NDP MPP Peggy Sattler currently has a private members' bill at committee that would amend both the Employment Standards Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act to include up to 10 days of paid leave and accommodat ...
Category: Seen, Heard, Happening
Seen: Ontario Medical Association readying year-long 2018 election campaign
The OMA released a teaser video Thursday, announcing it will launch a year-long advocacy campaign on health care leading up to the 2018 election. ...
Seen: Gender wage gap working group 2.0 established
Labour Minister Kevin Flynn will detail a plan to bridge the gender wage gap - an almost 30-per-cent-wide canyon in Ontario - by the spring of 2018. ...
Heard: Brown says Progressive Conservative platform and carbon tax plan under construction
Former PC leader Tim Hudak ran into problems with his 2014 election platform, as the “Million Jobs Plan” was picked apart by economists. ...
Heard: Questions about so-called bribery loophole in Election Act [Updated]
The law seemingly only makes it an offence to offer inducement as a condition to run in an election, but not to ask or accept it. ...
Heard: Ontario open to linking cap-and-trade system with Nova Scotia, Murray says
The environment minister noted the New England states also have a cap-and-trade system for their power sectors, which means it "makes some sense" to link up with the region. ...
Happening: Crown prosecutor alleges Thibeault ‘sought certain benefits’ to defect to Liberals
"Our allegation is that Mr. Thibeault sought certain benefits, offers, jobs or employment as part of his condition to run as an MPP," federal prosecutor Vern Brewer reportedly told the CBC. ...
Seen: Rural school closures dominate question period debate
MPPs grilled on school closings as parents from rural communities arrived at Queen's Park to protest ...
Heard: Budget McBudgetface? Not gonna happen, Sousa says
Finance Minister Charles Sousa launched the latest round of pre-budget consultations on Monday, with a twist ...
Heard: OPSEU sounds privatization warning over basic income
Warren "Smokey" Thomas fears the government may go down the privatization route when it comes to social assistance. ...
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