Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Tuesday, October 16. ...
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In brief: Auto-insurance private members’ bills, $15 and fairness rallies, and Fort Erie slots
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
Auditor General declines to name names at select committee hearing
The auditor general also said if the previous government was her client in the private sector she would have quit working for it. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, October 15. ...
The QP Briefing Podcast: Featuring special guest Stephen Lecce
The Tory MPP also talks about how he sees the role of 'elites' in modern Conservative politics. ...
Senior civil servants, watchdogs called to testify at select committee probing Liberal government ‘scandal’
A Tory MPP on the committee says senior civil servants' roles in what happened will be looked at. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, October 4. ...
In brief: Fedeli on mutual fund early withdrawal fees, USMCA letter
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
New government takes first steps toward ending hallway medicine
Meanwhile, the registered nurses' association is complaining that their president was prevented from attending the announcement. ...
Funding to support survivors of domestic and sexual violence under review: attorney general
Sexual assault centres and other programs to support victims of domestic and sexual abuse were promised a major funding boost, but the funding could be at risk. ...
Your Question Period Briefing: The squealing with ‘righteous self-indignation’ edition
What was asked in Question Period for Tuesday, Oct. 2. ...
In brief: A beer-and-wine tweet and shh… the sex-ed consultation is online
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
Protesters erect crosses on legislature’s lawn as government defers decision on supervised injection sites
One minister said the government requires an extra month to make its decision. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, October 1. ...
Ontario voters ‘made the right call’ in penalizing the Liberals, interim party leader says
John Fraser confirmed to reporters that the party's debt has reached over $9 million. ...
The QP Briefing Podcast: With special guest Michael Coteau
A young Coteau looked up the word "Liberal" in an encyclopedia in 1988. ...
In brief: Ombudsman’s report, AG’s report, forestry strategy coming, IESO’s market renewal progress, the pot bill and gas prices
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
Debate over premier’s Faith Goldy photo turns nastier at Queen’s Park
"He appears to be playing footsie with a white supremacist," said Green Leader Mike Schreiner. ...
Government announces some retail pot details; no cap to licences
The Ontario Cannabis Store will be removed from the authority of the LCBO, and have it report directly to the Ministry of Finance. ...
Your Question Period briefing: The Greatest (audit) Of All Time
What was asked in Question Period for Wednesday, September 26. ...
In Brief: Denouncing Faith, chipping away at the $15 billion projected deficit, a select committee selected
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Wednesday, September 26. ...
Line-by-line review released but it’s ‘not a forensic audit,’ minister says
The highly anticipated report didn't suggest any specific programs or lines of spending that should be cut. ...
Health minister to make recommendations on supervised injection sites this week, but says ‘it’s the premier’s decision that counts’
"What I think is really not the point that matters," Christine Elliott said Tuesday. "It's the premier's decision." ...
Ford government to strike select committee to investigate ‘Liberal waste and scandal’
Doug Ford is alleging the previous Liberal government enriched the "cronies" of former Premier Kathleen Wynne. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, September 24. ...
The QP Briefing podcast: One wild week
Reporter David Hains explains why a government lawyer seemed like a bully that tells a littler kid, "Stop hitting yourself." ...
Government takes AG’s accounting advice, deficit projection grows to $15 billion this year
Calling Fedeli speech 'theatre,' opposition MPPs warn the Independent Financial Commission of Inquiry report will be a pretext for steep budget cuts by PCs. ...
Your Question Period Briefing: The ‘obsessed with sex’ edition
What was asked in Question Period for Thursday, Sept. 20. ...
In brief: Talk of a Toronto waterfront casino, a ‘dose of reality for breakfast,’ a disappearing directorate, a sex-ed court date
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, Sept. 20. ...
Ford rides tractor, promises new natural gas expansion program at plowing match
Premier promises 'you'll be floored' by a report from the Independent Financial Commission of Inquiry into theLiberal government's accounting practices. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Tuesday, September 18. ...
Parties spar over Ford’s claim he consulted people on his Toronto city council cut
The NDP filed a Freedom of Information request that found there are no records concerning any consultations on the controversial legislation. ...
Finance minister to give speech on government accounting, as premier claims the Liberal government fried the books
Vic Fedeli is set to give a speech Friday that will kickstart a flurry of financial news coming from the government this fall. ...
The QP Briefing podcast: With special guest Peter Tabuns
Spoiler alert: The NDP MPP believes the premier has had a "shame-ectomy." ...
Horwath rallies the troops with a vow to fight Ford with every procedural tool
The NDP leader said she looks forward to reaching out to her party and facing a leadership review early next year. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Friday, September 14. ...
Parties debate standing orders, as government moves to limit legislative stalling tactics
The PCs' changes to the Standing Orders add extra debate time and curtail some popular opposition stalling tactics. ...
Lawyer MPPs battle it out over notwithstanding clause
Two MPPs with legal backgrounds have markedly different arguments concerning the notwithstanding clause. ...
Question Period briefing: Members of the public get handcuffed
What was asked in Question Period for Wednesday, September 12. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Wednesday, September 12. ...
Liberals’ provincial council meeting to figure out how ‘we lost our connection with people’
Interim leader John Fraser says the party is focused on keeping itself together so that it can rebuild. ...
Health minister quietly shuts down controversial home-care agency
Liberal plan to provide patients with self-directed quickly became a target of complaint; home care agencies all applaud move to end a parallel service. ...
‘Crickets.’ Legal scholars weigh in on judge’s ruling and Ford’s notwithstanding rhetoric
Two constitutional law experts have two differing opinions on the judge's ruling striking down portions of the Better Local Government Act. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, September 10. ...
In brief: A sex-ed petition, Hydro One board and a Ford for president?
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
Liberals lag far behind PCs and NDP in fundraising, as decision on per-vote allowance looms
Ontario Liberals are lagging far behind the Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats in fundraising, raising serious questions about the party's financial future. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, September 6. ...
Hundreds of health-care professionals sign open letter supporting overdose prevention sites
Meanwhile, Health Minister Christine Elliott toured a supervised consumption site at the Fred Victor Centre in Toronto. ...
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