Finance Minister Charles Sousa fired back Thursday's budget will show a "recipe for success," and achieve fiscal balance. ...
Category: Government Finance and the Economy
Flashback Friday: Ontario’s anti-‘zapper’ law has been used once
The government said in its fall economic update that it would conduct a pilot project in the retail and hospitality industries to test out programs that could sniff out zappers. ...
Eight things you may not have known about ‘Ontario’s Fair Housing Plan’
QP Briefing digs into some of the more obscure parts of the Liberal government's new Fair Housing Plan. ...
‘We’re going to act’ to improve auto insurance system, Finance Minister says
First, the Liberal government plans to hold consultations in the “coming weeks” with stakeholders in the auto insurance industry, Sousa said. ...
Auto insurance rates rise again as Liberal government consults on scathing review
Rates increased 1.24 per cent in the first quarter, which translates into an overall 7-per-cent decline since 2013, which is less than half way to the Liberal promise to cut rates 15 per cent as of August 2015. ...
Leone: Forget the ‘Big Move,’ what about the ‘Big Stay?’
Columnist Rob Leone makes the case for telecommuting as a way to cool the housing market and ease gridlock. ...
Families are ‘pissed’ that they can’t win bidding wars, Sousa says [Updated]
The Premier said she wants to "calm a bit of the frenzy" surrounding the housing market. She is meeting with Toronto and area mayors to discuss housing affordability Wednesday afternoon. ...
Purchase: Housing costs – a clear and present danger
Columnist Bryne Purchase sees the Liberal government may need to redefine the housing problem to avoid political risks. ...
Opposition asks: Who is the ombudsman at Hydro One?
Hydro One says an interim ombudsman has been filling in. ...
Premier to host mayors at housing affordability meeting
Wynne is meeting with Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area mayors, "given the heightened concerns" around housing affordability ...