Ontario's premier says voters will have a "stark" choice between her Liberal party and the Progressive Conservatives led by Doug Ford in the province's spring election.
Christine Elliott initially disputed Saturday's results, alleging they stemmed from "serious irregularities" in the vote. Her campaign had also said that she garnered a majority of votes and had won a majority of ridings in the leadership race. But on Sunday, she conceded following a private meeting with the winner, Doug Ford.
A Progressive Conservative government in Ontario would not implement a planned minimum wage increase next year, no matter who ends up winning the race to lead the party through the spring election.
Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath said Saturday it makes no difference who leads the province's Progressive Conservative party, even if former leader Patrick Brown is back in the race.
Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Caroline Mulroney told an Ottawa crowd on Friday that she's "laser-focused" on defeating Premier Kathleen Wynne, and putting an end to "energy poverty" throughout the province.
Ontario's Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown is "categorically" denying what he describes as "troubling allegations" about his conduct and his character, saying he will defend himself in the court of law. Hours after speaking to reporters, he announced he was resigning.
Nick Cluley and his wife, who have always paid their Coffee Public employees more than minimum wage, have boosted everyone’s pay by $1.25 an hour since Jan. 1 — not just those earning below $14, as a new Ontario law required.
The premier of Ontario lashed out at the children of Tim Hortons' billionaire co-founders on Thursday, January 4, 2017, for reducing the benefits of their employees in response to the latest minimum wage increase, calling it a "clear act of bullying."
Ontario’s Opposition leader is brushing off a defamation lawsuit the premier has launched against him as a political stunt — increasing the likelihood the dispute will drag on through the June election.
Ontario took another step on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, on the long road towards cleaning up mercury contamination upstream from the Grassy Narrows First Nation — a community that also wants the federal Liberal government to help generations of residents deal with the toxic aftermath.
Ontario's premier took another step toward a defamation lawsuit against the province's Opposition leader on Fri., Oct. 2017, after he refused to retract comments suggesting she is personally on trial.
Wynne's lawyers wrote a letter to Patrick Brown on Wednesday asking that he withdraw and apologize for statements he made about the premier's role in a Liberal bribery trial.
Wynne is testifying that she thought the Liberals should have held onto the Sudbury riding in the 2014 election, given that they had held it for nearly two decades at that point.