Corrections Minister Marie-France Lalonde says she's prepared to devote more funding to address segregation in provincial prisons. ...
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Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, March 2. ...
Liberals lead in Toronto but could lose seats outside downtown core, poll suggests
The Grits could lose seats in neighbourhoods such as Etobicoke, Scarborough and North York. ...
Heard: Why Ontario’s Minister of Women’s Issues is now called the Minister of the Status of Women
Indira Naidoo-Harris was appointed the first minister of the standalone ministry earlier this year. ...
Indigenous partners laud progress on ending violence against women, but ‘healing is going to take a long time’
The Ontario government provided an update on the steps taken to end violence against indigenous women and girls one year after announcing a long-term strategy. ...
Ontario promises anti-ticket-scalping legislation in spring, wants public input
Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi says so-called scalper bots are not a problem unique to Ontario. ...
Jagmeet Singh evades questions about his participation in upcoming federal NDP leadership debate
In Tuesday's question period, Singh’s appeal to the youth vote was clear – he used a Beyoncé reference to blast the government's response to skyrocketing hydro rates. ...
Happening: Bill 27 sent back to house for third reading
The Liberals said Monday that, despite the NDP's concerns about Bill 27, the Ontario Place lands will "remain a public space in public hands." ...
Seen: Monte McNaughton endorses Sam Oosterhoff to run again in 2018
Oosterhoff is facing a contested nomination for the seat in Niagara West. ...
Speaker cautions MPPs against using Trumpisms that would ‘inflame’ the house
Finance Minister Charles Sousa prompted a warning for using "catchphrases . . . from some other place" after accusing the opposition of using "alternative facts." ...