Ontario is toughening up workplace sexual harassment laws in September, and employers and employees can now take a look at what legally constitutes inappropriate behaviour. Bill 132, which received royal assent in Mar ...
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Happening: Premier Wynne off to Japan, South Korea this fall
Premier Kathleen Wynne will embark on a business trip to Japan and South Korea later this fall. Not for 30 years has an Ontario premier visited South Korea. Ditto Japan, in the last ten years. The trade mission (Nov. ...
Ontario police boards fire back at Orazietti, push for expanded oversight powers
Earlier this week, the community safety minister said boards may lack "competencies" to do their job. ...
NDP targets temp worker agencies as a byelection issue
The party's "fair day's pay" proposal would tighten up employment laws that allow agencies to charge employer clients a mark-up for supplying staff. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Tuesday, August 16. ...
Province reups transit investment vow after advocacy group points out $29B shortfall
Report from Move the GTHA reveals more than half of Ontario's planned transportation projects remain unfunded. ...
Health science sector’s potential ‘unrealized’: Ontario Chamber of Commerce
A report released today says the health science sector is struggling to draw capital and lure managerial talent. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, August 15. ...
Seen: OMA still tabulating outcome of doctors’ vote
Ontarians holding their breath for the results of Sunday's doctors vote will have to hold out a little longer. The Ontario Medical Association confirmed to QP Briefing that ballots are still being tabulated after doct ...
Courthouse cell blocks could house prisoners after hours, alleviate operating costs: Police chiefs
The Ministry of the Attorney General said courthouse cellblocks aren't designed to hold prisoners overnight. ...