Solicitor General Michael Kerzner says Ontario will become the first province to introduce minimum penalties for those caught operating puppy mills.
The Mississauga mayor received 53.4 per cent of points on the third ballot, winning a decisive final round against Toronto MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith.
Four candidates have been travelling the province to garner support in their bid to replace Steven Del Duca, who resigned last year after the 2022 provincial election produced a second dismal result in a row for the Liberals.
Over the past week, the Ontario Chiropractic Association was named in the new most filings, with four registrations made on their behalf. But NextStar Energy Inc. and Umicore Rechargeable Battery Materials Canada Inc. were next with three unique registrations each.
Whoever takes the helm of the party faces the same major challenge that insiders say loomed heavily over the race — finding a way to unseat the Ford PCs after two disastrous election results.
The rules, which took effect Friday, include the option for sellers to use an open bidding process, improvements to broker and brokerage disclosures, and ways to avoid conflicts on multiple representation.
Aislinn Clancy won handily in Kitchener Centre over the New Democratic candidate, in what had been an NDP riding since 2018.
The Enhancing Access to Justice Act would also ban cannabis cultivation in homes offering childcare services and revamp how coroners investigate construction-related deaths.
“The OSC at Don Mills is not sustainable under status quo conditions and is in operational crisis due to failing structure with mounting critical building maintenance costs,” reads the Infrastructure Ontario report.
While mostly ignored, there is one topic that will likely become a major concern for whoever wins the seat in Thursday's vote, and that is the potential restructuring of Waterloo Region.
Surma said Tuesday that the head of Infrastructure Ontario will release the business case and take reporters' questions today.
"In fact, we've been negotiating and... the housing minister is asking for the right thing. We see eye-to-eye and we say yes, of course," Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said of Housing Minister Sean Fraser's demands.
