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Your morning briefing

Your morning briefing for Wednesday, November 20. ...

Allowing employers to require sick notes and scrapping paid sick days leads to more sick people, medical professionals and studies say

Health workers say more people will go to work sick instead of going through the hassle of getting a sick note — potentially infecting their coworkers. ...

Your Question Period Briefing: $231 million

What was asked and answered in question period on Tuesday, Nov. 19. ...

Government plans to extend bottled water moratorium for nine additional months

The extra time will be used to further study source water impacts. ...

Your morning briefing

Your morning briefing for Tuesday, November 19. ...

Your Question Period Briefing: State of the union talks

What was asked and answered in question period on Monday, November 18. ...

Education minister calls for mediation, says it’s the ‘best pathway to get a deal’

This comes as high school teachers vote in favour of strike action if talks fail, but the union says it's not announcing job action just yet. ...

Attorney General’s judicial appointments revamp would likely lead to more judges with party ties, expert says

The government has come under fire several times for appointing friends and relatives to patronage posts, often with lush compensation. ...

Your morning briefing

Your roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, Nov. 18. ...

The QP Briefing Podcast: With special guest Kate Graham

Graham, who lives in London, Ont., is running to be the next leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. ...

Review of property taxes coming soon as municipalities look for ‘flexibility’, Ontario finance minister says

"Municipalities have raised with us a number of issues around assessment in terms of some more flexibility," Rod Phillips said. ...

Liberal leadership race heats up with new proposals and announcements

Candidates agreed that the post-federal election period has marked a new phase. ...

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 15. ...

In Brief: Letters from Schreiner and Hillier, and MacLeod goes Hollywood

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

Ford government cut transit spending by 40 per cent, provincial watchdog finds

Half of the cut comes from the PCs' assumption that 17 per cent of planned spending won't be spent — though the amout set aside for transit is 24 per cent. ...

Elementary teachers prepare to launch work-to-rule job action on Nov. 26

The union says it will target ministry and school board activities, but the government says this will hurt students. ...

Your morning briefing

Your morning briefing for Thursday, November 14. ...

High school teachers’ union says it won’t begin job action on Monday

Five-days notice would be needed for any job action. ...

Harris: National unity is the third rail of Canadian politics

But Ontario still has a role to play in promoting it, columnist Kelly Harris writes. ...

Province invests in virtual medical visits to lighten load of overcrowded hospitals

The announcement follows the layoff of nine executives as part of the consolidation of Local Health Integration Networks into Ontario Health. ...

Your morning briefing

Your morning briefing for Wednesday, November 13. ...

Critics say government is watering down climate change commitment, opening door to sprawl in new proposal

Environmental and urbanism advocates say looser language in the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing's Statement of Environmental Values could lead to "wild west" for developers. ...

Stephen Blais urges premier to call byelection for Orléans ‘as soon as possible’

Blais was nominated as the Liberal candidate for Orléans on Saturday. ...

Head of OMA concerned about ‘fair process’ as government cracks down on doctor OHIP billing

OMA President Dr. Sohail Gandhi said he supports transparency in doctors' billing, but that the government's plan is "extreme." ...

Your morning briefing

Your morning briefing for Tuesday, November 12. ...

Your Remembrance Day briefing

Your roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, Nov. 11. ...

The QP Briefing Podcast: Welcoming iPolitics’ Victoria Gibson

We discuss the recent Fall Economic Statement and the provincial deficit. ...

Ford government caps public sector wage increases at 1 per cent; unions pledge to challenge law in court

The bill has a "good chance" of surviving a challenge, according to Kevin Banks, a Queen's University law professor and collective bargaining expert. ...

Milloy: The case for why publicly-funded Catholic schools work

Columnist John Milloy argues that the Catholic system is performing well, and energy should be put into improving rather than abolishing it. ...

NDP blasts government for job losses in manufacturing

The government pointed to initiatives that it says will help continue to grow the economy. ...

Funding Portal: Who got funded — Week of November 4

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

Who’s lobbying for whom

New, renewed and amended registrations for Nov. 1–8 ...

Your morning briefing

Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Friday, Nov. 8. ...

Union looking to organize Ontario cannabis workers argues province in violation of Charter

The province classifies many cannabis workers as agricultural workers, which means they aren't covered by the Labour Relations Act. ...

Your Question Period Briefing: Lest we forget

What was asked and answered in question period on Thursday, Nov. 7. ...

FES 2019: How stakeholders reacted to the 200-page document

The elementary teachers' union, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and Liberal leadership contenders all weighed in on the FES. ...

Coteau finds all-party support for motion that pushes back against Bill 21

Support for the non-binding motion represents a rare moment of unanimity. ...

Your morning briefing

Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, Nov. 7. ...

FES 2019: A sector-by-sector look at the impact of the Fall Economic Statement

Everything you need to know about the 2019 Fall Economic Statement. ...

FES 2019: Deficit grows since last year, government adds $341 million in new spending since budget

Finance Minister Rod Phillips promised in October that his government would beat its deficit target of $10.3 billion by 2019-20 — but the deficit has been substantially lower than that figure since at least March. ...