QP Briefing

The Ford government is set to allow retailers across the province to open their doors to shoppers on Family Day and Victoria Day, after the premier expressed frustration about major malls being closed on provincial holidays. 

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is refusing to say whether school board trustees will be on the ballot when people across the province vote in municipal elections this coming fall. 

The province is “reviewing its options” in the wake of the stunning resignation of Niagara Region chair Bob Gale over his autographed copy of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf.” 

A Toronto-area mayor has used powers handed to him by the Ford government to veto a council decision that would have allowed four units as-of-right in his city, suggesting the change would have put undue stress on transport networks and parking. 

Ontario must make entering the teaching profession more attractive to skilled tradespeople if it hopes to address a long-standing shortage of technological education teachers and ultimately get more students into the trades, a teachers organization says. 

The path across the aisle is often a precarious one for members of Parliament and few who switch parties make it through the next election. 

 showing how rare it is for floor-crossers to survive the next election.

 about Doug Ford’s infrastructure plans for Toronto’s waterfront.

 makes the case that Toronto has worse problems right now than the Billy Bishop airport.

 compared Canada’s and Alabama’s GDP per capita, and Canadians won’t like the results.

A roundup of news and agenda items for Friday, March 13.

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