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Category: Government

Home Government

Heard: OMA says province rejected request for mediation-arbitration

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Government, Health and Wellness, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
13.10.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Premier ‘encouraged’ by progress in contract talks with ETFO

While Kathleen Wynne and Education Minister Liz Sandals have said they're waiting for ETFO to come back to the table after it consults internally, union president Sam Hammond has said ETFO is waiting for the the governme ...

Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News
13.10.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Heard: Province to support specialty crops program

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Government, News, Rural and North, Seen, Heard, Happening
13.10.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Province selling 81.1 million shares of Hydro One in IPO, expecting to raise up to $1.7 billion

The official prospectus for the Hydro One IPO was released Friday afternoon, paving the way for shares of the utility to be sold on the stock market. ...

Business and Economy, Government, News
09.10.2015 Geoff Zochodne 0 0

OPSEU deal contains ‘anti-privatization’ language, union says

In a summary posted on its website, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says the three-year tentative agreement includes language that would require the government to work with the union before it outsources publi ...

Government, Jobs and Employment, News
09.10.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Happening: Public hearings on Bill 106 on Oct. 22 and 29

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Government, Law and Safety, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
09.10.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: WSIB president appointed as province’s advisor on auto insurance and pensions

Having already missed a deadline to reduce auto insurance by an average of 15 per cent from 2013 levels, the province has appointed a special advisor to help it keep pushing rates down — though it hasn't set a new de ...

Business and Economy, Driving and Roads, Government, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
08.10.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Tory backbencher’s motion on agri-food education supported by all parties

PC MPP Lisa Thompson's motion aims to help reach 120,000-job target in Ontario's agri-food industry by 2020 ...

Business and Economy, Government, Jobs and Employment, News, Rural and North
08.10.2015 agri-food, agriculture Natalie Paddon 0 0

Labour minister ready to legislate gender wage gap closed

Government hasn't closed gender wage gap 'the way we really wanted to,' Labour Minister Flynn says ...

Business and Economy, Government, News
08.10.2015 gender inequality, gender wage gap, legislation gender wage gap, wages Geoff Zochodne 0 0

Seen: Province to craft alcohol strategy

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Government, Health and Wellness, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
08.10.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: OPSEU launches radio ad campaign against expanded beer sales

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Government, Health and Wellness, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
08.10.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

After new deal, OPSEU looks to privatization fight

Should the deal be ratified, the union will turn its attention to the line-by-line review the Treasury Board is conducting on all ministries as it looks for further savings. ...

Business and Economy, Government, News
07.10.2015 Brian Platt 0 0

Sousa ‘disappointed’ with U.S. Steel Canada restructuring, but silent on what it could cost province

Finance Minister says the province will stand up for employees and retirees but declined to comment on whether the province has enough cash to cover pension shortfalls. ...

Business and Economy, Government, News
07.10.2015 Geoff Zochodne 0 0

Seen: Great Lakes Protection Act passes third reading

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Environment and Energy, Government, Law and Safety, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
07.10.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Wynne talks climate change with Jiangsu province party secretary

Premier Kathleen Wynne signed a memorandum of understanding that touched on culture, technology and business co-operation with Luo Zhijun Wednesday. ...

Business and Economy, Government, News
07.10.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

TPP: Liberals waiting for new federal government to consider compensation

Premier Kathleen Wynne also defended her stance on the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Tuesday, reminding the opposition that many details of the deal remain unknown. ...

Business and Economy, Government, News
06.10.2015 Geoff Zochodne 0 0

Happening: Contract talks between ETFO, government, school boards progressing slowly

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Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
06.10.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

After rocky negotiations, province and OPSEU in tentative deal

The province and OPSEU have reached a tentative three-year collective agreement, but one that does not include issues specific to corrections employees. ...

Government, News
06.10.2015 Geoff Zochodne 0 0

Seen: PC MPP raises more concerns with Housing Services Corp. spending

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Government, Home and Community, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
05.10.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Education minister to look into whether unlocked doors in Halton poses safety concern

OSSTF support staff members started job action in several school boards across the province today, while the province got back to the bargaining table with elementary teachers. ...

Education and Training, Government, Law and Safety, News
05.10.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Seen: Ministry targeting large retailers for accessibility audits this fall

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Government, Law and Safety, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
05.10.2015 AODA QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: 766 more licensed child-care spots in schools to be available by 2018

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Government, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
02.10.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

C.D. Howe report warns about public pension plan underfunding

Report authors show how public pension plans can avoid underfunding and intergenerational inequity ...

Business and Economy, Government, News
02.10.2015 C.D. Howe Institute report, C.D. Howe report, public pension underfunding John Valorzi 0 0

Report on new university funding model expected by November

Former deputy minister Sue Herbert says there are five areas in which students, employers, post-secondary institutions were aligned on how system should be reformed ...

Education and Training, Government, News
02.10.2015 university funding model Natalie Paddon 0 0

Seen: Conference Board and province suggest ways to make workplaces more inclusive

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Government, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
02.10.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: ETFO, government, school boards back to contract talks Monday

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Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
02.10.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Province capping age limit at 42 for women accessing expanded in vitro fertilization services

Province announces it will spend extra $50 million a year to fund one in vitro fertilization cycle for eligible patients ...

Government, Health and Wellness, News
01.10.2015 fertility, health, in vitro fertilization Natalie Paddon 0 0

Ontario’s economy has slipped under Liberal policies, Fraser Institute report says

Fraser Institute says 'the real problem in Ontario is the wide array of government policies that mistakenly signal that the public sector, not the private sector, is the engine of economic growth' ...

Business and Economy, Government, News
01.10.2015 Fraser Institute, Fraser Institute report Ontario economy, Ontario economy QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Wynne has high hopes for Pacific trade deal – but wants agriculture and auto sectors protected

Two Ontario ministers have also written their federal counterparts saying they remain 'extremely concerned' about recent reports and comments made regarding TPP ...

Business and Economy, Government, News
01.10.2015 TPP Geoff Zochodne 1 0

Sudbury byelection: Thibeault defends Lougheed campaign contribution

Liberal MPP says he won't return $1,330 donation from the man who is facing charges over the byelection scandal. 'He’s given to the NDP, he’s given to the Conservatives. He’s still got his day in court.' ...

Government, News
30.09.2015 Geoff Zochodne 0 0

Heard: Ontario Film Authority to begin operations Oct. 1

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Arts and Culture, Government, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
30.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Health and safety in elementary schools is main focus of education minister

Liz Sandals told reporters Wednesday she "would look at ways of taking action" in the legislature if health and safety concerns stemming from job action get out of hand. ...

Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News
30.09.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Heard: Bill to amend planning and development charges acts passes second reading

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Government, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
29.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Province to hire ‘recruiters’ to help more children get adopted

The government announced Tuesday it will also help find more 'culturally appropriate' adoption placements for First Nations children and youth as well as extend funding for adoptive parents of 18 to 21 year olds who are ...

Government, News
29.09.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Opposition blasts government for taking $61-million loss on Ontera sale

The government also spent $6.5 million on lawyers and consultants, PC finance critic Vic Fedeli noted, less than what they got back for the sale of Ontera. ...

Government, News, Rural and North, Travel and Recreation
29.09.2015 Geoff Zochodne 0 0

Hydro One at top of agenda as Wynne holds private chats with opposition leaders

Such meetings are unusual around Queen's Park, but will take place after a request from Patrick Brown, who is seeking to give his PCs a more congenial and constructive tone. ...

Government, News
28.09.2015 Hydro One, Hydro One privatization Brian Platt 0 0

Province’s 2014-15 deficit a better-than-expected $10.3 billion

The Public Accounts show the deficit for the past fiscal year was $2.2 billion lower than projected in 2014 and $600 million lower than the interim projections in the 2015 budget. ...

Government, News
28.09.2015 budget, deficit Geoff Zochodne 0 0

Op-ed: Nuclear refurb plan could hike power rates: Clean Air Alliance

The Ontario Clean Air Alliance says the high costs of refurbishing Ontario's nuclear power plants should have us looking elsewhere for a better deal: Quebec hydro power ...

Environment and Energy, Government, modernization, News, Opinion
28.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: University of Ottawa designated French-language service provider

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Education and Training, Government, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
25.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Giving lip service to gender-neutral language, MPP charges

Cheri DiNovo, the New Democrats' LGBTQ critic - while supportive of Liberal MPP Glenn Thibeault's private member's bid to make government forms more inclusive - believes the motion doesn't go far enough. ...

Government, Law and Safety, News
25.09.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Justice committee hears from witnesses unwilling to turn other cheek on SLAPP bill

Bill 52, the Protection of Public Participation Act, would identify lawsuits against public participation and provide a route to dismiss them earlier ...

Business and Economy, Government, News
24.09.2015 justice committee, SLAPP bills Geoff Zochodne 0 0

Happening: Former ombudsman ‘unconvinced’ about carding

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Government, Law and Safety, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
24.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Heard: Health minister urges both sides to bargain in home-care worker strike

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Government, Health and Wellness, Home and Community, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
24.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Job action planned over local contracts for high school teachers

Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation has secured a central deal, but is still waiting on local deals, including in Halton and Greater Essex ...

Education and Training, Government, Jobs and Employment, News
24.09.2015 education, high school teachers, teachers, teachers' negotiations, teachers' unions Natalie Paddon 0 0

Head of P3 lobby group advocates for public-private partnerships

Head of public-private partnership group says such arrangements help develop infrastructure across Canada ...

Business and Economy, Government, Lobbyists, Opinion
24.09.2015 public-private partnerships QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Speaker rejects NDP contempt charge over interim ombudsman appointment

The NDP had argued the Cabinet appointment circumvented the legislative assembly, but Speaker Dave Levac pointed out this has been the usual way of doing things since the ombudsman office was created in 1978. ...

Government, News
23.09.2015 Brian Platt 0 0

Auditor general report shows 61 per cent of CCAC spending goes to patient treatment

Bonnie Lysyk's special report looking at Community Care Access Centres released Wednesday includes 16 recommendations - all of which the province says it agrees with. ...

Government, Health and Wellness, Home and Community, News
23.09.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Patients, families to learn cause of critical medical errors under proposed regulatory changes

The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is proposing regulatory changes under the Quality of Care Information Protection Act that would make it mandatory for hospitals to disclose the cause of critical incidents to pat ...

Government, Health and Wellness, Law and Safety, News
22.09.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Competition Bureau shelves Beer Store-LCBO ‘sweetheart deal’ complaint

Restaurants Canada asked Competition Bureau last December to investigate deal signed in 2000 between LCBO, Beer Store ...

Business and Economy, Government, News
21.09.2015 Beer Store, Competition Bureau, LCBO, LCBO-Beer Store Geoff Zochodne 0 0

Patient safety No. 1 for premier when considering expanding role of firefighters

Proposal could see firefighters trained to respond to emergency medical calls, starting with administering symptom-relief drugs, but no decisions have been made yet ...

Government, Health and Wellness, Jobs and Employment, News
21.09.2015 firefighters, Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association Natalie Paddon 0 0
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