Premier Kathleen Wynne said Tuesday that the Ontario government has set a new target of making women at least 40 per cent of all the appointments to provincial boards and agencies by 2019. “As a government we have a f ...
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Heard: Patrick Brown says Liberal ‘mismanagement’ keeping him busy
Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown says he's had a busy year in charge of the official Opposition, for which he credited the Liberal government's managerial skills - or lack thereof. In a speech to the Cana ...
Seen: Info commish declares open season on instant messages (if they’re related to public business)
In a move that could strike fear into the hearts of political staffers everywhere, Ontario’s information and privacy watchdog has declared all public business-related emails and instant messages as fair game for inform ...
Seen: Tory MPP calls for probe of corporate subsidies
PC MPP Monte McNaughton has asked in the past for a list of recipients of the Liberal government’s generosity. ...
Seen: Progressive Conservatives leading in a poll
Were an election held today, the Progressive Conservatives would win a slim majority in Ontario, according to a new poll. A Forum Research poll puts the Ontario PCs at a 10-point lead, with 40 per cent of voter suppor ...
Seen: Private member’s bills pass first reading
The five latest private member's bills run the gamut of issues in Ontario, from the manufacture and sale of spirits to electoral boundaries to hunting double-crested cormorants. PC MPP Tim Hudak’s Bill 203, the free m ...
Heard: PCs calling on government to scrap Drive Clean
PC environment critic Lisa Thompson is calling on the government to “scrap” the Drive Clean program – and says the Liberals have "lied" about plans to eliminate the testing fee. Thompson said on Friday that the Drive ...
Seen: Government’s pension and power planning bills pass third reading
The Liberal government has stickhandled two more of its bills through the legislature ahead of the summer break. The first bill establishes Premier Kathleen Wynne’s signature pension plan, while the other piece of leg ...
Happening: More study money to get subways shovel-ready
Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca continued to hand out money for subway planning Thursday. Del Duca announced the province is giving more than $55 million to Metrolinx for the provincial transit agency to work ...
Seen: David Suzuki stars in Ontario government ad for climate change plan
The Ontario government is releasing an ad promoting its soon-to-be-released Climate Change Action Plan that features David Suzuki. The ad is set to roll out this week. It shows Suzuki giving a talk on climate chang ...