Charlie Pinkerton, Author at QP Briefing

Ontario’s 5- to 11-year-olds to begin getting vaccinated this week

Health Minister Christine Elliott encouraged undecided parents to visit the government's or SickKids' website. ...

Ontario offering disaster response teams and equipment to B.C.

Ontario will send them west at B.C. Premier John Horgan's government's call. ...

Ontario may get kids’ COVID vaccines within ‘days’

The federal government is expected to announce on Friday morning that Health Canada has approved Pfizer's COVID vaccine for five- to 11-year-olds. ...

Ontario increasing COVID testing in schools and pharmacies

Ontario's government is preparing for people to be spending the colder months inside, where COVID spreads more easily. ...

Ford relying on Trudeau to beat Biden’s Buy American EV tax credit

Without a D.C. representative, Doug Ford is banking on Justin Trudeau to score Ontario an exemption to a protectionist tax credit proposed by Joe Biden. ...

Why Ontario hasn’t joined Ottawa’s $10/day child-care plan

"I'm just not going to make a deal for the sake of making a deal," Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday. ...

The uncertain road ahead for the Bradford Bypass

Two possibly significant roadblocks that stand in the way of the freeway’s construction are: the June 2 election and its environmental assessment. ...

Ontario’s $10/day child-care holdout based on wrong numbers: Ottawa

Despite the provincial government's posturing, Ontario's been offered its fair share and it knows it, according to the federal Families minister. ...

Ford government aiming to sign Bradford Bypass deal just before election

The Progressive Conservatives are trying to make highway investments a key election issue. ...

FES 2021: Ontario’s deficit curtailed in Ford’s growth-reliant economic update

Forecasts rely, in part, on Ontario expecting its real GDP growth by 4.3 per cent in 2021-22. ...

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