The following bills are scheduled to come before the legislature this week: Bill 151, the Waste-Free Ontario Act Third-reading debate continues Tuesday morning Continues Waste Diversion Ontario under the name Resou ...
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People on the Move
Not much this week, so remember to contact our Nomadic Employment Practices Hotline with all your People on the Move tips. Email gzochodne@qpbriefing.com. Reporters are standing by. *** The following appointments hav ...
Seen: Patrick Brown backs broader definition of marriage at federal Tory convention
Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown, in Vancouver for a Tory convention, voted in favour of scrapping a federal party policy that supports “legislation defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. ...
Wynne shrugs off rough reception from Alberta’s Wildrose party
"The howls that were coming across the floor at the premier of Alberta are the same howls that come across the floor to me in Ontario,” claimed Premier Kathleen Wynne. ...
Seen: CFIB Ontario wants legislative fix for workers’ compensation system
The group that represents Ontario small businesses is calling for a legislative fix to the workers' compensation system. In a report published Thursday - the first in a series - the Canadian Federation of Independent ...
Happening: Premier Wynne off to Alberta this week
Premier Kathleen Wynne is going west this week, where she'll likely have a climate change-centric chat with Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. Wynne told reporters about her travel plans on Tuesday in Toronto, following q ...
Seen: Former federal NDP MP Peggy Nash to advise Ontario New Democrats
Thrilled to announce @PeggyNashNDP is joining our #ONDP team here at Queen’s Park as a Senior Policy Advisor. Welcome, Peggy! #onpoli — Andrea Horwath (@AndreaHorwath) May 24, 2016 Former NDP MP Peggy Nash will be amon ...
People on the Move
The Ontario Energy Board recently announced a few tweaks to its leadership. Board member Christine Long has been appointed as the OEB's second vice-chair. A Toronto-based energy-sector lawyer, Long has been a board me ...
Patrick Brown and John Tory meet for first time
The two leaders were to meet at City Hall on Friday afternoon to talk transportation, cutting red tape and boosting tech start-ups along the Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo corridor. ...