The Premier also said she is dead set against holding a snap election. ...
Author Archives: Geoff Zochodne
Government offers AMAPCEO four-year contract ‘roll-over’ with 7.5% pay bump
The contract extensions are being announced less than a year away from the next provincial election, and their terms would go a long way to keeping the labour peace while the Liberals and the other parties are out on the ...
Second Ontario cap-and-trade auction another near sellout
About 95 per cent of all available carbon credits in the June auction were snapped up by Ontario’s biggest emitters, netting the province an estimated $504 million. ...
Foreign buyers are paying Ontario’s non-resident real estate tax – and voters may be loving it
An industry-commissioned poll has found strong approval of the Liberal government’s Fair Housing Plan, including its decision to slap a 15-per-cent tax on purchases made by foreign buyers in the Greater Golden Horseshoe ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Tuesday, June 13. ...
Jury still out on housing market ‘frenzy,’ Finance Minister says
Sousa said the government is still working with realtors and the real estate boards to increase transparency in the market. ...
Seen: PC shadow cabinet gets shakeup after MacLaren exit
Meanwhile, Ross Romano, who won the June 1 Sault Ste. Marie byelection for the PCs, has been named the critic for Northern Ontario jobs and the Ring of Fire mining region. ...
Heard: Ontario unemployment rate spikes up again in May
Of the 19,900 jobs created last month, 10,000 were full-time. ...
Ontario revamping immigration program for skilled-trade workers
Changes are being made to the “entrepreneur stream” as well, which is aimed at individuals with a high net worth. ...
Ontario had no smog advisories in 2014 and 2015, environment ministry says
There were 53 smog days as recently as 2005. ...