Author Archives: QP Briefing Staff

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* Premier Dalton McGuinty said in Waterloo on Thursday that he is no hurry to call a by-election to replace Elizabeth Witner but that he won't necessarily wait until the opposition parties have nominated their candidates ...

By Andrew Reeve On the Agenda: A clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 2 that would provide a tax credit to seniors doing home renovations (up to $10,000) to allow them to stay longer in their homes as they age. Proce ...

* Ontario's midwives were at Queen's Park on Wednesday to press their case for more access to Ontario hospitals and better pay. Negotiations between the province and the Association of Ontario Midwives have been stalled ...

By Richard J. Brennan A group dedicated to higher speed limits staged a so-called civil disobedience drive Tuesday from Kitchener to Oakville doing exactly 100 kmh. Robby Smink and his brother Tom drove two cars, one i ...

* Speaker Dave Levac ruled Tuesday against a complaint made by Tory MPP Jane McKenna that her privileges as a member of the Legislature were violated when constituents in her Burlington riding received robo-calls directi ...

Queen's Park Briefing spoke recently with Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce President Harold Wilson on the Far North Act, legislation PC MPP Norm Miller and the PC caucus have recently attempted to repeal. Queen's Park Br ...

. . . at Queen’s Park, across Ontario and elsewhere: * Tributes were given in the legislature Monday by the three party leaders lauding the public service of Elizabeth Witmer, who resigned Friday as the Tory MPP for Kit ...

Norfolk County has filed an application with the Ontario Labour Relations Board claiming that the Ontario Nurses Association has engaged in bad faith bargaining with respect to the county's 32 public health nurses "It b ...

Bill 2, Healthy Homes Renovation Tax Credit Act, 2012, remained in the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. This marks the fourth week in a row that the bill has been under consideration in committee. Bil ...