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Author Archives: Marco Patrone
Province releases full design details of inflation-indexed ORPP
The Ontario Retirement Pension Plan will be indexed to inflation, expanded to over four million workers and open to eligible to employees by 2020 ...
‘Bridge-building’ new boss of OFL pitches labour peace to breakway unions
The financial viability of the umbrella labour group could be at stake given the loss of millions in dues under previous leader Sid Ryan. ...
Heard: Province seeks public input on bee health
The Ontario government wants to create a public buzz about keeping bees healthy and alive. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is seeking input for a plan to improve pollinator health and reduce be ...
Heard: Centennial College to end its controversial training program in Saudi Arabia
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Feds direct initial infrastructure cash toward ‘long-ignored’ maintenance projects
Infrastructure and Communities minister says Ottawa will make good on election promise to double infrastructure spending, pumping $60 billion over next decade. ...
Health ministers agree to work on expensive drugs policy, set up pharmacare working group
Health advocates have long pressed for federal and provincial coverage of all prescription drug costs. ...
Seen: Health officials investigating source of Listeria contamination
In wake of outbreak, government reminds Canadians to follow safe food-handling practices. ...
Government ‘out of touch’ about medical practice, OMA says
Taking issue with the Premier's upbeat assessment, the head of the doctors' advocacy group says members believe 'Ontario's not the attractive place to practice that maybe it once was five or 10 years ago." ...
Heard: NDP focuses on Hydro One sale in its byelection attack ads
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