Sabrina Nanji, Author at QP Briefing

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Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown asked Premier Kathleen Wynne if the government would be fighting parents of kids with autism in the courts, as removing therapy for those over the age of 6 could launch hum ...

Ottawa jail report could be a blueprint for provincial prison fix

"Every one of the rest of the institutions that I have contact with basically say we have the same problems," as the Ottawa jail, says OPSEU's corrections chair. ...

What was asked in question period

Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown asked Premier Kathleen Wynne and Finance Minister Charles Sousa about the Financial Accountability Officer’s remarks that the Liberals were not as open or transparent as th ...

Task force addresses ‘appalling’ conditions at Ottawa jail

Corrections Minister Yasir Naqvi said some of the 42 recommendations to fix the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre could find application at jails across the province. ...

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For Tuesday, May 31, 2016 ...

Thunder Bay, Lambton vie to test minimum income plan

While it’s early days yet, the Ministry of Community and Social Services confirmed it will be handling the implementation of the pilot project, in conjunction with the Treasury Board. ...

Seen: Jack MacLaren returns

Jack MacLaren is back. The Progressive Conservative MPP for Carleton-Mississippi Mills returned to Queen's Park on May 31 from weeks-long sensitivity training after he made a crude and sexist joke about federal Libera ...

Ontario apologizes to indigenous communities for ‘heartbreaking’ abuse in wake of TRC report

The Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs is also getting a new moniker: the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. ...

Labour ministry launches young workers initiative with focus on precarious jobs

As of June 10, it will also be illegal for employers to claw back an employee's tips. ...

Heard: Ride-sharing insurance regulation coming ‘imminently’

Ride-sharing companies will soon be able to apply for blanket insurance coverage, Ontario's finance minister says. A call for feedback on a regulation that would allow insurance coverage for companies such as Uber an ...

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