The province has also tapped Jane Philpott to advise on a new pandemic data system. ...
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‘We’ll play hardball’: Your Ontario COVID-19 news roundup
Doug Ford is playing hardball with landlords and working out logistics with the NHL. ...
The QP Briefing Podcast: Featuring Dr. Samir Sinha
Dr. Samir Sinha is director of Geriatrics at Mount Sinai and the University Health Network and director of the National Institute on Ageing. ...
‘This will not be happening again’: Your Ontario COVID-19 roundup
Ontario's Patient Ombudsman is launching an investigation into COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care homes. ...
‘I have great optimism’: Finance minister kicks off committee hearings on COVID-19 economic impacts
The committee will begin studying the tourism sector later this week. ...
It’s ‘a system problem’: Why an Ontario ICU doctor reports COVID-19 cases via 311
Inefficient tech and data management is getting in the way of an effective pandemic response, experts say. ...
The QP Briefing Podcast: Welcoming MPP Lucille Collard
Collard worked as a federal government lawyer and school trustee before being elected to Queen's Park earlier this year. ...
Ontario’s ‘$17-billion COVID-19 Action Plan’ doesn’t total $17 billion and isn’t all COVID-related: Watchdog
The rising cost of the electricity subsidy program as well as the reversal of some unpopular spending cuts were included in the COVID-19 action plan. ...
New Ontario data shows overwhelming number of COVID-19 deaths stem from institutional outbreaks, but community spread persists
The province has struggled to provide accurate data on institutional outbreaks. ...
Donations are down, but Ontario political parties haven’t applied for wage subsidy
The governing Progressive Conservatives have seen the sharpest drop in donations. ...