. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * A committee of Guelph city council will review a staff report that looks into the issue of whether the position of city councillor should be a full-time job. A majo ...
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Tony Dean: A double whammy
By Tony Dean The Premier’s recent resignation announcement caught many people flat-footed but it also quickly triggered transition planning by Ontario’s public service. A change of leadership in a governing party can b ...
The week – for better or worse
It’s been a good week for : * The City of Windsor, which is several steps closer to a new international crossing to Detroit with the defeat of a Michigan ballot initiative that would have delayed the $1-billion bridge p ...
People on the move
* Keshwer Patel will take over on Nov. 19 as chief financial officer and treasurer of the City of Waterloo. * Aaron Bell took over this week as Belleville’s first communications coordinator. Among other duties, Bell wil ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * The Ontario Convenience Stores Association has joined a growing coalition against Toronto’s plastic bag ban. Toronto City Council passed the ban in a surprise move ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Premier Dalton McGuinty’s office worked on a statement accepting a decision to halt rescue efforts at a collapsed mall in Elliot Lake last summer — hours before the ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * OSSTF President Ken Coran said late Tuesday that representatives of the teachers’ union had been holding discussions with government officials and that the two side ...
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. MONDAY, NOV. 5 Mitchell J. Toker on behalf on b ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Energy Minister Chris Bentley will be in Niagara Falls Thursday morning to help pour the last concrete in Ontario Power Generation's Niagara Tunnel Project, the lat ...
Tony Dean: King moved quickly
By Tony Dean Last week I wrote about Health Canada's off-again-on-again approval of Novartis flu products. More information has surfaced about Ontario’s rapid response to changing directions from Ottawa. While Italy s ...
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