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The leaders of Ontario’s four major political parties are set to meet on stage again Monday night for the second and final televised debate of the campaign. Progressive Conservative Party Leader Doug Ford, Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie and Green Leader Mike Schreiner will debate one another during the 90-minute event….
Bobbi Ann Brady says she pulled off the “unthinkable” in 2022 when she won a southwestern Ontario seat in the legislature running as an independent candidate. The former Progressive Conservative chose to run an independent campaign after a disagreement over how the local Tory candidate was appointed before the last election — and won. “What…
Despite facing critical issues like student debt, job insecurity, and housing unaffordability, many of which are shaped by provincial policies, young Ontarians continue to have the lowest voter turnout of any demographic. In the last federal elections, turnout among voters between the ages of 18 and 24 was below 54 per cent, dropping to just…
Doug Ford’s personal views about U.S. President Donald Trump bubbled to the surface of Ontario’s snap election campaign after candid comments by the Progressive Conservative party leader were picked up at a campaign stop. Speaking to a small group of people at his local campaign headquarters, Ford appeared to explain his initial admiration for Trump…
The federal government advised Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives to reroute their signature Highway 413 project to protect endangered species, internal documents reveal. The recommendation was made by Environment and Climate Change Canada officials in a June 2024 presentation given to federal and provincial bureaucrats as part of a joint working group for Highway 413. The Narwhal…
As funds begin to flow to local municipalities around Ontario to clear encampments, the housing minister has admitted he may not need to pass an already-tabled bill that was supposed to deal with the issue. In mid-December, the Ford government proposed a new homelessness law designed to clear encampments from parks across the province and…
As Premier Doug Ford prepares to trigger a provincial election on Wednesday, opposition parties are raising concerns about his two planned trips to Washington D.C. during the campaign, calling them “explicitly partisan” and an inappropriate use of taxpayer funds. The moment the Ontario legislature is dissolved and an election is called, the government enters caretaker…
With family doctors in short supply, Ontario communities are having to be more creative to attract physicians, and it’s only getting more complex. The Ontario College of Family Physicians reported in July that 2.6 million Ontarians are without a family doctor, up from 1.8 million in 2020. “We’re at a point where too many families,…
