The Liberal government’s bill aiming to limit the influence of corporate and union money on elections will spend the summer before a legislative committee. A motion laying out a series of hearings for Bill 201 passed ...
Author Archives: Geoff Zochodne
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, May 30. ...
Purchase: Who should do policy analysis?
Columnist Bryne Purchase has a few things to get off his chest about how the Wynne government is handling the implementation of its cap-and-trade system. ...
With nuclear megaproject on the horizon, OPG pursuing power payment hike from regulator
The revenue requirement OPG is proposing to the Ontario Energy Board would actually reduce monthly residential electricity bills by $1.29 in 2017, the company predicts, before increasing them by $1.73, $1.07, $1.86 and $ ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Friday, May 27. ...
Ontario business investment to dry up in 2016, watchdog warns
In 2016, the Financial Accountability Office reports there will be a 'small decline in Ontario private sector capital spending,' which won't help the government in balancing its budget. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, May 26. ...
No bull: Natural – and au naturel – gas ‘not being banned,’ Liberals say
The government will also direct up to $100 million over four years towards pushing “renewable” natural gas, derived from landfills and manure, among other sources. ...
Details of climate change action plan fuelling heated debate over natural gas expansion
An environmental action group is asking that the Ontario Energy Board delay a generic hearing on expanding natural gas access until after the Liberal government's climate change action plan is released. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Wednesday, May 25. ...