Brian Platt, Author at QP Briefing

New NDP president takes office with eye on improving fundraising at riding level

Mary Rita Holland, who has run twice as the NDP's candidate in Kingston and the Islands, says the party needs to get better at distributing resources to ridings in the run-up to an election. ...

Claim that daycare bill threatens 140,000 spaces on shaky ground

Groups opposing Bill 10 and Tory MPPs have used the number constantly, but the unreliable data in the unlicensed daycare sector makes it more a matter of opinion, not fact. ...

Liberals release 700 pages of MaRS financial documents, but no business case

Documents show the building to be worth more than the $309 million the Liberals have spent on it, but there's still no sign a market analysis was done to show if the building was necessary. ...

Transportation Ministry denies report of restoring TTC operations funding

The Globe and Mail, using what seems to be mostly city hall sources, reported the province is considering restoring the operational transit funding that was eliminated in the 1990s. ...

Q&A with Christine Elliott: Rebuilding the Tories ‘both from the inside out, as well as from the outside in’

The frontrunner in the PC leadership contest says education, healthcare and protecting vulnerable people "have always been pillars of our party, but something we haven't talked about lately." ...

Slim majority favour Ontario pension plan, a survey finds

The poll by Forum Research finds just 52-per-cent approval with higher levels of support among Toronto residents and Liberal voters, but 46 per cent of small business owners approving. ...

Pan Am organizers announce new sponsors and venue completions in quarterly report

Games organizers said the eight new sponsors bring the sponsorship revenue up to $120 million; security costs, meanwhile, are still estimated to be $239 million. ...

Study says Brampton has costliest daycare, but report doesn’t consider subsidies

The study comes as the Liberals move forward with their bill cracking down on unlicensed daycares, and will likely be cited by the opposition despite its missing context ...

Ontario sees strong job growth for October, unemployment at lowest in six years

Statistics Canada data shows the province had 37,000 net new jobs in October, and the unemployment rate is at the lowest its been since the global recession ...

Progress slow on having PTSD included under workplace compensation

A private member's bill on the subject has been tabled four times, but despite expressing support the Liberals have yet to move forward on adopting it as law ...

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