This week's episode is heavy on the doc talk and the recent shadow cabinet shuffle. ...
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People on the Move
Your weekly roundup of job moves and appointments. ...
Toronto mayor aims to stay neutral in 2018 Ontario election after road toll snub
John Tory has also extended an invite to the four major Ontario political parties to come to city hall and pitch him on their policies. ...
Seen: Ontario calls on Ottawa to backstop forestry sector ahead of ‘likely’ U.S. penalties
The 2006 softwood lumber agreement with the U.S. expired in October 2015, and the United States Department of Commerce announced in December 2016 that it would launch “countervailing and anti-dumping” investigations into ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Friday, Feb. 10. ...
Ontario electricity utilities looking to do more than just ‘business as usual’
A recent “vision paper” from the Electricity Distributors Association sees local power companies owning more rooftop solar panels, energy storage systems, fuel cells, electric vehicles and smaller wind turbines. ...
Wynne’s road-toll rejection backed by Ford Nation, but blasted by cyclists: poll
A new Forum Research poll pegs cyclists and downtowners as the most opposed to Premier Wynne's rejection of Toronto's proposal for road tolls. ...
As global temperature rises, Ontario working on new climate change adaptation plan
The Ontario government is formulating a new strategy for dealing with climate change, but its old strategy wasn't completed. ...
Ontario’s first-ever cap-and-trade auction to be held March 22
Up for sale will be 25,296,367 emission allowances for the 2017 “vintage year," worth about $500 million. ...
Progressive Conservatives shuffle critic portfolios ahead of legislature’s return
The shakeup to the shadow cabinet hands Niagara West—Glanbrook MPP Sam Oosterhoff his first critic job since getting elected to the legislature. ...