Tag Archives: Ontario politics

Ontario’s finance minister says he has not been contacted by the RCMP in its ongoing Greenbelt investigation but insists he is an “open book” if detectives want to sit down with him. Last week, Premier Doug Ford’s office said current and former staffers were being interviewed by the Mounties “as …

Goodyear Canada is planning to spend more than $575 million to expand and modernize an eastern Ontario plant to produce electric vehicle and all-terrain tires and make its processes more energy efficient. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Doug Ford were on hand for an announcement Monday at the factory …

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles is blaming the party’s collective agreement with its unionized workforce after an employee who filed a sexual harassment complaint against a sitting MPP was terminated by the New Democrats even after the party verified the claim. Shortly after Stiles took over as NDP leader in …

Ontario is set to dramatically ramp up its enforcement capabilities when beer, wine and ready-to-drink beverages hit corner stores in less than a month’s time. So far, the Alcohol Gaming and Commission of Ontario has granted licenses to just over half the province’s convenience stores. The agency told Global News …

In early 2023, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his government were closing in on a framework to greenlight the sale of beer, wine and pre-mixed drinks in convenience and grocery stores across the province, finally delivering a years’ old promise. As the policy took shape, officials reached out to stakeholders …

An Ontario NDP constituency assistant fired by the party after her boss was removed from caucus for allegedly sexually harassing her was unreasonably let go, according to an employment arbitrator. In a decision released on Thursday, an arbitrator found that an assistant who was let go from former NDP MPP …

The leaders of Ontario’s largest cities are calling on the provincial government to appoint a cabinet minister to manage a provincewide response to a growing trend of homelessness and a number of encampments they say have reached crisis levels. Launching a new campaign at Queen’s Park on Thursday, Ontario’s Big …

Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says the city is facing a “financial crisis” that raises the spectre of tax hikes and service cuts, alleging the city has been treated unfairly on issues of taxes and transit by the federal and provincial governments. In a press conference Thursday, Sutcliffe called it an …

It was a set of recommendations to ensure that the Greenbelt scandal, a controversial chapter in Ontario’s political history, would never happen again. A detailed investigation by Ontario’s auditor general into the government’s decision to remove 15 parcels of protected land from the Greenbelt resulted in 15 recommendations for systems-wide …

When Ontario Premier Doug Ford refused to rule out an early election at a news conference in late May, he started whispers that bounced through the now-empty corridors of Queen’s Park. Staffers drafting legislation and regulations wondered if their work would see the light of day and MPPs started to …