Conservative MP Scott Aitchison enters federal leadership race
The Conservative Party of Canada is now up to six contenders who are officially in the running for Erin O'Toole's former job.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s budget scant on plans for climate, environment
Ontario Premier Doug Ford promised to sink more than $25 billion into building highways over the next 10 years as the Progressive Conservative government tabled its budget Thursday.
Are ‘climate’ and ‘environment’ dirty words in Doug Ford’s Ontario?
Ontario’s budget is perhaps most notable for what isn’t contained within its 268 pages.
Residents, local governments protest Ontario's heavy hand pushing through ‘vertical dormitory suburbs’
Condo highrises reaching skyward 80 storeys. Forty thousand new homes. Eighty-eight thousand more people. All in the space of about 45 hectares in Richmond Hill and Markham.
Russia passes sanctions on Canadian premiers, journalists, military, political staff
Russia targeted 61 Canadians — from politicians to journalists — with fresh sanctions on Thursday, April 21, 2022, over Canada's actions against the country for its invasion of Ukraine.
Why we must vote Ford out if we want to tackle climate and inequality
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has attacked and undermined Ontario’s environmental protections.
Ontario opposition parties pan Ford bill to cut gas, fuel taxes
Premier Doug Ford’s government announced last week it would temporarily cut the province’s gas tax by 5.7 cents per litre and its fuel tax by 5.3 cents per litre, but not until July 1 — about a month after the provincial election slated for June 2.
Ontario NDP pitch wage boost for child-care staff
The Ontario NDP proposed a $20 an hour wage floor for child care on Tuesday as political parties looking to unseat Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government in a provincial election this summer focused on the gender pay gap.
Ontario to clamber out of deficit by next year under current policies
The rosy economic projections come as Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government prepares to table its 2022 budget later this month in the lead-up to the June 2 election.
Now Pierre Poilievre draws huge crowds
With 10 days left for candidates to enter the Conservative party leadership race — and 20 before $300,000 worth in fees are due — what's capturing the attention of those watching as of late are the crowds.
Federal, Ontario governments spend big to support GM electric vehicle manufacturing
The federal and Ontario governments are spending $259 million each to support production at General Motors facilities in the province, including an electric vehicle production line they say will be the first of its kind in the country.
Feds looking to protect carbon price with legislation or compensation contracts
The federal government is looking to "future proof" the carbon price against political decisions to cancel or lower it down the road.
Sixth wave of COVID-19 hits Quebec as BA.2 subvariant takes hold
Quebec has already entered a sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic driven by the BA.2 subvariant, two experts said on Monday, March 28, 2022, although it's unclear how severe it will be and whether the rest of the country will follow.
Critics slam Ontario’s new Greenbelt plan
Environmental groups and critics are condemning the Ontario government’s planned Greenbelt expansion for excluding environmentally sensitive areas including the Paris Galt Moraine and Carruthers Creek headwaters.
Ontario signs $10.2 billion child care deal with feds
Ontario's child-care deal will cut child-care fees in the province in half by the end of the year.