Ontario

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. 

A sister company of Google has been secretly considering some ambitious plans to develop Toronto’s entire eastern waterfront, giving the technology giant new access to tax revenues and development fees that would otherwise go into public funds, National Observer has learned.

Five Saskatchewan judges have reserved their decision on the constitutionality of a federally imposed carbon tax after two days of hearings in Regina.

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.

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."

An organization of small-business owners that helped spearhead a public campaign against the Trudeau government's tax-change proposals for private corporations is sharpening its criticism of the Liberals' forthcoming carbon-tax program.

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."

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says his latest meeting with the prime minister produced little or no progress on major issues facing his province.

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.

The RCMP have made two arrests in Kingston, Ont., in what a government official confirms is a national security investigation.

Premier Doug Ford ratcheted up his rhetoric on Ottawa's climate change plan on Monday, January 21, 2019, warning that the carbon tax will plunge the country into recession — a claim disputed by experts and the federal government.

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.

Leaders of six First Nations are urging the Ontario government to "clean up" the bureaucratic process that determines who will build an "urgently needed" high-capacity power transmission line to service northern Ontario.