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The Ford government is facing fresh questions over its plans to redevelop Ontario Place after new documents suggest the province considered filling in a portion of Lake Ontario to create a new development space. Internal government documents obtained by the Ontario NDP and provided to Global News refer to “Phase …
Read More »Ford government proposed ban on tolls without waiting for results of internal study
Recently proposed legislation to ban new tolls on Ontario’s roads was drawn up before staff with the provincial government could finish studying the pros and cons of charging drivers to use certain routes, internal notes suggest. New documents obtained by Global News through freedom of information laws indicate the province …
Read More »Ford shut down internal push to raise university, college tuition: Docs
Ontario Premier Doug Ford shut down internal recommendations to raise tuition rates for college and university students, Global News has learned, as the post-secondary sector deals with financial upheaval and questions about future viability. Confidential government documents, leaked to Global News, reveal that the Ministry of College and Universities was …
Read More »‘Freedom Convoy’ trial: Defence continues fight for internal police documents
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 27, 2023 7:41 am Updated October 27, 2023 7:53 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size The lawyers for two “Freedom Convoy” organizers are expected to continue their legal fight for access to internal Ottawa Police Service documents Friday. Tamara Lich …
Read More »Markham library apologizes after internal memo considered suspension of Islamic displays – Toronto
A Toronto-area public library has apologized after a controversial plan to suspend Islamic History Month displays amid the Israel-Hamas conflict was made public. The CEO of Markham Public Library issued a public apology on Tuesday after an internal email was shared on social media by a prominent Islamic group in …
Read More »Behind the curtain of MZOs: Emails show internal concerns raised about the process
Toward the end of November 2021, a potential problem came across the desk of Region of Peel Chief Administrative Officer Janice Baker. It was a request from Burlington-based Argo Development Corp., asking the City of Brampton to table a motion asking for a Minister’s Zoning Order — or MZO — …
Read More »Read in full: The internal Ford government docs that admit impact of Bill 124
A Ministry of Health presentation prepared for Sylvia Jones admitted that Bill 124 was affecting retention of health-care workers in Ontario. The document was obtained by Global News through a freedom of information request. It was contained inside a transition binder prepared for Jones when she took office in 2022. …
Read More »Ottawa police launch internal investigation after inquiry hears of leaks to convoy
The interim chief of the Ottawa Police Service says the force has opened an internal investigation into a report of police information being leaked to organizers of last winter’s Freedom Convoy protest by officers sympathetic to their cause. “The information that was presented yesterday at the Emergencies Act inquiry was net-new …
Read More »Facebook Whistleblower Explains Why She Made Internal Documents Public
A deeper investigation into Facebook’s lack of controls to prevent misinformation and abuse in languages other than English is likely to leave people “even more shocked” about the potential harms caused by the social media firm, whistleblower Frances Haugen told Reuters. Haugen, a former product manager at Meta Platforms Inc’s …
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