The Ontario Public Sector Employees Union is enlisting help from a South Carolina state senator in its effort to show the potential harm it sees in Conservative Leader Tim Hudak's proposed labour reforms. ...
Author Archives: John Valorzi
Hudak: ‘I have one priority and that’s a million new jobs’
PC Leader dismisses other parties for having myriad priorities and making expensive promises, saying he will focus on one issue - job creation and turning around the economy. ...
Paper mill closing raises stakes in northern jobs issue
Just in time for election campaigning, Resolute Forest Products says it will shut down a mill in Fort Frances that had been idled for some time and that now has "no economically viable option." ...
Heard: Liberals slam Hudak for rejecting music program
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Heard: Colleges say candidates need to back expanded degrees
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Hospitals bemoan $125 million in new costs in nurses’ deal
In an arbitrated settlement (that was also panned by the nurses), a possible preview of public sector contract bargaining that will please no one. ...
NDP would make corporate tax hike an issue
Andrea Horwath has touted a 'modest' increase to generate cash for infrastructure, but the Liberals and Conservatives have rejected the idea. ...
Analysis: For an ailing economy, three different prescriptions
The upcoming election campaign will offer voters clear and distinct platforms, as the Liberals, Tories and NDP stake out their economic aims. ...
Budget 2014: Ontario economic growth to remain modest
Finance minister projects economic expansion rate to hit around 2.1 per cent this year and next, with transit spending and jobs and prosperity fund spurring growth. ...
Budget 2014: Deficit rises but balance still on plan for 2017-18
Deficit rises in 2013-14 budget to $12.5B but province still aims to balance books in three years, though the province's projected debt by then will be close to $320 billion. ...