The budget deficit is projected to be $10.3 billion this year, down from $11.7 billion in 2018-19. ...
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Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Wednesday, April 10. ...
Trillium Foundation board appointments spark allegations of partisanship from official opposition
The NDP says it's had trouble getting some government appointees with political pasts to appear before a committee for public scrutiny. ...
‘Stay tuned ’till Thursday’: Child-care announcement expected in upcoming Ontario budget
Meanwhile, the opposition warned that the government may not live up to the promise it made on child care during the campaign. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, April 8. ...
Government’s ‘appropriateness’ proposals in OMA negotiations spark fear of health-care cuts
A six-month-old government proposal concerning colonoscopies sparked concern and outrage this week. ...
Ministry opens application process for Ontario Health Teams, moving transformation plan forward
Meanwhile, the committee studying the health-care legislation was flooded with about 20,000 identical form letters from Lead Now. ...
Your question period briefing: ‘Cuts will kill’
What was asked in question period for Tuesday, April 2. ...
Private surgery proposal a flash point in health-care privatization debate
A private health-care facility in London, Ont., is asking the province to support it taking on publicly-funded surgeries in its private surgical suite. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Tuesday, April 2. ...
Ford government promises changes to some business support programs, after decrying ‘corporate welfare’ during campaign
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation accused the Progressive Conservatives of playing ‘semantics’ by criticizing corporate welfare but continuing to pay out grants. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, April 1. ...
Ontario axes some overdose prevention sites without warning in policy revamp
The province has green-lit 15 overdose sites, leaving others in the lurch. ...
Premier addresses Beer Store contract costs, Randy Hillier allegations, at auto manufacturing celebration in Cambridge
Ford's auto celebration at Toyota's campaign plant came as Fiat Chrysler announced job cuts. ...
Finance minister offers no fiscal news in pre-budget speech, pumps booze in big-box stores instead
Fedeli said the Tories will keep their campaign promise to modernize alcohol sales. ...
After launching with a bang, Tories’ select committee ends with a whimper
The select committee never found a smoking gun, says an NDP MPP. ...
Ontario government targets health-care names on Sunshine List
The treasury board highlighted growing salaries at the health-care agencies soon to be merged into Ontario Health ...
In brief: Transit infrastructure funding and policing bill passes
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
Hillier discussing his allegation of possibly illegal lobbying with integrity commissioner, but won’t give details
Government House Leader Todd Smith said Hillier’s allegations are baseless. ...
Government house leader to address decorum with PC caucus after controversial comments on both sides of the aisle
A PC MPP shouted at Kathleen Wynne, "Why are you still here?" ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, March 25. ...
In brief: Long-term care, LRT cash and a $5-billion ask
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Friday, March 22. ...
Ontario government won’t commit to implementing integrity commissioner’s recommendation on Ontario Provincial Police hiring process
Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath is calling for a public inquiry. ...
After meeting protests with defiance, Ford government announces changes coming to autism plan
The province is promising to spend more money, but has not yet determined what all of the changes to the autism program will be. ...
Education minister takes heat for saying larger classes will improve students’ resiliency, and band classes can be replaced with clubs
The opposition and a teachers’ union condemned Lisa Thompson’s recent comments. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Wednesday, March 20. ...
Carbon tax Ontario’s ‘key issue’ with federal budget, but province won’t mitigate gas-price bump: Finance minister
Vic Fedeli says Ontario won't count the federal fuel tax against its election promise to lower the price of gas. ...
Some high provincial service fees may be illegal, fiscal watchdog warns
The FAO is adding its voice to a warning the auditor general has raised in the past. ...
Your Question Period briefing: An ideological experiment
What was asked in Question Period for Tuesday, March 19. ...
In brief: Education minister mum on kindergarten changes and Brian Mulroney apologizes
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
Ontario treasury board president calls on federal government to provide a path to a balanced budget
Meanwhile, the province has its own deficit to worry about. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, March 18. ...
The QP Briefing Podcast: Featuring special guest Mike Moffatt
Moffatt says the government should heed a new slogan: haste makes waste. ...
Ontario government sparks concerns with partisan appointments to Trillium Foundation board
The government has moved to appoint three Conservative partisans to the Ontario Trillium Foundation board. ...
New sex-ed curriculum will teach gender identity, but not until Grade 8
The minister said some sex-ed concepts were being taught too soon. ...
In brief: Opposition objects to legal aid chair appointment, McNaughton goes to Germany, MacLeod goes to the UN
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
Ford says he’s happy the OPP’s new commissioner comes from outside the force’s own ranks
If his government is ever investigated by the OPP and its independence is questioned, the RCMP could be called in, the premier said. ...
Premier Doug Ford recommits to child-care rebate promised in election campaign
The Ontario Premier was less clear when it came to committing to other tax cuts he’d promised during the campaign. ...
‘Together we’re the official resistance’: NDP rallies against Ontario’s health-care transformation
The government's health-care transformation is expected to progress right up until the next election. ...
Updated: Ontario announces next stage of federally led infrastructure program, feds criticize Ford government’s slow pace
The government put out a press release that appeared to take credit for the infrastructure program. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, March 11. ...
The QP Briefing Podcast: With special guest Taras Natyshak
The NDP MPP says his hockey days taught him how to craft a quality chirp. ...
Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod ushered out of event by her police detail, days after disclosing ‘credible threat’
Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod said she has received credible threats concerning her safety. ...
Ontario budget day set for April 11
The government has promised to inform Ontarians on its path back to balance in the coming budget. ...
Updated: Ford friend Ron Taverner withdraws his name from consideration for OPP Commissioner
Julian Falconer accused Premier Doug Ford of an abuse of power in allegedly orchestrating the firing of Brad Blair. ...
Rising health-care costs make promise to balance budget without tax increases a ‘significant challenge,’ watchdog warns
The FAO also looked at the fiscal impact of the new physician services agreement. ...
Former OPP deputy commissioner says his firing was an act of reprisal and an attempt to muzzle him
Brad Blair released a statement saying "the cost of a compromised OPP is too great a price to pay." ...
Your Question Period Briefing: The firing edition
What was asked in Question Period for Monday, Mar. 4. ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, March 4. ...
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