Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to give the mayors of Ottawa and Toronto greater power with so-called strong mayor legislation introduced Wednesday in an apparent bid to speed up housing development in the province.
The throne speech read by Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell Tuesday stayed the course set by the Progressive Conservatives’ spring campaign despite rapidly rising inflation and an ever-worsening health-care crisis in the months since the party won a second majority on June 2.
The summer session begins Monday with the provincial throne speech on Tuesday, after which Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy will retable the 2022 budget.
Health care is responsible for about 4.6 per cent of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions, and many of these emissions can be traced back to waste from food and a reliance on single-use plastic items, according to the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
The explosion threw furniture dozens of metres onto the beach and into Lake Erie, blew curtains and tablecloths up onto powerlines, mattresses and cinder blocks out onto the road. It left behind virtually nothing of the home it decimated.
To ensure Canada finds its place in the global EV manufacturing supply chain, Canadian policymakers must focus on goals such as developing a knowledgeable labour force and teaming up with First Nations communities.
The Ontario government will not reconsider plans to close the Pickering nuclear station and instead stop-gap the consequent electricity shortfall with natural gas-generated power in a move that will hike the province’s greenhouse gas emissions substantially.
A nuclear energy advocacy group is calling for Ontario to extend the life of the Pickering nuclear power plant as the province faces an impending electricity crunch.