PC Leader Patrick Brown says none of his inner circle is under investigation in the Hamilton criminal probe, but police describe things differently. ...
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NDP seek to ban new for-profit clinics with amendment to omnibus health bill
Health Minister insists the goal of the legislation is to eventually end all private hospitals in Ontario. ...
No further private hospitals will be allowed in Ontario, Minister says, addressing privatization concerns
Critics say the bill means a new government with a privatization agenda can easily authorize the expansion of private clinics. ...
Parties spar over deficit spending and cuts in Progressive Conservative platform
The PC platform outlines plans to cancel the government's Climate Change Action Plan spending and to replace the cap-and-trade system with a carbon tax. ...
Your morning QP Briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, November 27. ...
Question Period liveblog
What was asked in Question Period for Monday, November 27. ...
The QP Briefing Podcast: With special guest Brad Duguid
QP Briefing welcomes special guest soon-to-be-former politician Brad Duguid — consider this his exit interview. ...
PCs kick off election campaign with platform promise to run a deficit in their first year
PC Leader Patrick Brown unveiled his party’s election platform Saturday, six months before the scheduled election, promising tax breaks and benefits for middle- and low-income families — and a $2.8 billion deficit next y ...
PCs’ new ‘star’ candidate rejects that label, takes aim at Wynne’s ‘ambition’
Other candidates wouldn't like the guy labelled the star, Rod Phillips says. ...
Liberals go full partisan ahead of PC convention, handing out stuffed ballot boxes to the press gallery
As the PCs kick off their 2018 campaign, the Liberals show how they plan to fight it. ...