If the land isn't for sale, why amend the law to allow for such a sale, NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo wondered Monday, to which Culture Minister Eleanor McMahon replied, "I don't know why it's there, it's there — (but) I can tell ...
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Seen: Liberal MPP’s bill to enshrine parental, pregnancy leave for local councillors goes to committee
NDP MPP Catherine Fife has also written to the Municipal Affairs Minister calling for automatic parental leave for municipal politicians. ...
Liberal MPP’s bill to protect rewards points passes second reading
Both the NDP and PCs spoke in favour of Bill 47, but not before accusations that the Liberals have a history of bogarting policy, and the concern that they "may screw things up." ...
Seen: Oft-absent MPP Monte Kwinter at grocery store booze unveiling
The 85-year-old MPP for York Centre was in tow for Finance Minister Charles Sousa's announcement about wine and beer sales in grocery stores. ...
Ombudsman wants to probe police oversight agencies
Justice Michael Tulloch is leading the government's review of police oversight and will make final recommendations by March 31, 2017. ...
Heard: Adam Capay to stay in new cell, Orazietti says
But the Community Safety Minister could not provide details on what mental health supports the 23-year-old inmate will have access to. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, October 27. ...
The case for a made-in-Ontario prison watchdog
Howard Sapers, the Correctional Investigator of Canada, says the need for tailored oversight in prisons "starts with some fairly basic principles of accountability and transparency, and also of course, recognizing, ultim ...
Women won’t need consent for adoptions after assault or one-night stand under Bill 28, AG says
An unintended consequence of the draft parentage legislation could potentially force a woman to seek consent from the putative father to put a child up for adoption, even in cases of sexual assault or casual affairs. ...
On Adam Capay, New Democrats demand Orazietti ‘make that right’
A 23-year-old indigenous man has been kept in solitary confinement under artificial light in a Thunder Bay jail for four years. Capay is legally innocent as he has faced a Charter-violating delay in a murder trial. ...
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