Author Archives: QP Briefing Staff

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Once it became clear that the budget bill would pass on Wednesday, Premier Dalton McGuinty became increasingly magnanimous about the budget process, which became st ...

 . . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Despite the over-heated rhetoric, there were some light moments during the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs clause-by-clause consideration of Bil ...

9 a.m. The House resumes for the final day of sittings before the legislature rises for the summer. Two hours of debate are allowed on Bill 55, before the final confidence vote on the budget takes place. If the question ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Following is the complete text of Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath’s letter on Monday to Premier Dalton McGuinty: Dear Premier, Earlier this spring, we worked to ...

9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. The Standing Committee of Finance and Economic Affairs will resume its clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 55. The committee must call the question as of 2 p.m. and begin considering each sched ...

Inside Ontario is a weekly roundup of issues prepared by Contributing Editor Kenyon Wallace. The Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association says the distribution of electricity in remote parts of the province is in dire ...

PR1, Coutu Gold Mines Limited Act, passed Third Reading on June 11. PR3, Master's College and Seminary Act (Tax Relief), passed Third Reading on June 11. PR4, Hili Enterprises Ltd. Act, passed Third Reading on June 11. ...

. . . at Queen's Park, cross Ontario and elsewhere * The Ontario Nurses Association have thrown their support behind opposition parties after they struck down key government schedules in the budget bill. "Contrary to wh ...

Monday, June 18 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. The Standing Committee of Finance and Economic Affairs will resume its clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 55. The committee has already struck five sections of the budget bill ...