The following lobbyist consultants have registered with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner during the past week. In each case, the name of their client is provided. Tuesday, Jan. 8 Alan M. Feldman on behalf of MGM ...
Category: News
Seen, heard, happening …
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Dr. Samir Sinha, the geriatric specialist charged with drafting a provincial senior care strategy, will release his final report and recommendations on Tuesday morn ...
Tony Dean: Drummond report not on the shelf
By Tony Dean In 2011 the McGuinty government asked former TD Bank chief economist Don Drummond for advice on how Ontario’s $16 billion deficit could be erased by 2017 without jeopardizing key public services. He delive ...
Who's lobbying for whom
The following lobbyist consultants have registered with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner during the past week. In each case, the name of their client is provided. THURSDAY, JAN. 3 David A. Timm on behalf of Int ...
The week – for better or worse
It's been a good week for: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who cavorted through his New Year's Day levee in what might be his last good week for a while. He could be removed from office as early as Jan. 7. Canada's top 100 ...
People on the move
* Dr. Brian Feagan of the Robarts Research Institute in London appears to have successfully tested a drug that could provide a major breakthrough in the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease an ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Despite gaining 33,000 jobs in December, Ontario's unemployment rate remained steady at 7.9 per cent for the month, according to the latest job numbers from Stati ...
Tony Dean: 2012 rewind
By Tony Dean It has been a weird and tumultuous year at Queen’s Park. Governing with a minority in the context of a $14 billion deficit has not been kind to the Liberals. Former TD chief economist Don Drummond set the ...
The power list: Our top 50
Here is a completely arbitrary and subjective look at 50 people at Queen’s Park who have had power in 2012. ...
The year – for better or worse
By Phil Bingley Minority government was the big story this year at Queen’s Park and while 2012 might not go down as one of the great years in the history of Ontario politics, it did have its moments – some wondrous, som ...