Your morning roundup of news and events for Monday, March 12. ...
Author Archives: Jessica Smith Cross
The QP Briefing Podcast: The Gong Show
If it could go wrong, it did go wrong for the Progressive Conservatives on Saturday. ...
Christine Elliott concedes to Doug Ford, after considering a court challenge and alleging serious problems with leadership vote
Elliott finally conceded to Doug Ford. ...
Court dismisses request for injunction to extend voting in PC leadership race
Lawyer Jeffrey Radnoff filed an application for an injunction on behalf of a party member who claims he had not received a verification code in the mail that is required to vote online for a new leader. ...
‘Constitution, my backside’: Calls mount for PC leadership voting to be extended
Doug Ford assiduously assailed the assertion that the PCs constitution would prevent voting in the leadership race from being extended further. ...
Your Question Period Briefing
All the highlights you need to know from Question Period on Thursday, March 8. ...
Finance Minister announces budget date and plans to run a deficit with new spending for ‘mothers, especially’
Meanwhile the opposition said the government's budget will be a last-ditch election ploy. ...
Legislative and political games intensify in final sitting weeks before election
The Liberals tabled a climate change motion that appears to be an attempt to embarrass the PCs over the party's internal divisions over carbon pricing. ...
In brief: Endorsements, legally dubious fees and Paul Bliss
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
Interim PC leader Vic Fedeli declares his party has ‘a clean bill of health’
"Some would say I might not have as much emotion in each of these files," said the interim leader, when asked how he feels about the downfall of Patrick Brown. ...