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Author Archives: Brian Platt

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Your morning briefing

Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Friday, April 29. ...

Morning Briefing, News
29.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your afternoon recap

Smokey Thomas renews his call for a cabinet minister to get canned, and Monte McNaughton goes after corporate subsidies. ...

News
28.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Environmental Defence report urges province to put deposit on plastic bottles

Less than half of plastic bottles sold in Ontario end up in recycling bins, the report notes, but that number is around 80 per cent in provinces with a return deposit program. ...

News
27.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your morning briefing

Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Wednesday, April 27. ...

Morning Briefing, News
27.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your afternoon recap

The Premier weighs in on a taxpayer rebate for a $1.1-million Porsche, and tells Bloomberg she's not so optimistic about CPP expansion. ...

News
26.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Over 1,100 municipal complaints already lodged with ombudsman

The office has so far resolved them through informal mechanisms rather than investigations, said Paul Dubé in his first speech since taking office earlier this month. ...

Government, News
26.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Liberals set out schedule for public hearings on fundraising reform

The letter from Government House Leader Yasir Naqvi also re-emphasizes that the Liberals won't be giving in to the opposition's demands for a more independent process ...

Government, News
25.04.2016 fundraising rules Brian Platt 0 0
Calling for OMA negotiations, province releases data on top-billing doctors

Calling for OMA negotiations, province releases data on top-billing doctors

The government says 10 per cent of doctor billings are claimed by less than 2 per cent of the doctors, and one eye specialist billed $6.6 million in a single year. ...

Health and Wellness, News
22.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your legislative tip sheet

New bills, regulations, and other legislative miscellanea. ...

News
22.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Premier and attorney general agree — eventually — that Loku report should be made public

Although Attorney General Madeleine Meilleur had first said only future SIU reports might be made public, by the end of the day she clarified her stance to say that includes the report into Andrew Loku's shooting. ...

Law and Safety, News
21.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

What was asked in question period

For Thursday, April 21. ...

News, Question Period
21.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your afternoon recap

The PCs are slamming a proposal to put wind turbines near the Collingwood airport, and Toronto's mayor is floating the idea of a new or renovated convention centre. ...

News
21.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Waste reduction bill debated in committee — but most details still to come

Witnesses brought forward a large number of recommended amendments, but they pointed out that the real meaning of the legislation won't really be apparent until the regulations are developed. ...

Environment and Energy, News
20.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your legislative tip sheet

New bills, regulations, and other legislative miscellanea. ...

News
20.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your morning briefing

Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Wednesday, April 20. ...

Morning Briefing, News
20.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0
Your afternoon recap

Your afternoon recap

Three opposition leaders team up on fundraising reform, and the attorney general takes heat for not having read the police watchdog report into Andrew Loku's shooting. ...

News
19.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your legislative tip sheet

New bills, regulations, and other legislative miscellanea. ...

News
19.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Purchase: The changing nature of public service

Columnist Bryne Purchase reflects on how Treasury, once the clearinghouse of hard-fact analysis and advice, has been replaced by 'spin' and outside advisers while power is centralized in the premier’s hands. ...

Government, News, Opinion
19.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your afternoon recap

Jack MacLaren goes for sensitivity training, and Kathleen Wynne proposes an MPP code of conduct ...

News
18.04.2016 Jack MacLaren Brian Platt 0 0
Ontario preparing to legalize commercial ride-sharing insurance

Ontario preparing to legalize commercial ride-sharing insurance

The proposed reforms would allow ride-sharing services to qualify for the same broad insurance coverage that taxi and limousine companies get. ...

News
18.04.2016 auto insurance, ride-sharing, Uber Brian Platt 0 0

Bills this week

Bills scheduled to come before the legislature and committees this week. ...

Bills This Week, News
18.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Wynne: MacLaren’s raunchy jokes ‘fuel misogyny’

The Premier stopped short of explicitly calling for MacLaren to be removed from the PC caucus, but said it would be 'a very different conversation' if he were a Liberal. ...

News
15.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

André Marin’s lawsuit takes aim at Ombudsman’s Office

The former ombudsman's lawsuit outlines allegations of disputes over travel claims, his personal email account and Internet domain names registered with his own name. ...

News
15.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Seen: Highway 401 to get $81M expansion through Mississauga

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Driving and Roads, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
15.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your legislative tip sheet

New bills, regulations, and other legislative miscellanea. ...

News
15.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your afternoon recap

Families of students who attend demonstration schools packed the legislature, and former PM Brian Mulroney gave some tips to the PC caucus. ...

News
14.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Province still undecided on religious exemptions for physician-assisted death

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario already has interim guidelines on physician-assisted death, but is also awaiting a provincial framework. ...

Health and Wellness, News
14.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Last piece of ORPP legislation introduced

Two sets of workers are still in ORPP limbo until federal tax and pension laws are changed: non-crown federally-regulated workers and the self-employed. ...

News
14.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your afternoon recap

Jack MacLaren leads reporters on a chase through Queen's Park, and the province announces all four demonstration schools will stay open for at least a year longer. ...

News
13.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Province goes back to drawing board on child-care age groupings

Sandals said the feedback on the proposed changes brought out many concerns about whether it would work with the existing physical space and staff levels at child-care centres. ...

News
13.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your legislative tip sheet

New bills, regulations and other legislative miscellanea. ...

News
13.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your morning briefing

Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Wednesday, April 13. ...

Morning Briefing, News
13.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your afternoon recap

An emotional debate on autism services in the legislature, and another solitary-confinement controversy in the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre. ...

News
12.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

New lobbying rules to take effect in July

The new rules include more investigative powers for the integrity commissioner and tougher penalties for lobbying violations. ...

News
12.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your legislative tip sheet

New bills, regulations and other legislative miscellanea. ...

News
12.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Liberals propose total ban on corporate, union donations starting next year

Premier Kathleen Wynne outlined a series of proposals on Monday, including new spending limits for elections, by-elections, leadership campaigns and third-party advertising. ...

News
11.04.2016 fundraising reform, political donations Brian Platt 0 0

PCs to oppose ranked ballots bill unless referendums required

The resistance comes from the party that, 20 years ago under Mike Harris, imposed a massive amalgamation program on municipalities in the face of widespread local opposition. ...

Government, News
11.04.2016 electoral reform, ranked ballots Brian Platt 0 0

Your legislative tip sheet

New bills, regulations and other legislative miscellanea. ...

News
11.04.2016 Ontario legislation Brian Platt 0 0

What was asked in question period

For Monday, April 11, 2016. ...

News, Question Period
11.04.2016 Ontario legislature, question period Brian Platt 0 0
Brown lays out six-part plan to reform political financing

Brown lays out six-part plan to reform political financing

Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid was blunt about his thoughts on PC Leader Patrick Brown and his plan: "What a hypocrite." ...

News
08.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your afternoon recap

More mud-slinging in question period over donation practices, and a buried report on business support programs gets dug up. ...

News
07.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your legislative tip sheet

New bills, regulations and other legislative miscellanea. ...

News
07.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your morning briefing

Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, April 7. ...

Morning Briefing, News
07.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0
More than half of Liberal donations come from corporations

More than half of Liberal donations come from corporations

From 2002 to 2014, the Liberals received 43 per cent of their donations from individual donors, while the PCs were at 54 per cent and the NDP was at 79 per cent. ...

News
07.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your afternoon recap

A PC MPP is under fire for making a sexual joke at a cancer fundraiser, and former NHL superstar Eric Lindros swings by the legislature. ...

News
06.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Details released for trade mission to Israel and the West Bank

The mission, focused on the life sciences sector, will run from May 15 to 20 and visit Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Ramallah and Bethlehem. ...

Business and Economy, News
06.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Wynne lays out new conditions for ‘high-value’ Liberal fundraisers

The premier said the events will be publicly disclosed and that ministers will not be fundraising "with stakeholders solely of their own ministry." ...

News
06.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your afternoon recap

The Doug Ford Show comes to Queen's Park, and the health ministry takes a $100-million hit over the climb-down on seniors' drug plans. ...

News
05.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

Your legislative tip sheet

New bills, regulations and other legislative miscellanea. ...

News
05.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0

PTSD legislation passes third reading unanimously

Labour Minister Kevin Flynn said the experience of other jurisdictions shows there shouldn't be a flood of first responder PTSD claims after the law takes effect. ...

Health and Wellness, News
05.04.2016 Brian Platt 0 0
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