Author Archives: QP Briefing Staff

* Tory Leader Tim Hudak was in Alberta Wednesday touring the oil sands. His official itinerary was marked “private” but his whereabouts were disclosed by his own comments on Twitter. “About to fly from Calgary to Fort Mc ...

* The Insurance Bureau of Canada said Tuesday an NDP private member's bill would lead to Northern Ontario drivers subsidizing the insurance of southern drivers. An actuarial study commissioned by the insurance bureau has ...

Just eight sitting days remain in the session before the House is set to rise on June 7 and few bills moved through the legislature this week. None passed third reading. The Standing Committee on Regulations and Private ...

Inside Ontario is a weekly roundup of issues prepared by Contributing Editor Kenyon Wallace. The Ontario Public Transit Association is urging the province to reconsider a bill that would ban all hand-held communication ...

* Health Minister Deb Matthews announced Friday that the government will convene a panel of experts to help reduce childhood obesity by 20 per cent over the next five years. The Healthy Kids Panel will be co-chaired by A ...

* The Ontario government has quietly repealed a regulation that required a municipal referendum before a municipality could become host to a new casino, replacing it with a less onerous requirement “to seek public input. ...

. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * On Tuesday it was an 'orange' alert and threats that doctors would leave the province for greener pastures courtesy of the Coalition of Family Physicians and Specia ...