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Your Question Period Briefing: ‘Alabama style’

What was asked and answered in question period on Tuesday, Dec. 3. ...

Auditor general’s report will highlight environmental and long-term care issues

The opposition said the government should take ownership of the findings instead of blaming the previous government. ...

Your morning briefing

Your morning QP briefing for Tuesday, December 3. ...

OSSTF president calls talks ‘entirely unproductive’ as Tuesday midnight strike deadline looms

Education Minister Stephen Lecce said "kids should be in class on Wednesday." ...

Your Question Period Briefing: Remembering Richard Allen

What was asked and answered in question period on Monday, December 2. ...

COF 2019: Premiers ask Ottawa for more health-care money, opt-out ability from national pharmacare

Premier Doug Ford hosted Canada's provincial and territorial leaders in Mississauga to form a list of asks for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. ...

COF 2019: Premiers gather in Toronto to present united front to Ottawa

Ahead of the meeting, Ford, Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe and New Brunswick premier Blaine Higgs committed to collaborate on nuclear reactor technology. ...

Your morning briefing

Your roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, December 2. ...

The QP Briefing Podcast: Welcoming Education Minister Stephen Lecce

Lecce talks about his new portfolio and the ongoing education sector labour negotiations. ...

COF 2019: Previewing Ontario’s issues at Monday’s meeting of the premiers

Premier Doug Ford will try to use his new tone to position himself as a national unifier. ...

Hundreds demand ‘real action’ on climate change in youth-led Queen’s Park protest

"I want there to be a place for me in the future, and for my children, and my children's children," 17-year-old Sarah Thurston said. ...

Hutton: Why teachers shouldn’t have the right to strike

Columnist Deb Hutton makes the case that removing the right to strike from teachers would be a win-win. ...

Funding Portal: Who got funded — Week of November 18

Each week, the Funding Portal crunches the numbers on who got funding from where. ...

Who’s lobbying for whom

A list of new, renewed and amended registrations with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner. ...

Your morning briefing

Your morning briefing for Friday, November 29. ...

Your Question Period Briefing: ‘Another chance’

What was asked and answered in question period on Thursday, November 28. ...

Premier Ford expresses openness to provincial Vision Zero strategy

It marked Ford's first comments as premier on the issue of pedestrian fatalities. ...

OSSTF will escalate job action with one-day strike if deal isn’t reached in six days

The government maintained that it wants to see kids remain in the classroom. ...

After three days of controversy, energy minister clarifies that he believes climate change is man-made

Following a four-second statement, Energy Minister Greg Rickford fled journalists despite lingering questions on the third day of his climate change controversy. ...

Your morning briefing

Your morning briefing for Thursday, November 28. ...

Your Question Period Briefing: ‘Different points of view’

What was asked and answered in question period on Wednesday, November 27. ...

B.C. beats Ontario to become first province to pass Indigenous rights bill

“You just have to work with us, we’re not red-tape, we’re willing to work together,” says MPP Sol Mamakwa, whose bill on Indigenous rights is at the committee stage. ...

Tarion accepts auditor general’s recommendations, pledges to do better by homebuyers

"I have people who spit on the ground when they say your names," NDP MPP France Gélinas told executive members of Tarion Warranty Corporation. ...

Your morning briefing

Your morning briefing for Wednesday, November 27. ...

‘Our patience is limited,’ head of high school teachers’ union says as work-to-rule campaign kicks off

Negotiations are continuing this week for the two unions that have started job action. ...

Your Question Period Briefing: ‘Poor Andrea’

What was asked and answered in question period on Tuesday, November 26. ...

Young people sue Ford government for rolling back climate-change targets

The suit charges that the government contravened the charter-protected rights to life, liberty and security. ...

NWMO narrows down nuclear waste site list to two finalists

Ignace and South Bruce/Huron-Kinloss are still in the running. ...

Your morning briefing

Your morning briefing for Tuesday, November 26. ...

All parties throw support behind NDP motion calling on Quebec to repeal Bill 21

Premier Doug Ford does not plan to raise the issue of Bill 21 at a meeting with the Quebec premier later this week. ...

‘Red tape’ bill will undermine First Nations consultation rights, Matawa chiefs say

Three Matawa First Nations Management chiefs said they'd like to work with the province on northern development, but Bill 132 will steamroll their concerns. ...

Your Question Period Briefing: Oskee Wee Wee

What was asked and answered in question period on Monday, November 25. ...

In Brief: Liberal leaders locked and loaded, and the first Ontario Health Team

A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...

Your morning briefing

Your roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, Nov. 25. ...

The QP Briefing Podcast: Featuring special guest Harvey Bischof

Bischof is the president of a union that represents high school teachers and education workers. ...

Who’s lobbying for whom

A list of new, renewed and amended registrations with the Office of the Integrity Commissioner. ...

Government rolls out workplace safety incentive program

Companies can choose to opt in for WSIB rebates, depending on workplace safety improvements. ...

Harris: It’s time for the Stop the Gravy Train Act

Columnist Kelly Harris writes that when it comes to scandals like Tarion, it's time to look at the bigger picture. ...

‘A historic day for students’: CFS, campus groups celebrate as fee opt-out policy quashed

Ontario's Divisional Court ruled in a unanimous decision that universities have the right to determine their own fees without government interference. ...

Funding Portal: Who got funded — Week of November 11

Each week, the Funding Portal crunches the numbers on who got funding from where. ...

Your morning briefing

Your morning briefing for Friday, November 22. ...

Education minister partially walks back high school e-learning requirement

The high school teachers' union said this only goes "halfway towards doing the right thing," announces plans to start work-to-rule. ...

Your question period briefing: Up Chedoke Creek without a paddle

What was asked and answered in question period on Nov. 21, 2019. ...

Premier doubles down on wind turbine opposition

The premier was unapologetic about paying a potential $231 million to tear up green energy contracts. ...

Ford promises open market for pot shops, but no updates on beer and wine in corner stores

The Tories have blamed the federal Liberals for the lack of stores, saying there hasn't been enough pot to stock more than the handful that currently exist. ...