Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Quotes from the Ontario party leaders’ debate ahead of the June 2 election
TORONTO — Ontario party leaders faced off in a televised debate Monday night ahead of the June 2 election. Here are some key quotes: "Under yourself and the former premier Kathleen Wynne, you destroyed this province. The economy was going downhill
Housing and health care top of mind in eastern Ontario as election looms
Will Towell is at an impasse: either live in a homeless shelter with cockroaches he hates or move back to a tent in the bush and deal with a bunch of other critters. What the 64-year-old Kingston, Ont., resident really
Ontario party leaders attack Ford on health, education in election debate
TORONTO — Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford faced a barrage of attacks from the other three major party leaders in the Ontario election debate Monday, but largely refused to take the bait, instead referring back to his own messages of
Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for May 16
Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are today: ____ Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Toronto: Takes part in Ontario Leaders Debate. 6:30 p.m. TVO, 2180 Yonge Street ____ NDP Leader Andrea Horwath Toronto: visit to NDP...
Ontario NDP plan to run deficits for six years, cancel gas tax cut
TORONTO — Ontario's New Democrats are pledging to run larger deficits than the Progressive Conservatives and Liberals if elected and would likely not balance the budget for six years, but the party is eyeing some cost savings from cancelling a
Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for May 15
Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are today: ____ Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford No scheduled public events. ____ NDP Leader Andrea Horwath No scheduled public events. _ Ontario NDP Candidate for Waterloo Catherine...
Quebec Conservative leader calls for debate in English — even without Legault
MONTREAL — Conservative Party of Quebec leader Éric Duhaime is inviting Quebec Liberal Party leader Dominique Anglade to take part in an English-language debate ahead of the October election, even if Premier François Legault declines to take part. Duha...
NDP increase ODSP campaign pledge, promise to double current rate in second year
BRAMPTON, Ont. — Ontario's New Democrats say they'll boost their planned increases to the province's disability support program. The change follows criticism that the initial 20 per cent increase the party promised to implement immediately would keep t...
‘Anxiety and frustration’: Demonstrators protest Quebec language law
MONTREAL — On a scorching Saturday, demonstrators streamed through downtown Montreal to protest Quebec's contentious language bill, demanding it be scrapped to preserve the rights of anglophones, allophones and Indigenous communities. The protesters, w...
Liberals, New Democrats promise to bolster investments in arts and culture
Ontario's Liberals and New Democrats are promising to bulk up spending on the arts sector, whose funding they say was already being whittled away before the COVID-19 pandemic closed galleries and cancelled concerts. The NDP platform pledges to "stabil...