By Kenyon Wallace Quinte Health Care officials believe their proposal for a massive hospital complex in Picton that combines frontline health care with health and wellness promotion has the potential to become the gold ...
Author Archives: QP Briefing Staff
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Negotiations between the the government and the Ontario Medical Association are quietly continuing. “We’re at the table and there are some very good conversations ...
Question Period – October 3
QP Briefing looks at the highlights of daily Question Period. Opposition members used the bulk of Question Period Wednesday to try and make the gas plant issue stick to Premier Dalton McGuinty rather than Minister of En ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * With four more ServiceOntario kiosks set to close, OPSEU issued a warning Wednesday this could lead to more privacy and security breaches like the one earlier this ...
Seen, heard happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Two health care bills received support in separate votes Tuesday. Bill 2, the Health Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, passed third reading and is now awaiting Roya ...
Question Period – October 2
QP Briefing looks at the highlights of daily Question Period: Tory Leader Tim Hudak began the first Question Period since Sept. 24 by asking Premier Dalton McGuinty where in the documents outlining the Liberals proposed ...
Who's lobbying for whom
The following lobbyist consultants have registered with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner during the past week. In each case, the name of their client is provided. MONDAY, OCT. 1 Patrick Gedge on behalf of Winer ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * New Democratic leader Andrea Horwath called on Auditor General Jim McCarter on Monday to broaden his current investigation of the former Mississauga gas plant to ...
Nestles water plan under fire
By Kenyon Wallace A Guelph-area environmental group is raising red flags about an application by Nestle Waters Canada for a 10-year permit to extract groundwater from its existing Erin production well. Wellington Water ...
Jails to close, the question is when
By Kenyon Wallace Uncertainty over the closing dates of several older jails across the province is contributing to some confusion in the communities where the facilities are located. The Ministry of Community Safety an ...