Tentative contract covering 7,000 administrative and technical employees includes an 'innovative plan for pension sustainability.' ...
Author Archives: John Valorzi
Canada’s financial hub needs better transit: Conference Board
Lending weight to what many Torontonians already know, a survey by the think tank stresses transportation as a key for the city to remain competitive in a global economy. ...
Northern First Nations go to court to boost treaty benefits
Annuity paid to individuals has been held at $4 a year since about 1874: Now, 30,000 beneficiaries under the Robinson-Huron Treaty "want their fair share and they want the Crown to honour its promises." ...
OLG wants to contract out lottery business to private operator
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. announces it is seeking bids from companies to take over operations for $1.3 billion-lottery business. ...
Wynne to speak at Unifor’s Good Jobs Summit conference in October
Premier to appear at Good Jobs Summit as a keynote speaker on Oct. 4, as conference discusses how to create good-paying jobs in a globalized and technologically changing economy. ...
First Nations chiefs to go to court to enforce 1850 treaty
Ojibwa chiefs say they will take "next major step" to enforce an 1850 treaty that gives them resource rights on their lands along Lake Superior and Lake Huron. ...
Ontario should integrate electricity market with Quebec, N.Y., says C.D. Howe report
Report from C.D. Howe Institute calls for changes to how Ontario produces new electricity to help curb rising costs charged to ratepayers in province. ...
Metrolinx urged to consider P3s for GO Train electrification
A sweeping overhaul of the transit system will be costly but could be done with public-private partnerships and financial help from Ottawa, says a report to Metrolinx board ...
Green groups applaud province’s stand on Rouge Park lands
Ontario won't transfer its 5,400 acres that was to form part of the country's first national urban park until Ottawa has enacted law that sufficiently protects the environment there. ...
Labour peace assured at Ontario’s 24 colleges
OPSEU-represented professors and instructors reach contract agreement, joining support staff in inking new deal. ...