Tag: Doug Ford
Doug Ford: ‘Improved’ contract offer looms for education workers
The Ontario government is presenting an “improved” offer to the union representing 55,000 education workers, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday as bargaining resumed and staff returned to their jobs following a walkout that shut schools.
London area students to learn from home as long as strike continues
Students across the London area wont be returning to in-person learning Monday morning.
Province urged to invest in public hospitals, not private clinics
In a statement released Wednesday morning, the union said hospitals across the province have been operating beyond capacity, resulting in surgery backlogs, prolonged wait times for care, and emergency room closures.
Limiting role of conservation authorities could slow development, local leaders say
Doug Ford’s provincial government plans to build homes at a breakneck pace over the next decade and one of the ways they’re proposing to do it is by limiting the oversight of conservation authorities in respect to new developments. The Ford government’s Bill 23, called the “More Homes Built Faster Act” is a plan constructed […]
Letters to the Editor: October 27, 2022
Just pay up
Area nursing homes fined for failing to provide air conditioning
Two Southwestern Ontario nursing homes have been slapped with penalties for failing to provide air conditioning in resident rooms. According to documents supplied by a government source, Vision Nursing Home in Sarnia has refused to install air conditioning and McCormick Home in London is in a back-and-forth conversation with Infrastructure Ontario (IO) over the definition […]
Throne Speech addresses health care, inflation, and labour shortages
The Conservative government’s first Throne Speech after the election acknowledged the stressors in the health care system but failed to mention detailed solutions.
Letters to the Editor: August 4, 2022
Quit obsessing
Province spending $5M to train 500 people for auto-sector jobs: Ford
The provincial government is spending $5 million to provide free training to 500 people from underrepresented groups across Ontario to prepare them for jobs in the automotive sector.
McNaughton, Thompson only region MPPs given cabinet posts
Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Monte McNaughton remains minister of labour, immigration, training, and skills development, while Huron Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson is back as minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs.