QP Briefing

The province will take control of Toronto's stake in the island airport, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday. 

The federal government will spend $228.8 million over the next three years to help Ontario workers in industries hit hard by U.S. tariffs acquire new skills and adapt to the trade war disruption. 

Ontario's finance minister is set to table the provincial budget on March 26 and he is signalling a focus on mitigating economic risks by spending on innovation, competitiveness and infrastructure. 

Recent charges to the student loan program in Ontario are concerning for the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) and the Canadian Nursing Students’ Association (CNSA), representing nurses and nursing students, respectively. They say impacts will lead to financial barriers and future work shortages. 

The Ford government has confirmed it is amalgamating Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities into just nine, a move critics fear will reduce key environmental protections and the government argues is necessary to provide “more consistent services.” 

Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says no ransom was paid following a cyberbreach that the opposition claims leaked personal health data for at least 200,000 homecare patients. 

And some sad news: Wiarton Willie, Ontario's beloved weather-prognosticating groundhog, has died. 

Konrad Yakabuski writes in The Globe and Mail about

 what would the best course be, financially, for governments in these times of uncertainty, especially as debt rises.

 wonders if souped-up shipping containers could be the answer to solve food insecurity.

A roundup of news and agenda items for Wednesday, March 11.

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