Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, Jan. 16. ...
Author Archives: Geoff Zochodne
The QP Briefing Podcast: Episode 6/The mini-shuffle
The latest episode of the podcast is all about Premier Kathleen Wynne and her #minishuffle. ...
Seen: Ontario’s economy grows 0.7 per cent in third quarter of 2016
The 2.8 per cent annualized rate of economic growth in Q3 was mostly chalked up to more exports and household spending. ...
People on the Move
Your weekly update on the comings and goings in the Ontario political scene. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Friday, Jan. 13. ...
As Ontario Tories declare themselves debt-free, Patrick Brown shakes up office
The Tories say they paid off their debts over the past 16 months, which included a furious fundraising push to close out last year. ...
Mini-shuffle 2017: Leal to go to bat for Ontario’s small businesses
A new job as the minister responsible for small business comes to Jeff Leal amid the rise of Donald Trump and concerns from employers about hydro costs and cap and trade. ...
Wynne gives cabinet a mini-shuffle, fills corrections job
The miniature cabinet shuffle took place Thursday at Queen’s Park, with former government and consumer services minister Marie-France Lalonde stepping into the community safety and correctional services portfolio. ...
PC MPP doubles down on Trump letter, while Liberals slam ‘inaccuracies’
The Liberals fact-checked PC MPP Monte McNaughton and his letter about incoming U.S. president Donald Trump. ...
Issues emerging between Wynne and Trudeau governments over infrastructure cash
Meanwhile, the federal budget office has said that Ottawa's "planned transfers to third parties (mostly provincial governments) for infrastructure spending have not materialised in the first half of the year." ...