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Ontario MP Marilyn Gladu has left the Conservative caucus to join Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals, pushing them closer to a majority government. 

Ontario is planning to extend workplace safety and insurance coverage to health-care and support workers in privately run retirement homes and group homes. 

Ross Perot Jr., the son of the former U.S. presidential candidate of the same name and a senior official at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, called Premier Doug Ford a “great salesman” for Ontario after the two met in Texas during a provincial trade mission last week. 

The Ford government launched more than a dozen forensic audits over the last five years, Global News has confirmed, including several probes at the ministry responsible for the controversial skills development fund. 

As the LCBO seeks to distinguish its liquor stores from other alcohol retailers, shoppers can expect to see an increase in the availability of Ontario craft wines and spirits at its outlets and online. 

Calling Premier Doug Ford’s controversial Bill 5 a “dangerously undemocratic” law that gives the government “unconstitutional king-like powers,” a coalition of public interest and environmental groups announced a legal challenge against the use of special economic zones. 

Premier Doug Ford’s controversial changes to access to information laws appear to be hurting his government’s popularity, a new poll suggests. 

A new report suggests that Ontarians are falling behind their American neighbours when it comes to living standards. 

 takes aim at Doug Ford’s latest “attack on democracy:” the decision to replace locally selected leadership with provincially chosen “strong chairs” tasked with advancing the government agenda.

 about how governments are starting to reverse the policies that priced out middle-class homeownership.

A roundup of news and agenda items for Thursday, April 9.

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