Morgan Sharp
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About Morgan Sharp
Morgan Sharp is a non-binary trans journalist who wrote about youth and young people in and around Toronto, thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada.
She covered a wide range of subject areas over more than three years with National Observer and ten years with the Reuters news agency before that, including general and political news, the environment and sustainability, technology and the companies that sell it, financial markets and economics.
Originally from Melbourne, Australia, they lived and worked in Cairo and London before settling in Toronto.
Alberta expands midwifery service as Ontario cuts funding amid outrage
A string of politicians in Ontario and beyond have expressed outrage at the latest cut to social services from Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government after National Observer reported it was retroactively pulling back funds from the Ontario College of Midwives on Thursday. Meantime, in another part of the country, Alberta's NDP government has announced an expansion of services.
Ten things you need to know about a 'political interference' scandal involving Doug Ford and the police
Here are ten of the most compelling arguments and insinuations contained in the letter from Ontario's interim top cop to the province's ombudsman calling for an investigation into possible political interference in the process to replace him.
Leaked audio suggests man was on 'kamikaze mission' to help Jason Kenney win UCP leadership
A leaked audio recording appears to show that a contender for the leadership of Alberta's newly-formed United Conservative Party was pushed into running to foil the efforts of a top rival to eventual contest winner Jason Kenney.
Notley seeks oil refining proposals to address Alberta's 'crisis'
Alberta is asking for private companies to put forward expressions of interest in building new refining capacity in the oil-producing province, one of several steps to deal with what Premier Rachel Notley called "an extraordinary and punishing oil price crisis."
Language issues overshadow talks between Doug Ford and François Legault
A meeting about expanding trade between Canada's two most populous provinces appeared to be overshadowed by language issues on Monday, with the premiers at odds over support for the French language in Ontario.
Mike Schreiner proposes climate solution
Mike Schreiner, who became the first Green Ontario legislator after winning the seat for Guelph in the June election, said that "the Ford government is on the wrong side of history and on the wrong side of the electorate" given that a majority of votes cast in that election were for parties (the Liberals, New Democrats, Greens) which included pollution pricing in their platforms.
Doug Ford's Tories trigger overnight debate in latest attempt to slash Toronto city council
Ontario's Progressive Conservatives convened an emergency session of the provincial legislature on Saturday as protesters outside the parliament and opposition parliamentarians inside decried his government’s moves to slash the size of Toronto’s city council just weeks before a municipal election.
Kinder Morgan privately eyes Trans Mountain protesters
On a sunny morning in late May, people protesting the Trans Mountain pipeline trickled in one by one to mingle at the Watch House campground. Two men hired by Kinder Morgan to report back on the protestors' activities mixed discreetly with the crowd, their identities unknown to the around them. An exclusive investigation, from National Observer.
Ontario's Doug Ford says the province is abandoning its price on carbon pollution
The decision to move quickly to fulfill this particular campaign pledge will likely create turmoil in the secondary market, where those that have bought credits to release pollution in the future will feel compelled to sell them at a discount since they now appear virtually worthless.
Doug Ford asks for time to deliver on campaign promises
Asked how long he thinks it will take to fulfill a campaign trail pledge to extricate Ontario from its cap and trade system for controlling emissions and how much it will cost, Premier-designate Doug Ford instead started talking about how he thought it would be hard for him to pick out a cabinet because of the strength of his team.