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• Cambridge MPP booted from PC caucus after voting against pandemic emergency powers bill

  Belinda Karahalios voted against a government bill that grants it powers to extend or amend some emergency orders a month at a time, for up to two years.

  Politics

  Jul 21, 2020
• Ontario Liberals win provincial byelections in Ottawa-Vanier, Orléans

  Stephen Blais won Orléans for the Ontario Liberal Party, while Lucille Collard took Ottawa-Vanier.

  Politics

  Feb 28, 2020
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• Ontario PCs hold annual policy convention amid union protests

  Protesters waving flags and placards filled the streets outside of a convention centre in Niagara Falls where the Tory policy gathering is taking place to begin development of Premier Doug Ford's re-election platform.

  Politics

  Feb 22, 2020
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• Ontario PC Party VP calls upcoming policy convention a ‘glorified pep rally’

  The letter comes at a time when Premier Doug Ford and the Ontario PC Party are trying to convey an image of unity in the face of a growing backlash to government policy.

  Politics

  Feb 19, 2020
• Ex-PC MPP Amanda Simard joining Ontario Liberal Party

  Amanda Simard, who represents the eastern Ontario riding of Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, left the Ontario PC caucus in November 2018

  Politics

  Jan 16, 2020
• Ontario government making appointments process more transparent: House leader

  Government House Leader Paul Calandra says the changes will include enhanced conflict of interest assessments and referral of some appointments to the integrity commissioner for review.

  Canada

  Oct 30, 2019
• Ontario government to introduce new animal welfare legislation

  Sylvia Jones says the bill - dubbed the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act - will include a number of new criminal offences that prohibit animal cruelty.

  Politics

  Oct 29, 2019
• Ontario government proposes letting airport bars serve alcohol 24 hours a day

  The proposed loosened alcohol restrictions are among dozens of measures in a bill tabled today to ease red tape and regulations.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2019
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• Ontario government walks back plan to expand high school class sizes

  Stephen Lecce says the government will scale the funded average class sizes back to 25 from the 28 it has been proposing for months.

  Education

  Oct 24, 2019
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• Green Party leader Schreiner says appointment process in Ontario government should focus on merit

  Mike Schreiner says the process should include the need for merit-based selection, which the current system does not spell out except for adjudicative tribunals appointments.

  Politics

  Jul 31, 2019