In tour of auto plants, Premier blasts Tory Leader Tim Hudak for 'reckless' comments that 'put jobs at risk,' then dismisses NDP Leader Andrea Horwath as 'irrelevant to the very serious challenges we're confronting.' ...
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Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Wednesday, May 21. ...
Ontario Place: $100 million revitalization is just the beginning
Premier Kathleen Wynne said her party will keep Ontario Place condo-free, but the $100 million promised will be just the start. ...
Hudak wants immigration changes for Ontario
Noting that newcomers to Canada tend to head west for a better future, the Tory Leader wants immigrants' professional credentials better recognized in Ontario, saying it would be a boon for the economy. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Tuesday, May 20. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Friday, May 16. ...
Horwath makes minimum wage pledge a campaign promise
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath commits any government she leads to raising the minimum wage to $12 and indexing it to inflation, as well as cutting small business taxes to 3 per cent. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, May 15. ...
Reality Check: Laws aimed at spending limits have their limits
The Tory platform would tie the level of government expenditure to a percentage of GDP. Just one problem: such legislation has a history of being ignored. ...
Tories eye $5 billion in cuts for fiscal 2015-16
Conservative Leader Tim Hudak unveils the party's platform that includes eliminating thousands of teaching jobs, ending $2.5 billion in subsidies to business, and a government-wide pay freeze. ...