Debbie Amaroso wants to run for the Liberals in the soon-to-be-called byelection to replace ex-cabinet minister David Orazietti. ...
Category: Seen, Heard, Happening
Seen: Naloxone kits run $1 million bill
As of March, more than 28,000 naloxone kits have been distributed. ...
Seen: Liberals enshrine patient care co-ordination service in medically assisted death bill
MPPs on the finance committee passed the government's amendment to "establish a care co-ordination service to support patient access to medical assistance in dying and other end-of-life options in Ontario." ...
Seen: Photo radar bill passes second reading
The legislation allows for the speed-enforcement systems in places municipalities have designated as school and community safety zones. Municipalities will also be allowed to reduce the speed limits in those zones. ...
Seen: Financial Accountability Officer returns after extended medical leave
Integrity commissioner J. David Wake has been filling in for Stephen LeClair since October. ...
Seen: Bill banning some door-to-door sales passes third reading
The legislation also contains new rules for payday loan companies, such as limiting how much can be charged in return for cashing a government cheque. ...
Seen: Ontario loses 11,200 jobs in March
Ontario’s unemployment rate was still lower than the national average, where it has been for two years running. ...
Seen: Liberal MPP wants provincial judges with legal training on sexual assault
The Liberal private member’s bill comes after interim federal Conservative Party leader Ron Ambrose tabled something similar in Ottawa, in order to make sexual assault training for federally-appointed judges mandatory. ...
Seen: A Lego legislature
Speaker Dave Levac laid the first toy brick in a Lego model of Queen's Park Tuesday as part of Canada 150 celebrations. ...
Heard: PC MPP Steve Clark endorses Kevin O’Leary for federal Tory leader
The Ontario PC deputy leader says O'Leary is best suited to take on Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2019. ...