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After Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives were swept into office in June 2018, ending 15 years of Liberal rule, newly minted Premier Doug Ford provided his cabinet ministers a new north star. He would run a government defined by ethics, accountability and a province that was strictly “for the people.” In a …
Read More »Manitoba premier expected to call provincial election Tuesday – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba politicians are set to hit the campaign trail, with Premier Heather Stefanson expected to call an election Tuesday. Stefanson, whose Progressive Conservatives are seeking a third consecutive majority government, became the province’s 24th premier in November 2021 — the first woman …
Read More »Premier Doug Ford supports housing minister after scathing Greenbelt report
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 31, 2023 10:23 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford has doubled down on his Greenbelt plan and is standing by his embattled housing minister. Ford says Housing Minister Steve Clark has a tough job …
Read More »Manitoba premier blames politics, union for Crown corporation strike – Winnipeg
Workers at Manitoba’s auto insurance Crown corporation went on strike Monday, as Premier Heather Stefanson criticized union leaders for rejecting a wage offer. About 1,700 workers at Manitoba Public Insurance walked off the job after negotiations on a new collective agreement stalled. Picket lines were set up at MPI offices across the province …
Read More »Premier Ford threatens to revert land to Greenbelt after 104 acres put up for sale
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is considering returning two parcels of land into the Greenbelt after the development company that owns the land put it up for sale. In a statement early Tuesday, the Premier’s Office said it recently learned that the owner of 765 and 775 Kingston Rd. E., in …
Read More »Premier Ford stands by housing minister in ongoing Ontario Greenbelt scandal
Ontario Premier Doug Ford scoffed at suggestions his government’s controversial Greenbelt land swap amounted to corruption as he addressed reporters for the first time since a high profile resignation over the growing scandal. During an 18-minute news conference outside his Queen’s Park office, the premier also denied any knowledge of …
Read More »Permanent emergency response team needed, B.C. Premier David Eby says
B.C.’s top elected official, Premier David Eby, took a tour in West Kelowna to see the wildfire devastation first-hand and talk to local officials and evacuees. He joined the Global BC News Morning show to talk about the tour in a live interview Wednesday morning. “There were a couple of …
Read More »‘No transparency’: Premier Doug Ford faces questions over use of personal phone
As Ontario Premier Doug Ford sat down for a fireside chat at Toronto’s Empire Club in June, he gestured to a bank of broadcast television cameras in the back of the room and briefly paused to consider what he was about to say. “Is this live on TV?” Ford asked, …
Read More »Manitoba premier to recognize Mounties with Order of the Buffalo Hunt – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Premier Heather Stefanson has awarded one of Manitoba’s highest honours to the RCMP on the police agency’s 150th anniversary. Stefanson, alongside Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen, announced Wednesday that Manitoba’s “D” Division RCMP officers and civilian staff — past and present — have …
Read More »Ontario Premier Doug Ford to vote for Mark Saunders in Toronto mayoral byelection
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he will vote for Mark Saunders in Toronto’s upcoming mayoral byelection, but maintains he is staying out of the race. Ford recently put up a sign for Saunders, the city’s former police chief, on his lawn. “I’ve always said I’m staying out of the race …
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