Ontario's premier was the most-mentioned first minister on Twitter in 2016. ...
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Seen: Five other ministries being audited for FOI compliance
The Information and Privacy Commissioner's found almost 20 per cent of access to information requests have been manipulated at the Environment Ministry over the last five years. ...
Wynne won’t apologize over Adam Capay controversy
"Stay tuned," the Premier said when asked if there would be a cabinet shake-up coming soon to permanently fill the Corrections Minister's position following David Orazietti's abrupt resignation last week. ...
Environment ministry altered access to information timelines, privacy commissioner says
Staff appeared to have changed completion dates "without justification" in order to improve the ministry’s compliance statistics. ...
Craft distiller pitches government tax incentives to help cash, spirits flow
One distiller is lauding the government's new tax rubric for spirit sales, contrary to the Ontario Craft Distillers' Association. But he notes the changes are more of a “neat marketing tool” than “revenue dynamic.” ...
Ontario prisons get $33-million injection to boost mental-health care
That Health Minister Eric Hoskins was in tow for Corrections Minister David Orazietti's announcement is indicative of a pivot to improving access to health-care and rehabilitation programming for provincial inmates deali ...
Heard: Legalized weed may not be a boon to provincial purse
"The revenues that are going to be raised most likely are going to get reinvested back in ensuring that we are protecting youth and the vulnerable, that we are enhancing both public health and safety, and we’ve got adequ ...
‘Not just a rogue Rick Nicholls’: Deb Matthews charges Tories have ‘not-so-secret’ so-con agenda
Patrick Brown swiftly directed a Tory backbencher to retract and apologize for comments suggesting a Progressive Conservative government would make social conservative issues a priority. ...
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Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Wednesday December 14. ...
‘Too early to get into the weeds’: AG on federal pot task force’s final report
Ottawa's marijuana task force on cannabis legalization and regulation isn't keen on retailing the substance at the LCBO. ...
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