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The province is one of only two, including Alberta, that had not reached longer-term deals beyond the program's initial five years.

Education contracts will expire at the end of August, but they've already faltered over technical disagreements between the government about which issues should be negotiated.

Marit Stiles raised questions about the value of a contract the government gave to the company to set-up a portal for teachers to spend up to $750 on equipment for their classroom.

Government source told Global News that trustees in supervised school boards "will not be sworn in" until a board meeting officially takes place.

While the hiatus allowed the government to avoid scrutiny during Question Period, opposition parties say a number of issues have built up over the summer and fall.

The Ford government is planning to run $36 billion in deficits over the next three years, as the province braces for the long-term impact of the trade war with the United States.

Prime Minister Carney will begin the day with a meeting of the Liberal caucus and then with Ontario Premier Doug Ford, his office said in his itinerary on Wednesday.

A former member of Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cabinet who resigned his post over an expenses scandal is defending his recent promotion. 

In early October, the province sounded the alarm about six private career colleges and accused them of taking advantage the OSAP program.

Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra is urging parents not to pull their kids out of school for sports tournaments next year, when new attendance rules begin.

The Liberals alleged Wednesday that cabinet ministers attended the campus opening of one of the suspected colleges mere months after the school was probed by government inspectors.

Career Colleges Ontario is urging Queen's Park to reinstate financial aid for career college students who were already approved for funds and are actively attending classes.

Ontario's colleges and universities ministry is alleging it could not "reliably determine bona fide studies" at two of the career colleges it barred from student financial aid.

The government said investigators "gathered information and interviewed individuals" at the unnamed career colleges and suggested it plans to widen the inspections.

New attendance rules kick in next academic year, when attendance and participation will make up either 10 or 15 per cent of a final mark for students, depending on the grade.

More than 500 private career colleges are scrambling to assess their options after the Ford government cut off their eligibility for student loans

The Ontario Liberals are asking the auditor general to investigate provincial student financial aid spending at private career colleges.

At the same time, Peter Bethlenfalvy is also warning taxpayers that service cuts could be on the horizon if Ottawa scales back financial transfers in the upcoming federal budget. 

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario's board of directors will soon implement several changes to the practice of prescribing safer supply.

On Sunday, the Ontario School Board Council of Unions, a part of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, announced it would hold a strike vote in November.