Government wants report on open data, including developing best practices, by the spring. ...
Category: Government Finance and the Economy
Ontario Architects call on province to issue best practices on site approval
The Ontario Association of Architects say the current system of site approval for developments adds as much as $2,500 per condo unit for every month of delays. ...

Ford, Ottawa, Queen’s Park invest $840 million in retooled Oakville plant
The province and Ottawa are giving $140 million to keep a Ford assembly plant in Oakville. ...

Province pondering bus rules
Ontario's intercity bus industry is changing, but nobody agrees on what's next. ...
OCC wants clarity on minimum wage
The Ontario business lobby wants the government to keep to the depoliticized minimum wage process the Liberals say they want. ...
Horwath, Hudak jockey at AMO
The opposition leaders present their unsurprisingly divergent views at AMO's conference in Ottawa. ...
End of fiscal crazies in US good news for Ontario: RBC
RBC says Ontario's economic engine should stop sputtering soon as the US recovery gains steam. ...
Seen, heard, happening
An occasional round-up of news and events in and around Queen's Park ...
Use of Labour Relations Act would be a gift to condo developers: union
Little-used law would force workers in GTA to end strike. ...
Text of Charles Sousa’s budget speech
"Mr. Speaker, I rise to present the 2013 budget. And it is, in every sense, Ontario’s budget," Finance Minister Charles Sousa said. ...