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Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s controversial Greenbelt land swaps felled another cabinet minister Wednesday, with Kaleed Rasheed resigning after news reports raised questions about his connections to a developer. Ford’s office said Wednesday afternoon that the premier and Rasheed agreed that he would resign as minister of public and business service …
Read More »Multiple government websites down across Canada, cyberattacks blamed for 2
Government websites in four provinces and territories were shut down Thursday, with at least two jurisdictions blaming cyberattacks for their outages. Websites for Yukon, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and Nunavut were all inaccessible throughout the day. P.E.I. and Yukon said cyberattacks were behind their shutdowns. “At midnight on Sept. 14, …
Read More »Ford government begins return of Ajax land listed for sale to Greenbelt
The Ford government says it has started the process to return a parcel of land to the Greenbelt after its owners listed it for sale. Former Greenbelt lands located around Kingston Road and Highway 401 were listed for sale earlier in August, with a plan to take bids in September. …
Read More »Anger growing over lack of government support for Toronto asylum seekers – Toronto
It’s been weeks since church groups stepped in to provide shelter for dozens of refugees left on the concrete outside a Toronto homeless intake centre, but anger is growing as their resources are stretched thin. Revivaltime Tabernacle is one of the Black-led churches providing shelter for the refugees. When it …
Read More »Ontario government adds $160 million to skills training funding
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 25, 2023 6:54 am Updated August 25, 2023 10:32 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario is set to put $160 million toward skills training programs, prioritizing help for people on social assistance and people with criminal records. Labour Minister …
Read More »Ontario’s Supercrawl to absorb shortfalls in funding amid increasing demand for government grants
A successful southern Ontario art crawl, which draws as many as 250,000 people in a weekend, will have to run its 2023 event with less financial help from two levels of government. Supercrawl, which turns Hamilton’s downtown into a music and arts festival every September, is set to run with …
Read More »RCMP looking into the Ford government Greenbelt controversy
The RCMP has confirmed that it is looking into the Ford government’s Greenbelt land swap controversy after the matter was referred to them by Ontario Provincial Police. The RCMP initially issued a statement which said they were asked to “investigate irregularities in the disposition of the Greenbelt surrounding Toronto” by …
Read More »Timeline: How the Ford government decided which land to remove from the Greenbelt
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has acknowledged mistakes were made in deciding to remove 7,400 acres of protected land from the Greenbelt, in the wake of a blistering report from the province’s auditor general investigating his government’s handling of the whole affair. Speaking after the report — which said developers with …
Read More »Bad press prompted Metrolinx CEO to complain about government control
As the Ford government faces questions about the muzzling of Metrolinx, Global News can reveal how escalating internal concerns over public perception drove the agency’s CEO to vent his frustrations with top staffers at Queen’s Park. As Global News first reported, the provincial government has a firm grip on how …
Read More »Metrolinx CEO complains to Ford government over direct control
Communications at Metrolinx appear to be under the direct control of the Ford government leading to deep internal frustration and “lost credibility” at the provincial transit agency, according to an internal email obtained by Global News. The email, sent by Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster to Premier Doug Ford‘s chief of …
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