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A roundup of news and agenda items for Friday, November 28.

Unleashing the Ring of Fire: Your morning QP Briefing

As the evidence, including in the latest economic update, clearly show, the Ford government is neither keeping costs down nor unleashing the economy. Quite the opposite.

Doug Ford spending more than ‘reckless’ Wynne  

Ontario minister crosses the globe to chase defence industry investments and jobs

Ontario has never stopped reorganizing its school boards. For 180 years, the province has expanded local control, then reined it in, then expanded it again. Every few decades, the pendulum changes direction, usually after a political flashpoint or a crisis of confidence.

Inside the long revolutions that transformed Ontario school boards, and the reforms that might be ahead

The data suggests that Ontario may not be in a recession, for now, as it may have avoided two straight quarters of negative real GDP growth.

FAO report shows Ontario may avoid recession in third fiscal quarter

Ontario signs deal with Marten Falls First Nation to fast track road to Ring of Fire

Ontario should allow restorative justice in cases involving sexual offences: report

Ontario forges ahead with $26.8B nuclear refurbishment in Pickering

Ontario to strengthen dangerous driving laws in honour of father killed this year

Ontario NDP asks integrity commissioner to investigate labour minister

The bill, tabled Tuesday, sets the stage for Barrie to annex more than 2,000 acres from neighbouring Springwater and Oro-Medonte, an expansion that has been stalled for months as the three municipalities struggled to reach a formal agreement by a Sept. 30 deadline imposed by a provincially appointed facilitator.

Province tables long-awaited legislation to greenlight Barrie land swap

After Bonnie Crombie announced she would step aside following the party’s disappointing election result, a mix of veteran politicians, former candidates, and political newcomers are quietly, and not-so-quietly, testing the waters.

A first look at the possible contenders for the Ontario Liberal Leadership

Ontario to table 'Andrew's Law' in effort to tackle dangerous driving

Ontario plans to require bail cash up front as part of new justice bill

EQAO standardized test results to be released next week after delay, minister says

Passage of housing bill sparks protest, clearing of Queen's Park public gallery

“I’ve always been a believer, I grew up in it, that people who live there are rights holders,” he said. “No government, no law can supersede that.”

Mamakwa: It’s an excuse to use tariffs, to use nationalism, to bulldoze through those treaty rights'

The Canadian Nuclear Association was registered by Jamie Rockingham and Alistair Langhorne, both consultants with StrategyCorp Inc.

Who's Lobbying for Whom: Canadian Nuclear Association planning advocacy blitz

The government says the rules would apply to everything from lumber and steel to the vehicles and equipment used in the construction of highways, schools, transit systems, homes, and hospitals.

Ford’s new ‘Buy Ontario Act’ vows to favour local suppliers, but will it actually stop institutions from bypassing Canadian firms?

“When someone is VSA [vital signs absent] we don’t say, ‘Well, we don’t have their permission.’ We revive them,” he said. “If we intervene for someone about to jump from a bridge, why not intervene when someone is so sick they can’t make good decisions? This illness clouds judgment, it’s a medical fact.”

Mayor of Oshawa Dan Carter pushes the province to have 'the bravery to act' on compassionate treatment, addiction

Ontario education minister eyes more possible board takeovers with now-passed bill

Ontario NDP leader kicked out of question period after calling Ford government 'corrupt'

In a meeting on Wednesday, the committee passed a motion recommending council approve the budget's housing and planning section.

Ottawa's planning and housing committee approves draft budget

Starting this fall, the Home Renovation Savings Program will offer rebates of up to $200 for energy-efficient appliances, including refrigerators, freezers, and laundry machines.

Ontario expands energy savings programs with new rebates for households, triples incentives for large-scale projects

The decision left many workers without legal status or the ability to continue working in the province.