Doug Ford

A political staffer asked the mother of an autistic child whether she could provide some supportive comments about Lisa MacLeod's plans to overhaul the provincial autism funding program, and began an email exchange to follow up. That's when things began to go awry.

The Ontario government said on Monday that it was proposing to repeal the Far North Act with the aim of "reducing red tape and restrictions on important economic development projects" in the northern part of the province, including the Ring of Fire, all-season roads and electrical transmission projects.

Doug Ford is dismantling a support service designed to give municipalities more say over city development and empower Ontarians in local decision-making — a move critics are calling another blow to local democracy and a win for developers. 

Ontario's premier told an audience in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, February 21, 2019, that steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by the American government hurt the U.S. more than Canada.

Mike Schreiner is making history Wednesday by introducing the Green Party of Ontario's first bill at Queen's Park — one that seeks to protect the Paris Galt Moraine that supplies drinking water to about 130,000 people in Guelph, and more than 200,000 in the region

The first Ontario legislative sitting of 2019 saw a heated battle of words erupt between Ontario students and Premier Doug Ford, with protests happening inside and outside the chambers and calls to the government to stop cuts to mandatory fees that students say will hurt the future of education services in the province. 

On Friday, the leadership of Ontario's Cat Lake First Nation were at Queen's Park urging Premier Doug Ford and his government to step in and do what the federal government has failed to: provide emergency housing, medical assistance and fire teams. 

Doug Ford's government says that newly-proposed climate change policies are aiming to simplify rules for businesses so that they can focus on reducing carbon pollution, instead of being swamped in red tape.

Public outrage over Doug Ford's claim his Ontario government cut funding to student unions to fix "Marxist nonsense" is growing, with politicians and education unions decrying an expected hit to a broad range of services.

Premier Doug Ford's government has just proposed climate change rules that, if adopted, would likely require industrial facilities in Ontario to pay a carbon tax to meet new standards. The long-awaited "made-in-Ontario" climate plan proposes a new industrial performance standard that would limit the growth in pollution, "rather than an absolute cap on emissions for the province."

Canada's most populous province is proposing to reduce the mandatory reporting of carbon pollution by industry. Premier Doug Ford's government in Ontario said on Thursday that it was "streamlining and updating" its greenhouse gas emissions program "to reduce unnecessary costs and regulatory burden."

The Ontario government is being taken to court by the family of a mentally ill man who died in solitary confinement at a Lindsay jail after a three-hour physical confrontation with guards, in what could be a ground-breaking, precedent-setting case for prison reform in the province.

National Observer has learned that the private details of about 45,000 disability support recipients in Ontario were disclosed in an email sent by the Mississauga Ontario Disability Support Program office to about 100 recipients.

The Doug Ford government began a 45-day public consultation period (as required by the Environmental Bill of Rights) to improve the "effectiveness" of environmental protections and find a "balanced approach" to boost the environment and economy.

An Ottawa-area energy cooperative has revived two of the 758 energy contracts that Ontario Premier Doug Ford cancelled days after taking office — contracts that will help two district schools become self-sustainable in energy production and consumption.