New survey from Canadian Federation of Independent Business finds 90 per cent of small employers oppose Ontario Retirement Pension Plan ...
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OLG sells Eastern Ontario gambling business
Deal, valued at $37.4-million, is struck with a consortium controlled by B.C.-based Great Canadian Gaming and is part of OLG’s modernization program. ...
OSAP changes mean students can take grants without loans
Other changes for the 2015-16 school year include students not having to report vehicles when they apply for financial aid and exempting the first $3,000 of students' assets from their financial assessment. ...
Heard: Wynne says reassessed property values ‘a provincial issue’
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CPP fund posts investment losses but grows assets to $268.6 billion
The CPP Investment Board attributes losses to slumping energy stocks and bonds amid economic slowdown in Europe and China. ...
ORPP details released, the critics weigh in
Premier Kathleen Wynne, however, says that the prime minister is 'standing in the way of trying to help us to implement this plan.' ...
Ontario accuses Ottawa of playing politics by ‘obstructing’ ORPP
Finance and associate finance ministers ask the federal government to reconsider its stance not to allow province to enter into a service agreement with Canada Revenue Agency. ...
Government looking to generic drugs to rein in costs
Proposed regulatory changes to the Ontario Drug Benefit Act would encourage people to give generics a try before the province would begin to cover expensive name-brand medications. ...
Heard: Morneau Shepell buys U.S. health benefits company
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Provinces’ debt load ‘is unsustainable,’ federal watchdog warns
Ontario and the rest of the subnational governments face a tough road on debt, health-care costs over the next few decades, according a report form the Parliamentary Budget Office ...