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47 Articles
Members, Ontario Federation of Labour, protest, Scotiabank Convention Centre,

Premier Ford kicks off re-election campaign more than 2 years ahead of the vote

Ontario Premier Doug Ford kicked off his re-election campaign on Saturday, February 22, 2020, night, a move he makes more than two years ahead of the next provincial election and on the same day union activists vowed to fight his government ahead of that vote.
News, Politics | February 23rd 2020
Protesters, train tracks, rail blockade, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory,

Ontario minister calls on Feds to meet with protesters blocking rail line

Ontario's Indigenous affairs minister said on Thursday, February 13, 2020, his federal counterpart must act quickly to resolve a rail blockade that has halted train traffic on a key provincial rail line for nearly a week.
News, Politics | February 13th 2020

Next leader of Ontario's Liberal Party will have 'back-breaking' work

The person tasked with the "back-breaking" job of rebuilding Ontario's Liberal party will need both strong organizational skills and the ability to adapt to an increasingly unpredictable political landscape, according to experts preparing to watch the party's leadership race unfold.
News, Politics | November 25th 2019

Anti-carbon tax gas stickers will stay in Ontario

Anti-carbon tax stickers will stay up on gas pumps as "a matter of transparency" while Ontario continues its court fight against the federal levy, the province's energy minister said on Monday, October 28, 2019.
News, Politics | October 29th 2019
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs,

Conservative carbon tax 'resistance' weakening after Liberals re-elected

The so-called "resistance" force of Conservative premiers waging war against the carbon tax implemented by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began showing cracks on on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, following the Liberals' re-election.
Election 2019
News, Politics | October 23rd 2019
Ontario, minister of education, Stephen Lecce, CUPE,

Ontario provincial government reaches deal with education workers, avoid strike

A strike that would have closed hundreds of schools across Ontario was averted on Sunday, October 6, 2019, night as the province reached a tentative deal with the union representing thousands of education workers.
News, Politics | October 7th 2019
trudeau

Ontario minister tells Trudeau to put students' interests ahead of his own

Ontario's education minister accused Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, of trying to politicize the province's labour negotiations with school support workers to score points ahead of the federal election.
News, Politics | October 3rd 2019
Doug Ford

Gas stations face fines for refusing Doug Ford government's anti-carbon stickers

Gas stations refusing to put mandatory anti-carbon-price stickers on their pumps will face daily fines of $150, a penalty that is at the lower end of the range established by a controversial law Ontario's Progressive Conservatives passed earlier this year.
News, Politics | September 7th 2019
Doug Ford

Ford to decide on carbon tax court challenge after federal election

Doug Ford says the fate of Ontario's carbon tax court challenge will be decided after the federal election, raising the possibility that his government could end up abandoning the legal action.
News, Politics | August 24th 2019
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh,

NDP promise to expand universal health care, starting with national drug plan

The federal NDP says it will fast-track a universal drug plan to ensure a late 2020 start date if elected this fall as part of an expansion of Canada's health-care system.
News, Politics | June 17th 2019
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