Tag: Ontario government
Ontario Tories’ pre-election budget loaded with big-ticket items
Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives are veering off a path to balance with an election budget loaded with billions of dollars in hospital, highway and transit investments. The document, set to serve as the Tory platform during a campaign expected to kick off next week, has the party projecting Ontario will be $19.9 billion in the red […]
Potential WSIB move to London worries workers, excites realtors
A plan to move a massive government corporation from Toronto to London has alarmed the agency’s workers, while sparking interest from commercial realtors in London.
Plan to move WSIB head office to London a ‘pre-election stunt’: NDP MPP
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government announced its plan to move the head office of the province’s workplace insurance board to London, a move Queen’s Park rivals are criticizing as a “smoke and mirrors” campaign promise as the provincial election looms.
COLUMN: London-area teacher shortage couldn’t come at a worse time
We urgently need to increase the number of teachers we are training in the province, Western University education professor Donna Kotsopoulos writes:
London police board not backing down on push for diversity among appointees
The London police services board is requesting a meeting with provincial officials to address concerns about a lack of diversity on the board responsible for overseeing policing in the city.