, and TVO and the documentary's original director on the other ...

Opposition, unions campaigning against Hydro One IPO

From town halls to advertising campaigns to possible legal challenges, it will be a busy summer for the various opponents of the Liberal government's controversial Hydro One privatization plan. ...

Province signs international pact to cut waterway nutrient levels

The Lake Friendly Accord, which includes Manitoba, Alberta and Minnesota, is a pledge to develop specific commitments on water quality and report annually on plans, progress and actions. ...

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