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. MONDAY, DEC. 17 Nicole Foster Woollatt of Globa ...
Category: News
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Charles Sousa released his energy plan for the province Tuesday morning. Highlights include: Listening to, and acting on, loc ...
Leadership race: Policies aplenty
By Greg Crone Several Ontario Liberal leadership candidates were busy Monday rolling out new policies in advance of Tuesday’s debate in Ottawa, the last before the holiday break. Sandra Pupatello issued a plan for rura ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Tory leader Tim Hudak received some very direct feedback from a passing citizen during a press conference Monday. In an expletive-laced tirade, the woman wondered ...
Tony Dean: Hudak 'deal' a dud
By Tony Dean It has been a wild couple of weeks for organized labour in Ontario. On Dec. 6, Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party released its second white paper on labour policy, this time taking aim at an already ...
The week – for better or worse
It’s been a good week for: * Canada's grade 4 students, whose reading skills were recognized as among the best in the world by the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study. * Health Minister Deb Matthews and On ...
People on the move
* Dr. Lawrence Hookey, who heads the endoscopy units at two Kingston hospitals, has carried out a medical first for North America, inserting a biodegradable stent into the throat of a woman who suffered from a restricted ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Oakville seniors will be able to ride free on Mondays all year if town council accepts a recommendation by its budget committee. The free-Mondays program was intro ...
Opting out of OMB no simple matter
By John Michael McGrath On the "Cities and Towns that Work" page of his campaign website, Liberal leadership hopeful and Toronto Centre MPP Glen Murray proposes: "All Ontario municipalities should have the power to opt ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Hundreds of high school students rallied outside Queen’s Park on Thursday afternoon to protest Bill 115 and support their teachers. The teens said, like their teac ...