Ontario's public accounts show a $112.5-million incentive tied to the company's pension plans being fully funded - but the president of the former Stelco has said there is 'no reasonable prospect that it will be entitled ...
Author Archives: Geoff Zochodne
Cabinet minister mandate letter highlights
The highlights from the Ontario cabinet's mandate letters, released Thursday in Sudbury. ...
Report calls for giving math skills their due in secondary, post-secondary education
Numeracy is getting short shrift compared with literacy in education, a new report has found. ...
New year will bring new climate-change strategy for Ontario: Murray
Climate Change Minister Glen Murray says a new climate-change plan, which could include transport infrastructure and healthy soils, is coming for the province next year. ...
‘Vultures’ could swoop in on U.S. Steel Canada sale: analyst
U.S. Steel Canada's holdings could fall prey to "vultures," who buy low and sell high on steel facilities, one analyst says. ...
Pride needs to come after the fall, Fedeli says
The Progressive Conservative finance critic is tossing his hat in the PC leadership race with a pitch to enlist the membership on formulating party policy - and to make last June's election debacle a distant memory. ...
Ontario’s share of Pan Am costs vaults by up to $74 million
Michael Coteau, the minister for the 2015 Games, said he is confident "that this funding is appropriate and it’s necessary” - but also that it is a one-time request from Pan Am organizers. ...
Blame feds for jet tax turbulence: Sousa
Finance Minister Charles Sousa says it's Ottawa, not Queen's Park, whose policies are the biggest contributor to airline taxes. ...
Grits beat 2013 deficit target with a little backup
The Liberals came in $1.3 billion below their 2013 budget forecast for the deficit, using reserve funds to trim it to $10.5 billion last year. ...
Heard: Liberals trumpet grants for music industry
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