The NDP pushed for amendments to make the patient ombudsman more independent and strength the child advocate's mandate, but the Liberals voted them down. ...
Author Archives: Brian Platt
Child care bill passes final reading, with NDP in support, Tories opposed
The Progressive Conservatives took up the cause of unlicensed daycare organizations who opposed the bill, saying it would eliminate 140,000 daycare spaces. ...
Liberals to exempt Toronto from provincial ombudsman oversight
The Toronto ombudsman office, which was created under 2006 provincial legislation, strongly opposed having the provincial office be given oversight on the city. ...
Liberals describe $300,000 in botched social assistance payments as ‘minor glitch’
The problems are part of the rollout of a new $240-million computer system, and OPSEU has previously warned that staff weren't trained well enough on it. ...
Child advocate calls government’s reasons for restricting his mandate ‘ludicrous’
The provincial advocate for children and youth has been calling for an increased mandate for six years, but this week the dispute escalated after the government stonewalled his request to amend its transparency legislati ...
Public sector accountability bill beseiged with complaints during committee hearing
While some witnesses seemed to be simply griping about more oversight, there are at least six significant concerns the Liberals will have to grapple with before amendments are made next week. ...
The Funding Portal: Who got funded – Week of Nov. 17
Each week, the Funding Portal crunches the numbers on who got funding from where. ...
Liberals amend daycare bill to mitigate potential lost spaces
The exemptions include a one-year grace period for unlicensed daycares who are in violation of the new regulations. ...
Tighten lobbyist rules and exempt universities from oversight, committee told
The province's integrity commissioner and the senior policy advisor of the Council of Ontario Universities were among the witnesses who urged changes to the government's public sector accountability legislation. ...
Pickering N-plant leak ‘resolved virtually immediately’: Chiarelli
OPG says there was no impact on the station staff, the public or the environment, and the cause of the leak is under investigation. ...
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