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Author Archives: David Weisz
Distribution of anti-radiation pills to start amid calls for review
Community Safety Minister Yasir Naqvi says the province has begun consultations with municipalities and OPG to pass out so-called KI pills to people living near Pickering and Darlington nuclear power plants. ...
Heard: Peter Tabuns elected chair of Standing Committee on Social Policy
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Heard: Concerns raised over Wi-Fi in Ontario schools
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Let the people decide on sale of OPG or LCBO: Horwath
The NDP Leader wants the Liberal government to hold a referendum on any asset sales: 'If the premier wants to go down the privatization road, then she must put it to a vote.' ...
Estimates committee gleans little new insight into MaRS bailout
Duguid says Liberals changed financing law in 2010 to allow non-profits like MaRS to borrow money from Infrastructure Ontario ...
Heard: CUPE asks: Won’t somebody think of the children rather than MaRS?
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Duguid under fire again over lack of MaRS financial details
Opposition continues demands for more clarity on the costs of MaRS Phase II real estate bailout. ...
Ontario’s jobless rate hits six-year low of 7.1 per cent
The jobless rate in Ontario has at a dropped to 7.1 per cent – the lowest its been since the global recession six years ago. ...
OPSEU urges repatriation of LCBO agency stores
In a letter to Ed Clark, chair of the Advisory Council on Government Assets, the public sector union asserts that the independent outlets often found in rural general stores result in lost revenue for the liquor control ...