Tag Archives: Ontario politics

As claustrophobic congestion on Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway worsens with years-long lane closures to accommodate road repairs, Ontario’s minister of transportation is suggesting around-the-clock construction could dramatically shorten the time frame. Parts of the Gardiner, between Dufferin Street and Strachan Avenue, have been reduced by one lane in each direction for …

The Ford government is telling the province’s largest school board it has to work out a solution to its financial hole, as trustees threaten wide-ranging cuts to key services will be necessary without help. As it plans its annual financial plan, the Toronto District School Board has said it is …

Opponents of Highway 413 say the “battle is not over” after a deal between the federal and provincial governments was reached to allow construction of the project to get underway. On Monday, the Trudeau and Ford governments announced they had come to an agreement that means work on the 52-kilometre …

The Ford and Trudeau governments have announced a joint agreement that will allow Ontario to begin working to build its signature Highway 413 on the western edge of the Greater Toronto Area. After a years-long battle with the Trudeau government over environmental assessments related to the controversial project, the federal …

The Ford government is exploring options on how to bring nurse practitioners into the public healthcare system as service providers similar to doctors, Global News has learned, as the province deals with increased complaints of fee-based clinics that have popped up across Ontario. Government sources told Global News that Ontario …

As transit routes in Toronto experienced a wave of violence in early 2023, a long-established plan to equip GO Transit fare inspectors with body-worn cameras was suddenly halted, after the Ford government ordered Metrolinx to pause the safety-focused plan. The provincial transit agency began planning to offer some of its …

A majority of Ontarians rank the cost of living as a more pressing concern higher than protecting the environment, according to a new poll. It also suggests that a plurality of residents are willing to dump the Trudeau government’s carbon emission pricing regime even if it means giving up the …

The Ford government has unveiled a new omnibus bill focused on streamlining home building and approvals in the province. The new Cutting Red Tape to Build More Housing Act includes a reduction in the amount of parking developers need to build, special rules to fast-track the construction of student accommodation …

Ontario will support an opposition bill to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic in the province, Government House Leader Paul Calandra said Wednesday, reversing an earlier rejection of the idea. Calandra said the Progressive Conservative government will ask the justice committee to thoroughly examine intimate partner violence and return with …

Ontario Premier Doug Ford was given an unusual gift as he arrived at the provincial legislature for question period: a can of gravy that critics say represents the ballooning costs of the premier’s office. As first reported by Global News, the Premier’s Office under Ford has grown in size and …