The province is no closer to consensus on the minimum wage as panel report recommends pegging it to inflation ─ but stays silent on what the level should be. ...
Category: Jobs and Employment
Soknacki hopes province will be ‘amenable’ if he wins TO mayoral race
The first formally registered challenger to Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he can work something out with Queen's Park and Ottawa to change the Scarborough subway, again. ...
Government warned to stop messing with P3 projects
The CEO of one of the province's largest bidders on P3 projects told the Toronto Region Board of Trade that political interference doesn't help the market. ...
Ontario opening trade office in Sao Paulo
Economic development minister Eric Hoskins says Going Global initiative an opportunity for Ontario companies to tap into Brazil's rapidly growing infrastructure - in time for country's hosting of 2014 World Cup and 2016 ...
Seen: Ontario’s 2013 Q3 numbers up slightly
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Hudak presents ‘million jobs act,’ Duguid slams call for spending cuts
Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak called for lower taxes and debt, cheaper energy and other measures to create 125,000 jobs a year for eight years. ...
Tories support expansion of Toronto’s Island Airport
Tim Hudak says expansion of the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport will help grow the city and the provincial economy. ...
A bill to toast … or drive a bar owner to drink?
New Democrat MPP Rosario Marchese wants to give municipalities power to regulate bars and clubs so they need not rely on "sledgehammer" land-use laws. Not all business owners are convinced. ...
Dean: Drilling down on the Ring of Fire
Columnist Tony Dean considers the potential for a western-style resource boom in Northern Ontario: This is about mega-resources but it also involves mega-policy making. ...
USW, miner families agree to review of mining rules instead of inquiry
Comprehensive review of mining regulations is less than what USW and miners’ families want, but still represents strongest scrutiny than the industry's received in 30 years. ...