Wynne throne speech stresses fiscal restraint, collaboration with Opposition...
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne laid out her plan for the coming months in a throne speech on Tuesday afternoon that stressed fiscal restraint, job creation and co-operation between all parties aimed at...
View ArticleDebate over auto insurance could trigger spring election
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath wants to cut auto-insurance premiums by 15 per cent in the upcoming spring budget. Should the minority Ontario Liberal Party not vote in favour of these cuts, as well as...
View ArticleHudak renews election call over $585M to cancel gas plants
Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak is renewing his calls for a provincial election after Premier Kathleen Wynne refused to apologize for two cancelled GTA gas plants that the public has learned...
View ArticleOntario budget preview: How do you say ‘no’ to ‘yes’?
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath faces one of the most pivotal decisions of her political life once the provincial budget is tabled later Thursday. All indications are that the budget will include...
View ArticleWynne accused of turning a ‘blind eye’ to OPG expenses
NDP leader Andrea Horwath accused Premier Kathleen Wynne of turning a blind eye to high salaries and bonuses at Ontario Power Generation, and passing the cost on to consumers. An auditor-general’s...
View ArticleOntario election campaign likely to get much nastier, experts predict
Despite allegations of corruption, recklessness, dishonesty, and possibly criminal behaviour that have sprouted like noxious weeds on Ontario’s campaign trail, this election has not been especially...
View ArticleOntario party leaders won’t commit to stop full pay for suspended cops
Ontario is the only province paying suspended police officers millions of dollars every year but, despite acknowledging widespread concern, none of the main party leaders is pledging to change the law...
View ArticleImage could make or break provincial leaders at debate
CityNews reporter Cynthia Mulligan speaks with one expert about some of the challenges facing the three provincial party leaders ahead of the debate – including the importance of public perception.
View ArticleOntario Leaders face off in televised debate
With the provincial election in nine days, the leaders of Ontario’s three main political parties stood side-by-side Tuesday evening in the only televised debate of this campaign.
View ArticleParty leaders make final-day pitch to undecided Ontario voters
Ontario’s main party leaders used the final day of the provincial election campaign to make a last pitch to those voters still sitting on the fence. They warned of the economic perils of voting for...
View ArticleOpposition parties team up to pass contempt motion at Queen’s Park
The Progressive Conservatives and NDP teamed up to pass a contempt motion on the Liberals’ controversial cancellation of two GTA power plants. The motion passed by a vote of 53 to 50 Tuesday at...
View ArticlePolitical reaction to McGuinty’s resignation
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced Monday he was stepping down as Liberal party leader and adjourning the legislature. Here are some quotes following the announcement: “Our two governments have...
View ArticleOpposition upset Ont. legislature adjourned until Liberals pick new leader
Premier Dalton McGuinty’s surprise decisions to resign and adjourn the Ontario legislature until the Liberals pick a new leader could throw the province’s political scene into uncertainty for months....
View ArticleGas plants, corruption, energy prices top issues in Ontario leaders’ debate
Liberal corruption and the Conservatives’ plan to cut public sector jobs dominated the Ontario leader’s election debate Tuesday, with the $1.1 billion gas plants scandal landing as the very first...
View ArticleNDP, Liberals dispute effect of changes to dental programs for low-income kids
Thousands of Ontario children in low-income families will lose access to preventive dental care because of Liberal government service cuts, the NDP said Monday. The Liberals denied the opposition...
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