Patients' groups want their sector to be covered under the Ontario ombudsman's authority, but hospital executives are happy to have a separate health-care-only ombudsman position created. ...
Author Archives: Brian Platt
New Brunswick premier visits Queen’s Park, talks pipeline politics
Brian Gallant says the conditions laid out by Ontario and Quebec for supporting Energy East are 'very reasonable,' and hopes this can be used as a chance to build a national energy strategy. ...
Ontario, Quebec agree on electricity trading, alcohol sales
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard talk up expanding trade between the provinces. ...
The Funding Portal: Who got funded – Week of Nov. 10
Each week, the Funding Portal crunches the numbers on who got funding from where. ...
Joint Cabinet meeting to announce Ontario-Quebec electricity trading agreement
Any large-scale trading agreement will require very significant upgrades to the electrical grid connections between the two provinces, Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli says. ...
Auto insurance bill gets final approval, but progress slow on reducing rates by 15 per cent
The NDP, which has been the loudest proponent of lower auto insurance rates, votes against bill and says it isn't necessary to get rates down. ...
NDP child-care plan supported by Liberals, panned by Tories
Although federal Liberal governments have previously endorsed a national child-care program, the $15/day promise is a central plank of federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair's platform. ...
Education budget document warns of cuts up to $500 million by 2017
Education Minister Liz Sandals said enrollment has declined to point where more than 600 schools are half empty, and school boards will need to improve efficiency and find savings. ...
Chiarelli dodges questions on money-losing electricity exports
The energy minister defended the need for surplus electricity capacity, and used an analogy of Walmart selling snowmobiles to explain the rationale for discounted exports. ...
Child-care providers, Montessori school groups air concerns over daycare bill
The bill was fast-tracked by Liberals to have it passed before Christmas, but it meant presenters at the committee hearing had to rush through speeches in five minutes. ...
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