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End oil’s free ride but lower HST
In the second instalment of his open letter to the Premier, Bryne Purchase offers some advice about funding essential transportation infrastructure. ...
Teacher education changes make sense
Education Minister Liz Sandals’ proposed changes will improve on Ontario’s already high-quality teacher education programming, writes Tony Dean. ...
Broten gives corporate Canada a needed nudge
The women’s issues minister hit a home run in announcing that she is working with the Ontario Securities Commission to get more women on corporate boards and into executive roles, Tony Dean writes. ...
And the week isn’t even over yet
Tony Dean writes that it has been another good week for Premier Kathleen Wynne's Liberals, for all sorts of reasons. ...
The 10 principles of highly effective premiers
Most humbly and respectfully, Bryne Purchase draws on his experience studying and working in government to offer some advice to Premier Kathleen Wynne. ...
Wynne humble on the high road as rivals stumble
Somewhere along the way, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath lost the plot while wresting concessions out of the minority Liberal government, Tony Dean writes. ...
Paul Godfrey’s departure from OLG was a safe bet
The government would have anticipated the mass resignation of the OLG's board of directors as well, Tony Dean writes. ...
Revenue, restoring trust and just how much to reveal
Legislators should move to standardize the revenue forecast methodology and have it independently verified, Bryne Purchase writes. ...
Social entrepreneurs deserve support in new approaches
Social innovators are moving faster than governments in developing new solutions to social and economic challenges, writes Tony Dean. ...
Transformation vital to protect public services
The Wynne administration’s first budget found a solid balance between fiscal prudence and a desire to sustain high-quality public services, writes Tony Dean. ...
Hocus pocus, the budget’s goal is to refocus
Behind the smoke and mirrors of this week's budget, the real work of rebranding the Liberals at Queen’s Park is continuing, writes Bryne Purchase. ...
Unanswered questions linger after auditor’s report
The electricity policy of successive administrations at Queen’s Park resembles a train wreck in slow motion, writes Bryne Purchase. ...
A warts-and-all look at alternative service delivery
A new report called Public Sector Problems, Private Sector Solutions offers a sophisticated appraisal of how alternative service delivery might offer solutions in Ontario, Tony Dean writes. ...
A timely warning about precarious work
Tony Dean writes that his work with an expert advisory panel on health and safety showed we are all just a short step removed from sometimes brutal workplace exploitation. ...
As budget nears, ministries know tough road lies ahead
The over-riding assumption in budget preparations is that any new government spending will have to be accommodated from savings within the existing fiscal framework, Tony Dean writes. ...
Notes from a short but interesting week
Tony Dean writes that it was great to see Dalton McGuinty back in the legislature Wednesday as a couple of government confidence motions passed handily with support from the NDP. ...
The pros and cons of fewer ministries
Tony Dean points out that Tory Leader Tim Hudak's proposal to trim the number of ministries by a third isn't as radical as it seems. ...
The art of being a deputy minister
There are 29 deputy ministers in Ontario’s Public Service. Little is known about these jobs outside government but they are among the most complex in the country. ...
Wynne leans toward collaboration
Tony Dean says the Premier has emphasized her intention to run a more collaborative style of government and she seems to be good to her word. ...
Reinvent government? Certainly
Tony Dean says he's all ears when senior political leaders start talking about reassessing the role of government in the context of sweeping changes in our economy and society. ...
Wynne turns the page
Ontario’s new premier, Kathleen Wynne, is having some early success in bringing a fresh face and different style to the province’s top political job. ...
Tony Dean: Wynne assumes control
Kathleen Wynne continues to assume the mantle of Premier, making herself widely available to the media in an effort to demonstrate a fresh and more inclusive approach to leadership. ...
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