The child welfare sector awaits the proclamation of the new Child, Youth and Family Services Act with great anticipation. We have advocated for the changes it includes for decades. As we embark on this historic initiativ ...
Category: Politics and Election 2022
“Nice smile”: Leaders spar in first 2018 Ontario election debate
While Kathleen Wynne, Doug Ford and Andrea Horwath attacked each other relentlessly in the first election debate. ...
Kathleen Wynne faces stern but receptive crowd at youth town hall
Tough questions on equity and education issues mingled with dance moves to Drake’s “Back to Back." ...
Updated: Doug Ford doubles down on opposition to supervised injection sites, mere hours after PCs promised he’d consult experts on the issue
The party said Ford would consult experts on supervised injection sites — and then Ford doubled down on his opposition to them later the same day. ...
PC candidate points to mental health struggles after bigoted jokes surface online
Andrew Lawton highlighted an eight-year struggle with depression and mental illness that continued until 2013, asking voters to afford him “the opportunity to define myself as I am today.” ...
PCs drop Tanya Granic Allen as a candidate after Liberals release video of her comments on sex ed and gay marriage
The Grits followed up Sunday with more opposition research highlighting white nationalists who endorsed Doug Ford's campaign. ...
Milloy: An all-candidates’ debates survival guide
Debaters should try to relax and forget the statistics — but remember that voters can tell who is talking through their hat, writes columnist John Milloy. ...
Premier pledges to fund subway and LRT projects in GTA
In return, Mayor John Tory agrees to pony up as much $1.46 billion for SmartTrack stations in Toronto. ...
Wynne proposes expansion of Greenbelt following Ford’s flip-flop
The Liberal leader argued that Ford can't be trusted to protect the Greenbelt. ...
Liberal spending plan requires severe cutbacks and still balloons the debt, fiscal watchdog warns
"The government’s fiscal plan shifts the burden of paying for the budget’s new spending programs from current taxpayers to younger Ontarians," David West, the FAO's chief economist, reports. ...