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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is taking a trip to Texas next week, and packing his pro-trade and anti-tariff messages with him. 

Ontario’s government is turning to the private sector to launch a $4-billion investment fund aimed at shoring up key sectors against economic turmoil, seeking to team up with an established investment manager that would put the money to work. 

The provincial supervisor at the Toronto Catholic board has announced a first round of budget cuts that target international language instruction and a reading support program for young students, as well as busing changes that will force some elementary schools to alter their timetables. 

Make way for the Nate juggernaut. That’s the message from the apparent front-runner in the Ontario Liberal leadership race to rivals hotly contesting the party’s nomination in Scarborough Southwest. 

High Art Capital, a $1.3-billion government-backed condominium investment fund, is set to become a top beneficiary of Ontario’s proposed sales tax break for investors who buy units for rental. 

One year after the Ford government tabled its first “Protect Ontario” budget, the province is offering a conflicting view of the impact of United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs. 

The Ontario government is budgeting on a housing resale market rebound this coming year, with its new fiscal plan counting on more homes changing hands and hundreds of millions of dollars more revenue from land transfer taxes. 

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is supporting a ruling this week by the International Olympic Committee that bans transgender women from women's sports at the Games. 

What do conservation authorities, a downtown Toronto parking lot and freedom-of-information requests have in common? On the face of it, nothing – but provincial legislative changes are coming to all three, and they are jammed into an omnibus budget bill tabled Thursday by Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy. 

The province continues to help people pay for their electricity usage, even when they don’t need the help. Why? 

With the easy part over, newly minted NDP Leader Avi Lewis knows his real challenge is just beginning. 

A roundup of news and agenda items for Monday, March 30.

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