It's been a good week for: Liberal leadership candidate Kathleen Wynne, after rival Glen Murray dropped out to support her. She also leads the pack with the largest number of party members who have declared their intent ...
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People on the move
* Jennifer McKenzie, the chairwoman of Ottawa's English public school board, says she will seek the New Democratic Party's nomination in Ottawa Centre, a riding held by MPP Yasir Naqvi, president of the Ontario Liberal P ...
Seen, heard, happening …
... at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere * Looking for a home in Windsor? Well, the Ministry of Transportation is selling 100 homes in the area for a song. The ministry purchased several homes that lie adjacen ...
Tony Dean: Q&A with Gary Gannage
By Tony Dean I spoke this week with Gary Gannage, president of the Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario (AMAPCEO). Last month at meetings marking the union’s 20th annive ...
Toronto casino consultations get rough ride
As the City of Toronto begins a public consultation process to gauge the reaction to a casino, things got off to a rough start Wednesday when most of the residents in attendance abandoned the planned open-house format an ...
Seen, heard, happening …
... at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * The provincial government will close its last two coal plants by the end of 2013, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced Thursday. The Lambton and Nanticoke plants will s ...
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... at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Premier Dalton McGuinty said late Wednesday his government will take ETFO to the Ontario Labour Relations Board to prevent the union's "political protest" on Friday. ...
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...happening in and around Queen's Park. * A lawyer with the city of Windsor is despairing that his border city lacks some of the patriotism on display across the river in Detroit. To remedy this lack of Canadian pride, ...
Who's lobbying for whom
The following lobbyist consultants have registered with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner during the past week. In each case, the name of their client is provided. Tuesday, Jan. 8 Alan M. Feldman on behalf of MGM ...
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. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Dr. Samir Sinha, the geriatric specialist charged with drafting a provincial senior care strategy, will release his final report and recommendations on Tuesday morn ...
Tony Dean: Drummond report not on the shelf
By Tony Dean In 2011 the McGuinty government asked former TD Bank chief economist Don Drummond for advice on how Ontario’s $16 billion deficit could be erased by 2017 without jeopardizing key public services. He delive ...
Who's lobbying for whom
The following lobbyist consultants have registered with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner during the past week. In each case, the name of their client is provided. THURSDAY, JAN. 3 David A. Timm on behalf of Int ...
The week – for better or worse
It's been a good week for: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who cavorted through his New Year's Day levee in what might be his last good week for a while. He could be removed from office as early as Jan. 7. Canada's top 100 ...
People on the move
* Dr. Brian Feagan of the Robarts Research Institute in London appears to have successfully tested a drug that could provide a major breakthrough in the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease an ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Despite gaining 33,000 jobs in December, Ontario's unemployment rate remained steady at 7.9 per cent for the month, according to the latest job numbers from Stati ...
Tony Dean: 2012 rewind
By Tony Dean It has been a weird and tumultuous year at Queen’s Park. Governing with a minority in the context of a $14 billion deficit has not been kind to the Liberals. Former TD chief economist Don Drummond set the ...
The power list: Our top 50
Here is a completely arbitrary and subjective look at 50 people at Queen’s Park who have had power in 2012. ...
The year – for better or worse
By Phil Bingley Minority government was the big story this year at Queen’s Park and while 2012 might not go down as one of the great years in the history of Ontario politics, it did have its moments – some wondrous, som ...
They said it: 2012 in quotes
A look back at some of the best, the worst and the strangest comments of 2012. “Premier, you’re either implicated or incompetent. Which is it?” -- Tory MPP Steve Clark to Premier Dalton McGuinty during Question Period ov ...
Who lobbied for whom
The following lobbyist consultants registered with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner between July 1 and Dec. 28, 2012. In each case, the name of their client is provided. ...
QP Briefing returns on Jan. 4
QP Briefing will operate on a reduced schedule for the next week, returning to our regular publishing schedule on Friday, Jan. 4. Happy New Year! ...
Tony Dean: Life in the shark pool
By Tony Dean Political staff are close to the heart of every government. These are the often young and initially wet-behind-the-ears people who work directly for ministers and the Premier. If they survive their first ...
The week – for better or worse
It’s been a good week for: * Liberal leadership Glen Murray who, according to Glen Murray, has won at least three of the debates with his opponents. Meanwhile, Sandra Pupatello and Kathleen Wynne each won a number of ...
People on the move
* David Calder has been named as the new chief administrative officer of Tilsonburg, effective Jan. 14. He was previously general manager of corporate services for the City of Waterloo. * Pat Moyle says he will retire ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Ontario has experienced more than triple the number of lab-confirmed flu cases this season over last, with 49 reported cases between Sept. 1 and Dec. 10, compared w ...
QP Briefing returns Dec. 28
QP Briefing will operate on a reduced schedule for the next two weeks. We'll have a special year-end edition of the newsletter on Dec. 28 and we'll return to a regular publishing schedule on Jan. 4. Happy Holidays! ...
Seen, heard, happening …
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Hamilton is abuzz these days over a couple of emails - one by Councillor Sam Merulla that was sent and one by Mayor Bob Bratina that was not sent. Both emails invol ...
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. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * The expert panel investigating fatalities at the embattled ORNGE air ambulance service will continue despite Dr. Andrew McCallum’s resignation as chief coroner for ...
Who's lobbying for whom
The following lobbyist consultants have registered with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner during the past week. In each case, the name of their client is provided. MONDAY, DEC. 17 Nicole Foster Woollatt of Globa ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Charles Sousa released his energy plan for the province Tuesday morning. Highlights include: Listening to, and acting on, loc ...
Leadership race: Policies aplenty
By Greg Crone Several Ontario Liberal leadership candidates were busy Monday rolling out new policies in advance of Tuesday’s debate in Ottawa, the last before the holiday break. Sandra Pupatello issued a plan for rura ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Tory leader Tim Hudak received some very direct feedback from a passing citizen during a press conference Monday. In an expletive-laced tirade, the woman wondered ...
Tony Dean: Hudak 'deal' a dud
By Tony Dean It has been a wild couple of weeks for organized labour in Ontario. On Dec. 6, Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party released its second white paper on labour policy, this time taking aim at an already ...
The week – for better or worse
It’s been a good week for: * Canada's grade 4 students, whose reading skills were recognized as among the best in the world by the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study. * Health Minister Deb Matthews and On ...
People on the move
* Dr. Lawrence Hookey, who heads the endoscopy units at two Kingston hospitals, has carried out a medical first for North America, inserting a biodegradable stent into the throat of a woman who suffered from a restricted ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Oakville seniors will be able to ride free on Mondays all year if town council accepts a recommendation by its budget committee. The free-Mondays program was intro ...
Opting out of OMB no simple matter
By John Michael McGrath On the "Cities and Towns that Work" page of his campaign website, Liberal leadership hopeful and Toronto Centre MPP Glen Murray proposes: "All Ontario municipalities should have the power to opt ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Hundreds of high school students rallied outside Queen’s Park on Thursday afternoon to protest Bill 115 and support their teachers. The teens said, like their teac ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * The North American Stamping Group says it will add almost 7,000 square metres of manufacturing, storage and office space to its Woodstock automotive stamping plant. ...
Who's lobbying for whom
The following lobbyist consultants have registered with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner during the past week. In each case, the name of their client is provided. MONDAY, DEC. 10 James E. Farrar of Jayeff Partn ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Meaford is banging its drum after moving to the top of the list in Ontario in solid waste diversion. The municipality bumped its diversion rate from 57.58 per cent ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * Flu season is underway and Waterloo Region is experiencing one of the province’s worst outbreaks. Four people, including a healthy child and three elderly adults, ...
The week – for better or worse
It’s been a good week for: * Tory Leader Tim Hudak who made headlines across Ontario with his call for corner store beer sales and the privatization of the OLG, all but pre-empting coverage of the Ontario Liberal leade ...
People on the move
* Arif Khan captured almost 33 per cent of the vote to defeat 10 other candidates and win a byelection this week for the open seat on Barrie council. * Federica Nazzani said she would step down at the end of the month a ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * A study team has been appointed by Infrastructure Ontario to lead a public process that will determine the fate of the Muskoka Centre property. The former sanitoriu ...
Tony Dean: New model needed
By Tony Dean It would be tempting to pretend that public sector collective bargaining is just going through a rough patch right now and that everything will return to normal in a couple of years. Both current events an ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * A new program to coordinate care for high-needs patients will increase collaboration among health-care providers, Health Minister Deb Matthews announced Thursday. ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario announced Wednesday that its rotating strike action would begin Monday, following a strike vote that received 92 per c ...
Who's lobbying for whom
The following lobbyist consultants have registered with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner during the past week. In each case, the name of their client is provided. MONDAY, DEC. 3 Carol Wilding on behalf of The T ...
Seen, heard, happening . . .
. . . at Queen's Park, across Ontario and elsewhere. * A Conservative government would allow Ontario corner stores to sell beer, wine and liquor, Tory leader Tim Hudak said Tuesday. He said the government should allow ...
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