Ontario's Progressive Conservative government released a new ad against the federal carbon tax Wednesday that the opposition decried as publicly funded partisan advertising — something the Tories railed against before they were in power.
Buried in Ontario's budget bill are fines of up to $10,000 per day for gas station operators who don't display government-mandated stickers about the price of the carbon tax.
Ontario’s Opposition leader is brushing off a defamation lawsuit the premier has launched against him as a political stunt — increasing the likelihood the dispute will drag on through the June election.
The Niagara Region has apologized to a reporter for seizing equipment staff thought was being used to record a closed council session, an incident journalism organizations decried as an assault on press freedom.
Ontario's antiquated court system will inch toward the modern age, as the attorney general announced Wi-Fi for courthouses, jury summons via email or text and some online divorce filings.
Ontario's premier took another step toward a defamation lawsuit against the province's Opposition leader on Fri., Oct. 2017, after he refused to retract comments suggesting she is personally on trial.
U.S. President Donald Trump's education secretary, who holds controversial views on publicly-funded education, is set to visit Ontario to learn about its public school system.
Wynne is testifying that she thought the Liberals should have held onto the Sudbury riding in the 2014 election, given that they had held it for nearly two decades at that point.
Major labour law changes, including a $15 minimum wage, and marijuana will be on the front burner as Ontario's legislature returns from its summer break on Monday, Sept. 11, 2017.
