Daily Archives: November 19, 2014

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Who’s lobbying for whom

Registrations with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner for Nov. 12 - Nov.18 ...

Heard: Hoskins seeks nurses’ support to deal with changing health care system

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The price for labour peace in schools: $468 million

Auditor general's report says that's how much Wynne government paid to secure contracts with unions - but that the estimated $2 billion in savings the McGuinty government had claimed was 'reasonable' ...

Infrastructure money from Ottawa could boost investor confidence in Ring of Fire: Mines minister

Mines Minister Michael Gravelle says federal investment in the Ring of Fire would go a long way towards helping investor confidence. ...

Happening: Government to expand crop insurance coverage

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NDP child-care plan supported by Liberals, panned by Tories

Although federal Liberal governments have previously endorsed a national child-care program, the $15/day promise is a central plank of federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair's platform. ...

Dear Stephen, Have your people get in touch with my people. Regards, Kathleen

Premier Kathleen Wynne has written another letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper requesting a face-to-face meeting – 'working collaboratively is exactly what needs to happen.' ...

Heard: MPP retables anti-flavoured tobacco bill

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Johannson: Delivering natural gas to Ontario and Quebec at a lower cost – it’s about doing what’s right.

TransCanada executive Karl Johannson writes that the pipeline project won't affect its natural gas shipments to Ontario and Quebec - indeed, those shipments will be more cost efficient because of Energy East. ...