The province is objecting to a loan proposal from U.S. Steel Canada, as it is concerned about the effect on employees, pensioners and the environment. ...
Author Archives: Geoff Zochodne
McGuinty’s client gave thousands in contributions to Liberals, getting millions in funding
Elections Ontario records show Desire2Learn Incorporated, for which the former premier now lobbies, has donated thousands to the Liberal Party over the years, receiving millions in funding back. ...
Liberals defend pension plan against business-owners’ fears
Despite worried small-business owners, the Liberals are sure the timing is right for the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, October 2. ...
Tories want missing annual reports for Ontario Place, others
'You guys haven’t got a clue what you’re doing with your agencies,' Tory MPP Randy Hillier says at estimates committee. ...
Ford’s 1,000 jobs shows why it’s prudent to ‘cut the cheque’
Keeping the auto industry alive requires indispensable ingredients; namely, government money, an analyst observes, although it also can mean a certain degree of government involvement in the business. ...
Seen: NDP take estimates committee chairs
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No new bonuses for Pan Am executives, Coteau insists
Games minister tells estimates committee that TO2015 chairman David Peterson has assured 'the bonus incentive is gone,' (although up to $7 million in incentives agreed to before June are grandfathered). ...
Advocates happy to see bail reform on Ontario agenda
The John Howard Society of Ontario and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association say they are pleased with mandate letters that task the attorney general and others with reforming the bail system. ...
Chiarelli to move on low-income electricity support program
The energy minister has been tasked by the premier with setting up a "residential electricity assistance program," which is expected to come on stream just as the province ends the debt retirement charge in 2015 ...
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