While the PC education critic says this is necessary because schools are community hubs, the president of the school boards' association says municipality involvement should be a two-way street ...
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All-party support for private member’s bill banning conversion therapy
Premier Kathleen Wynne says Health Minister Eric Hoskins will write to regulatory bodies to make sure their rules don't allow the practice to take place in Ontario ...
Nurses’ union says health care can’t be ignored to reduce deficit
Ontario Nurses' Association vice-president Vicki McKenna says alarm bells are ringing for nurses as they expect more of the same in this year's budget ...
Province takes heat from doctors and nurses over cuts
Patient care being jeopardized, unions and opposition charge, but Health Minister Eric Hoskins says 24,000 more nurses and 5,000 more doctors are working in the province than in 2003. ...
High school graduation rates edge up in 2014
Education Minister Liz Sandals and Premier Kathleen Wynne point to dramatic improvement in five-year graduation rate since Liberals took power: 84 per cent compared with 68 per cent in 2004 ...
Province wants federal facilities covered by transgender rights
MPP Yasir Naqvi says the changes to the bill passed by Senate don't protect transgender individuals in federal facilities like correctional institutions, shelters and washrooms in federal buildings. ...
CCAC workers awarded pay hike by arbitrator
After a 17-day strike this winter over wage increases, the arbitrated settlement is likely richer than what the affected CCAC units had budgeted for in earlier talks with the union. ...
Horwath says Liberals’s homelessness funding amounts to cut
The government's announcement it is giving municipalities $587-million over the next two years represents a cut from previous years when taking inflation into account, NDP leader says. ...
OPG president still tops Sunshine List despite pay decrease
Electricity sector has the biggest representation in the top 10, followed by health care and universities ...
Education minister says per pupil education funding is increasing
Liz Sandals says declining enrolment means each student is getting more money through the Grants for Student Needs program, but critics say it does not take inflation into account. ...
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