Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Promise tracker: What the Ontario parties are pitching on the campaign trail
TORONTO — A running list of election promises announced by the Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in Ontario since late March: Progressive Conservatives April 26: Move the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board head office from Toronto t...
Ontario Tories want to move WSIB head office to London, Ont., from Toronto
Ontario's Progressive Conservative government says it wants to move the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board's head office to London, Ont., from Toronto if re-elected. The province says the move will require legislative changes that will have to happen...
Ontario NDP vows to reverse election finance changes to boost govt integrity
Ontario's New Democrats say they'll scrap changes to election finance rules and reform lobbyist registration as part of a broader effort to boost government integrity if elected in June. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says that if her party forms government...
Ontario Liberals pledge to end for-profit long-term care, invest more in home care
TORONTO — An Ontario Liberal government would adopt a "home-care first" approach to seniors' care and aim to eliminate for-profit long-term care by 2028, leader Steven Del Duca announced Tuesday. The pandemic was a wake-up call that institutionalizing ...
Ontario NDP try to position themselves as government in waiting ahead of election
TORONTO — Ontario's New Democrats are heading into the upcoming election in their strongest position in decades, and are now setting out to accomplish what they couldn't last time – getting voters to see them as the government in waiting. On
Ontario government to spend $1.2 billion on new correctional complex in Thunder Bay
THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Ontario is investing $1.2 billion to build a new Thunder Bay Correctional Complex, set to be completed by the fall of 2026. Solicitor General Sylvia Jones made the announcement today and says it's part of building a
Northern Ontario Liberal won’t seek re-election to provincial legislature
A longtime Liberal representative says he won't seek re-election to Ontario's legislature this spring due to health reasons. Michael Gravelle, who was first elected to represent the riding of Thunder Bay-Superior North in 1995, announced on Monday that...
Promise tracker: What the Ontario parties are pitching on the campaign trail
TORONTO — A running list of election promises announced by the Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in Ontario since late March: Progressive Conservatives April 25: Invest an additional $1 billion in home care over three years. April 20:...
Ontario plans to invest additional $1B over three years in home care
WHITBY, Ont. — The Progressive Conservative government is announcing, days before its budget and shortly before an expected election call, that it is planning to invest an additional $1 billion in home care over three years. Health Minister Christine E...
Highlights of the Ontario NDP’s 2022 election platform
TORONTO — The Ontario NDP released its platform Monday, days ahead of the expected official start to the provincial election campaign. Here are some key promises: - End exclusionary zoning; bring back rent control; create a portable housing benefit. - ...