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Sources say Navdeep Bains being courted to enter Ontario Liberal leadership race. 

Ontario’s premier and solicitor general have vowed to figure out how the province’s jails improperly released more than 100 inmates over several years. 

Critics say it is “incredible” that the Ford government has overseen the accidental release of more than 150 jail inmates over the past five years, claiming it casts doubt on their promise to be tough on crime. 

Representatives from Animal Justice testified before the Standing Committee on Justice Policy Wednesday afternoon, in support of provisions to Bill 75 that would end the use of dogs and cats in invasive experiments in Ontario. 

The Ontario government rejected a program that would have helped 21 high school graduates learn trades at Toronto’s transit system using a boilerplate letter with little explanation. 

Ontario has committed $125 million for a world-class training facility for mine rescue and emergency responders in Sudbury. The new site will offer high-angle, fire, hazmat and confined space training and is expected to open in 2029. 

Major changes to Canada's asylum system passed into law this year were first sought by the federal immigration minister in 2024 — but the Trudeau government largely did not act on them. 

 about what having a majority government means for Canada.

And The Globe and Mail’s Editorial Board

 wonders if municipality run grocery stores would only harm local businesses instead of helping people save.

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