Premier Wynne also says Ontario and Quebec officials are discussing the next big thing on the energy file for the two provinces. ...
Author Archives: Geoff Zochodne
Seen: PCs nominate former credit rating agency exec to run in 2018
The Tories announced Thursday they’ve nominated Peter Bethlenfalvy in the riding of Pickering-Uxbridge, in the eastern Greater Toronto Area. ...
Happening: Horwath open to tapping Topp to advise Ontario NDP
Brian Topp, a veteran of NDP backrooms, including one in Ontario, said Wednesday he was leaving Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s office and coming to Toronto to work at a think-tank. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, Dec. 15. ...
Seen: Provincial testing agency appoints interim CEO
Dr. Richard Jones will be filling in as CEO while a job search is conducted. ...
Parties go on fundraising fling ahead of ban on big money in Ontario politics
Ontario’s politicos have been racing to stuff their party coffers – which is also creating some interesting bedfellows. ...
Transportation minister: Toronto must plan first, then toll twice
Del Duca says the NDP proposal to pick up the TTC's operating costs "smells of desperation." ...
Dear John: Horwath proposes provincial help instead of Toronto road tolls
The NDP Leader's stance also sets her apart from PC Leader Patrick Brown, who has maintained a better-run provincial infrastructure and transit program could provide the money Toronto needs to patch up fiscal gaps. ...
People liking me is just a ‘bonus,’ Wynne says
"I cannot be the premier of the province ... and be beholden to a particular popularity poll,” the Premier declares. ...
Happening: New Democrats shuffle critic portfolios
One example: Catherine Fife, the MPP for Kitchener-Waterloo, is no longer critic for finance and treasury board. ...