Tag: Monte McNaughton
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Provincial byelection called for vacant Southwestern Ontario riding
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Voters in one of the London region’s largest ridings are heading to the polls early next month in a byelection to replace a longtime former Tory MPP and cabinet minister.
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Departing MPP Monte McNaughton details new private-sector job
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Monte McNaughton, the longtime local MPP who served as Ontario’s labour minister, has announced the private-sector job that lured him to unexpectedly exit politics – at a Toronto-area horse racing venue. McNaughton will be executive vice-president of industry relations and people experience at the Woodbine Mohawk Park racetrack in Milton, west of Toronto. The former…
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ANALYSIS: Southwestern Ontario’s shrinking cabinet clout
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The London region finds itself with less sway in the highest ranks of Queen’s Park than it’s had in decades as Labour Minister Monte McNaughton exits, a blow to local governments pushing for influence on provincial decisions, political watchers say. McNaughton’s surprise departure from politics to pursue an opportunity in the private sector, announced late…
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ANALYSIS: Southwestern Ontario’s shrinking cabinet clout
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The London region finds itself with less sway in the highest ranks of Queen’s Park than it’s had in decades as Labour Minister Monte McNaughton exits, a blow to local governments pushing for influence on provincial decisions, political watchers say. McNaughton’s surprise departure from politics to pursue an opportunity in the private sector, announced late…
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Monte McNaughton, region’s top-ranking MPP, quits amid Queen’s Park tumult
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Monte McNaughton, Ontario’s labour minister and longtime Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP, is leaving politics. “After much soul searching over the summer months, I have accepted a job in the private sector,” McNaugton said in a statement Friday morning. He will leave cabinet immediately and will resign his seat “in the days ahead,” McNaughton said. McNaughton’s departure is…
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Monte McNaughton, region’s top-ranking MPP, quits amid Queen’s Park tumult
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Monte McNaughton, Ontario’s labour minister and longtime Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP, is leaving politics. “After much soul searching over the summer months, I have accepted a job in the private sector,” McNaugton said in a statement Friday morning. He will leave cabinet immediately and will resign his seat “in the days ahead,” McNaughton said. McNaughton’s departure is…
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Fanshawe seeks employers to work with pre-apprenticeship program grads
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Fanshawe College is looking for employers to work with students graduating from its rapid pre-apprenticeships program.
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Ontario spending $2.5M to help at-risk youth, older workers find London jobs
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London workers who face barriers to finding jobs – including at-risk youth and those older than 55 – will receive free training to “level the playing field” so they can get meaningful work, Ontario government officials announced Thursday. Queen’s Park is investing $2.5 million in four free training projects they say will prepare 385 jobseekers…
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Skilled trades shortage: ‘Looming crisis’ for Ontario, ‘opportunity’ for workers
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Amid a historic skilled trade’s shortage, Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government has promised money for projects and programs designed to tackle stigma, spark interest in parents and lure students into what they say are “exciting and lucrative careers.”