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As a legislative committee met at Queen’s Park to study a government bill that would significantly water down the role of school board trustees, Education Minister Paul Calandra began grilling union leaders about his own legislation, leading to criticism that he was “rude,” “disrespectful,” and “inappropriate.” On Monday, MPPs began …

Ontario is investing $1.1 billion more in home health care as it grapples with the reality that it is unlikely to achieve its goal of building 58,000 new long-term care beds by 2028. The funding boost for home care is part of Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy’s 2026 budget that projects …

Lawyers for the Ontario government and Doug Ford say a landmark decision from the province’s transparency watchdog ordering the premier to potentially release calls on his personal cellphone is a “make-work project” that entertained irrelevant and unreliable evidence. On Wednesday, a panel of three Ontario judges heard a request by …

After a bruising week for the Ford government and its fundraising targets, with a transportation group apparently buying tickets to a Progressive Conservative event to get the attention of a minister, an advocate is calling for donation limits to be dramatically lowered to avoid future controversy. On Monday, Global News …

Doug Ford’s tunnelled highway plan will likely cost tens of billions of dollars and be hugely complicated, experts and advocates say. On Wednesday morning, Ford unveiled his plan to commission a thus-far-uncosted feasibility study to work out how to tunnel a new expressway beneath the gridlocked lanes of Highway 401, …

Premier Doug Ford has rarely been shy in his view that people receiving state support like Ontario Works should be looking for “gainful employment” but comments he made on Monday, and repeated Tuesday, represent a shift in tone for some critics. At an unrelated event in Coburg, Ont., on Monday, …

In the face of early election speculation, Ontario’s finance minister insists the Ford government’s decision to shell out $225 million to supercharge its timeline for beer and wine in convenience stores is about honouring a longstanding commitment, not future ballots. During the spring, the province announced it was paying up …

On Jan. 9, 2023, the relative of a Richmond Hill man accused of assault, choking and breaking the terms of his probation among a total of 13 offences paid down $1,000 for a new commitment — a promise the man would follow strict rules in exchange for temporary freedom. They …

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is “ramping up” relations with American governors and senators ahead of the U.S. presidential election and crucial renegotiations of the North American free trade deal. Speaking at the Toronto Region Board of Trade on Thursday, Ford indicated that his government is trying to get ahead of …

There were cheers among some segments of the population when Ontario brought back cursive writing in 2023 as some were aghast that kids would not be able to sign a check or mail a letter to a loved one. The province also announced in May that it was bringing back …