Canada’s premiers are gathering today for a three-day meeting at Deerhurst Resort in Ontario’s cottage country. First up on the agenda: talks with Indigenous leaders. But trade and tariffs are expected to dominate when the premiers sit down with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday. The Canadian Press reports.
The Ford government is calling out Ontario’s towns and cities for sitting on a reported $10 billion in unspent development charges. That’s money collected from developers to help cover the cost of building homes, and the province says it should be used now to ease the housing crisis. Global News reports.
Inside the Ontario Liberal Party, tensions are flaring. Bonnie Crombie’s critics say the party needs a new leader before the next election, while her supporters warn that jumping into another leadership race this summer would do more harm than good… The Star explains.