. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * The Upper Canada School board says teachers are continuing to provide extracurricular activities for almost 30,000 students at all of its 86 elementary and secondar ...
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Punishing medical errors – aye or nay?
By Dr. Edmund Kwok An interesting story came across my desk recently. Apparently, some states in the U.S. have moved towards a punitive model in trying deal with medical errors and adverse outcomes – this particular sto ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Liberal MPP Mike Colle will introduce a private member’s bill Thursday to stop “gas and dash” theft of gasoline. The bill will propose a requirement that people pa ...
Ann Cavoukian: An important first step
By Ann Cavoukian I would like to congratulate the city councillors in Markham who recently decided to start posting their expenses online every month in an effort to promote greater openness and transparency in governme ...
Belleville turns FIT into cash
By Kenyon Wallace The City of Belleville is pushing ahead with its ambitious plan to capitalize on the provincial government’s lucrative feed-in-tariff program. Mayor Neil Ellis sought – and won – city council’s approv ...
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. TUESDAY, SEPT. 18 Ian McKinnon on behalf of Can ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere * They didn’t need to go to the International Plowing Match to sling mud – there's plenty of that at Queen’s Park – but the Legislature was closed Tuesday so all three ...
Tony Dean: Headaches in agency land
By Tony Dean Finance Minister Dwight Duncan last week slammed the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation for spending $170,000 on a one-day retreat for the corporation’s 1,300 employees. As the name implies, municip ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Kathleen Wynne is the leading contender to take over as Ontario Liberal Leader and Premier if the job were to become vacant, a new poll says. Premier Dalton McGuin ...
Tony Dean: Freeze just part of strategy
By Tony Dean Provincial government legislation freezing teachers’ salaries, curbing sick pay accumulation and scaling back salary grid increases became law this week with support from the Progressive Conservatives. The ...