Robert Benzie
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Queen’s Park begins first steps in major $1B renovation
Queen’s Park is getting a major makeover. The province on Tuesday introduced legislation that will begin the lengthy process of renovating the Ontario legislative building, known colloquially as the Pink Palace. → Read More
Doug Ford government asks hundreds of landowners for ‘permission’ to evaluate Highway 413 site
Premier Doug Ford’s government is notifying 467 landowners along the route of the proposed Highway 413 for “permission to enter” their property to evaluate its suitability for the freeway. → Read More
Doug Ford files legal motion to avoid testifying at Emergencies Act public inquiry
Earlier on Tuesday, both Ford and Deputy Premier Sylvia Jones, the former solicitor general, skipped question period at Queen’s Park, avoiding opposition questions. → Read More
Last unvaccinated Tory MPP is not running in June election
Scarborough-Centre MPP Christina Mitas has announced she will not seek re-election. → Read More
Doug Ford’s glitchy online business registry has major law firms telling clients to avoid Ontario
Premier Doug Ford’s new online business registry is so rife with “system shutdowns, technical glitches and substantive problems” that major law firms ... → Read More
Ontario Liberals promise rebates for electric vehicle purchases
The Ontario Liberals hope to recharge their political fortunes by reviving the electric vehicle subsidies scrapped by Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive ... → Read More
Ontario would be ‘shortchanged’ by Ottawa’s $10-a-day child-care proposal, Doug Ford says
Premier Doug Ford and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland are holding back-channel talks aimed at reaching a deal to deliver $10-a-day child care. → Read More
Doug Ford doubles down on comments about ‘hard working’ new Canadians
Under fire for “callous” and “hurtful” comments about new Canadians, an unrepentant Premier Doug Ford insists he is “pro-immigration” and has no plans... → Read More
OPP charge third person in alleged $11M COVID-19 fraud
Ontario Provincial Police have charged a third person in connection with the alleged theft of $11 million in provincial COVID-19 relief aid. → Read More
Judge rules family linked to alleged $11M COVID-19 fraud can access more funds for legal defence
In a setback for Premier Doug Ford’s government, an Ontario Superior Court judge has ruled the family linked to the alleged theft of $11 million in pa... → Read More
Fired bureaucrat was ‘ringleader’ of group that took millions in government money, court hears
The Ontario bureaucrat fired after the alleged theft of $11 million in pandemic aid was a “ringleader,” whose “co-conspirators” are now being investig... → Read More
Education minister confident most Ontario students will be back in schools in September
Education Minister Stephen Lecce is confident Ontario schoolchildren will return en masse to classrooms after the summer break thanks to the province’... → Read More
Civil liberties group joins constitutional challenge of Ford government’s election reforms
Canada’s leading civil liberties group will add its voice to a new constitutional challenge against Premier Doug Ford’s controversial election reforms... → Read More
Ford taps hospital CEO to lead Ontario public service
Premier Doug Ford has tapped a respected hospital president to lead the Ontario public service. → Read More
Doug Ford’s Tories fundraising off the pandemic with an election a year away
The next Ontario election is still one year away, but Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives are accelerating their political fundraising as th... → Read More
Doug Ford’s Tories set to unveil a ‘pandemic budget’ for Ontario
Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives are set to table a big-spending provincial budget aimed at tackling the health and economic fallout of t... → Read More
All new vehicles would be electric by 2035 under Ontario NDP’s climate-change plan
Andrea Horwath’s New Democrats are unveiling an ambitious climate plan that would ensure all new vehicles sold in Ontario are electric by 2035, the St... → Read More
Provincial government denies report that it sold Dominion Foundry site
Under fire over the future of the Dominion Foundry heritage site, Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark insists the provincially owned land has not b... → Read More
Ontario law will protect the right to wear Remembrance Day poppies in workplaces
All parties at Queen’s Park will support government legislation to make it illegal for any business owner to prohibit employees from wearing poppies f... → Read More
NDP wants Canada Revenue Agency to probe Charles McVety college’s charitable status
In the wake of new revelations by the Star, the opposition New Democrats want the Canada Revenue Agency to review the charitable status of Charles McV... → Read More