The gloves are off for the PC Government as they attack anything and everything that stands in the way of their most generous donors. Meanwhile healthcare approaches collapse, and the minimum wage falls further and further behind the actual minimum cost of living.Read More …
WOW!!! What a week!
Doug Ford blinked before the entire province this week by capitulating to CUPE and revoking Bill 28. This happened as a result of the mobilization and solidarity of the labour movement in Ontario, the likes of which haven’t really been seen in a few generations.
While that might sound like a reason to celebrate (it is), Doug Ford and his team haven’t wasted any time to back track on previous promises that they’ve made to voters. Namely to keep the Greenbelt intact. Read More …
In Ontario there is only one thing anyone is talking about right now. As negotiations with CUPE hit an impasse,Read More …
We recap a three and a half hour live stream of coverage of the municipal election results in the 905Read More …
Should politicians who are landlords make decisions that affect the housing market? Roland and Joel have a gentleman’s disagreement about what is realistic and desirable, and settle it under Queensbury rules. Roland regrets finding himself defending people in positions of power too often lately and wonders if he has gone soft.Read More …
Get back to work Ontario. Doug Ford doesn’t think you deserve the same privileges and about 120 million other Commonwealth residents.
And Burlington has a serious coyote problem. Does the clerk and city manager’s offices have a ‘standing up to the mayor’ problem?Read More …
Back to school and the province wants another fight with the teachers. Because two years on the COVID frontlines says ’pay cuts’, right? Oh and corporate donations were banned years ago. So why are corporate donations still a thing?Read More …
We are joined by André Côté, Head of the Secure and Responsible Tech Policy program at Toronto Metropolitan University, to discuss what exactly is begind the PC government’s proposal to introduce strong mayor legislation for Toronto and Ottawa. Is it an idea with merit? And even if it is, are these proposal well thought out?Read More …
This is not going to be anybody’s election for the ages, unless something very unexpected happens on Thursday. W, as the the saying goes, TF? And talking of unbelievable, Councillor Terry Whitehead, Hamilton’s regular challenger in the crowded field of challengers for ’worst councillor in Ontario’, really went off on one last week, in a manner that rekindled concerns for his wellbeing. But in the current climate of political self-immolation, does being the living definition of a loose cannon actually harm Whitehead’s chances of re-election?Read More …
Last but not least, we present our review and take on the Ontario PC Party’s platform, or lack thereof, forRead More …
