Premier Kathleen Wynne will be in attendance Thursday evening at the first public meeting being held her government’s Anti-Racism Directorate. The Toronto meeting “will focus on anti-Black racism, as well as Islamopho ...
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Here are a few more names from the chiefs of staff shuffle that was announced on Tuesday: Milton Chan remains Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Minister David Zimmer’s chief of staff David Black will become ch ...
Happening: New patient ombudsman office opens July 4
Ontario’s first health-care patient ombudsman will officially set up shop on July 4. That’s the date Patient Ombudsman Christine Elliott, the former Progressive Conservative MPP, can start hearing complaints. Those co ...
Seen: Ontario cabinet approves CPP enhancement deal
Premier Kathleen Wynne’s cabinet has unsurprisingly approved a deal that would boost the Canada Pension Plan. The agreement in principle (AIP) to increase CPP benefit and contribution levels was signed on June 20 by f ...
Seen: Province announces GO service to Niagara region in 2021
Weekday GO service is coming to the Niagara region in 2021, Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca announced Tuesday. It's been a busy summer for Del Duca, who has been making transportation infrastructure announceme ...
Seen: OPG awards $392 million in nuclear contracts
Ontario Power Generation has tapped a pair of familiar corporate faces for $392 million in work needed at the Darlington nuclear power plant. It was announced Monday that a joint venture between Aecon Group Inc. and S ...
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Not much to report this week. Don't forget to contact our Nomadic Employment Practices Tip Line with all your People on the Move news. Email gzochodne@qpbriefing.com. Reporters are standing by. *** The following appo ...
Happening: QEW toll-lane pilot project to begin in September
Ontario will start testing out high-occupancy toll lanes this fall. The government announced that Canada’s first-ever high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes will open on September 15, as part of a provincially-run pilot proj ...
Seen: Poll shows 75 per cent of Canadians back CPP boost
A new poll released by the Angus Reid Institute Monday suggests three-quarters of Canadians would support a more robust public pension plan. Meanwhile, Canada’s finance ministers are sitting down in Vancouver today fo ...
Heard: Man’s disclosure of mercury dump prompts call for action on Grassy Narrows
The NDP is weighing in on the story of a man who said he helped dump 50 drums of mercury and salt into a pit near Grassy Narrows First Nation. Kas Glowacki told the Toronto Star he helped dump the barrels near the Dry ...
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