Ontario Liberal Party supporters are being invited to pay $1,330 apiece to take part in a luxury fishing trip on Lake Ontario with Beaches-East York MPP Arthur Potts. According to the Liberals’ online fundraising even ...
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AMO 2016: Q&A with outgoing AMO president Gary McNamara
Outgoing president of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario Gary McNamara says that it's been "frustrating" getting the provincial government interested in issues such as joint and several liability. ...
Seen: Ontario doubling down on help for industrial lands
Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid was on hand at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario’s annual conference Tuesday to announce the province is broadening a program that certifies industrial lands for dev ...
AMO 2016: Ministers thrown into the ‘bear pit’ over marijuana, hydro, basic income
Attorney General Yasir Naqvi, joking that he would stay "high level" in his response about legalized pot, said a committee will examine the burden that municipalities may face ...
AMO 2016: Orazietti puts police services boards on notice
"Our government is looking to address how it can enable consistent civilian police governance across all our municipalities," Community Safety Minister says. ...
AMO 2016: Ontario cities to apply for feds’ infrastructure cash in September – sans funding deal
The province, however, is still without a funding deal with the federal government — but Premier Wynne says an agreement is near. ...
AMO 2016: Premier pushes municipalities to go public with need for new taxes
“I don’t think that the general public has had the opportunity to have this conversation,” Wynne told reporters. “It’s not something that’s on their radar.” ...
AMO 2016: Brown ‘not looking at new taxes’ for municipalities
Brown also attacked the Liberal government's energy policies, as well as its handling of local health-care issues and infrastructure investment. ...
AMO 2016: Horwath hits hydro hard, calls for HST removal on bills
Horwath promised that an NDP government, if elected, would remove the 8 per cent provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax from hydro bills. ...
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