Ontario

The authority in charge of public safety in the oil and gas sector does not inspect oil and natural gas pipelines itself, instead auditing companies' own inspection reports once every five years, Ontario’s auditor general said Wednesday morning. The absence of strong regulatory practices increases the province's risk of environmental contamination.

New Brunswick's new premier is trying to revive the Energy East pipeline — even though the original proponent says the project is dead.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his counterparts from the four other main federal parties left a supposedly non-partisan meeting on how to help Canadian francophones divided and without a plan to save a French-language university in Ontario.

Ontario Environment Minister Rod Phillips unveiled a $500 million plan on Thursday that promised to cut the province's carbon pollution in line with Canada's obligations under the Paris climate agreement, but offered few details about how it would actually achieve these reductions.

A byelection candidate Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau stumped for in eastern Ontario on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, says she believes their party is gaining momentum in territory the Conservatives have owned for 14 years.

Prison needle-exchange programs that guards say will endanger their health and safety could get another look with an eye to changes, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale signalled on Tuesday, November 27, 2018.

The Alberta government is opening a new front in its beer war with other provinces by targeting Ontario for what it says are its unfair trade barriers to Alberta-made suds and other alcoholic products.

The abrupt closure of a General Motors manufacturing plant in the town of Oshawa, Ontario has renewed concerns about the province's lack of clean economy policies and the possible trickle-down effect the loss of the factory could have. GM has operated in Oshawa for 100 years. 

After days of backlash over its cuts to institutions serving francophones, Ontario's Progressive Conservative government says it's making changes meant to recognize the "significant and ongoing" contributions of the Franco-Ontarian community.

Following a chorus of outrage over plans to eliminate the office of a French-languages commissionner and cancel plans for a French-language university, Ontario Premier Doug Ford has offered an olive branch to the province's francophones, announcing a new ministry and proposing amendments to controversial legislation.

Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod introduced the major planks of the new plan on Thursday. It proposes to increase the amount that someone on welfare is allowed to earn before their support payments are clawed back. It also proposes to increase access to employment services, and change rules that determine who qualifies for assistance.

Ontario's top court has asked the federal government for more information before deciding whether Canada's segregation laws will become invalid next month.

While Ontario Proud founder Jim Ballingall hails the power of "digital democracy," he won't reveal his donor sources. His approach is raising red flags among political and digital media experts about a lack of transparency by such third party groups and the potential for circumventing election spending rules by using social media.

By failing to bend to the governing party’s wishes, legislative officers will risk their jobs, though their jobs are explicitly to shine light on things gone wrong. And just to make sure the threat is clear, Bill 57 also removes the ability of eliminated officers to seek compensation in the courts for lost income, writes former longtime Ontario environment commissioner Gord Miller.

In the wake of Ontario Premier Doug Ford's decision to cancel francophone services in the province, Federal Tourism and Official Languages Minister Mélanie Joly said "I think Mr. Ford needs a history lesson about bilingualism and the linguistic duality of the country. I invite him to look at history books.”