The 14-per-cent growth in the list over the past year shows the challenge the government faces in controlling public sector compensation costs ...
Author Archives: Brian Platt
Year-long review of solitary confinement policy to begin this summer
Community Safety and Correctional Services Minister Yasir Naqvi says ongoing collective bargaining talks with correctional services staff is part of the lengthy review process. ...
Concerns of favouritism raised after retroactive provision scrubbed from nuisance-lawsuit bill
The NDP says it plans to challenge the amended timeline, which would exempt lawsuits launched by Resolute Forest Products and the premier herself, when the bill reaches committee. ...
NDP MPP says he mistakenly used constituency office phone number for partisan event
The Liberals complained to the integrity commissioner after obtaining an email from New Democrat Jagmeet Singh that was sent out to organize support for a federal NDP rally. ...
Pan Am Games transportation plan dependent on traffic reduction by a fifth
Pan Am organizers are pointing to the success of the Vancouver and London in achieving even higher traffic reduction targets during those respective Olympic Games. ...
Business and labour groups square off over Ontario pension plan
Business groups tell a social policy committee hearing the economic impacts of the proposed plan need more study, while labour groups say it might leave too many workers uncovered. ...
Marine mammal safety bill introduced, but many details yet to come
The breeding and acquisition of orca whales will be immediately banned should the bill pass, but the regulations on areas such as enclosure size will come later this year. ...
Speaker confirms some legislative security officers to be armed
The stronger security measures, which may include metal detectors at entrances, are being put in place in response to the Oct. 22 attack near Parliament Hill. ...
For front-line staff, solution to SAMS woes ‘a long way off’
Petra Wolfbeiss, the director of policy and public affairs at the Ontario Municipal Social Services Association, discusses the effect on staff of the glitch-plagued welfare payments computer system. ...
Biodiversity top of mind for retiring environmental commissioner
Having served during both Conservative and Liberal governments, Gord Miller says environmental action 'isn't a party thing or even a government thing ... it really depends on the initiative of people.' ...
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