The Ontario NDP is considering a fresh complaint to the province’s integrity commissioner after the Progressive Conservative Party directed government ministers to hold a series […]
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Ontario tables law banning supervised consumption sites, saying there will be no more
The Ford government has tabled omnibus legislation that will ban supervised consumption sites near schools or child care centres and force municipalities to ask the […]
Ontario cabinet ministers given fundraising targets ahead of potential early election
Progressive Conservative cabinet ministers have been given minimum targets for fundraisers in 2024, Global News has learned, as the party pivots for a potential early […]
Ontario battle over tax cuts begins ahead of potential early election
The issue of tax and affordability could take centre stage in the next provincial election, as parties begin outlining their key strategies ahead of a […]
Doug Ford promised to build a new local train station. Metrolinx says it’s a bad idea
A Ford government plan to build a new GO station beside a marquee development in Mississauga, first announced last year, disregarded advice from the province’s own […]
Hospitalizations and death: Ontario’s internal warnings over supervised consumption site ban
The Ford government’s impending ban on supervised consumption sites in Ontario could result in increased emergency department usage, more overdoses and even death, according to […]
Ontario testing changes to controversial LTC law after issues with cultural homes
The Ford government is trialling changes to a controversial long-term care law that allowed the province to place people into homes they hadn’t chosen, a […]
Attainable housing program stalled despite Ontario choosing ‘demonstration sites’
Two years after the Ford government tasked one of its agencies with offering strategic advice on an attainable housing program to quickly build new units […]
Overall auto theft declining but violent attempts to steal cars are up: Ontario minister
Ontario’s recently appointed minister responsible for dealing with the province’s auto theft crisis says the government is seeing early indications the number of vehicles being […]
Ontario focusing province-wide school board audits on ‘frivolous’ trip spending
The Ford government is shifting the focus of bi-annual audits it plans to impose on school boards across the province to include a specific look […]