Tag: Queen’s Park
Q+A: Is Ontario headed for a teacher strike this fall?
All of Ontario’s education unions will be spending the summer break negotiating their new collective agreements. Should parents be worried?
Q+A: Is Ontario headed for a teacher strike this fall?
TORONTO – Students are starting summer break in the next few weeks, but whether classes will resume normally in the fall is now in the hands of the Ontario government and education unions. On Wednesday, all Ontario’s education unions served notice of their intent to begin bargaining their next four-year contracts ahead of the expiration […]
Mayor weighs in on Queen’s Park, Ottawa push to cut development charges
London’s mayor is interested in a federal and provincial program to cut municipal development charges, but only if it means property taxpayers won’t also take a hit on their bills. London-area MPP Rob Flack, Ontario’s municipal affairs and housing minister, announced Monday in Ottawa the first details of the program intended to trim charges that […]
Push grows for all-day ‘bell-to-bell’ ban on cellphones in Ontario schools
Education Minister Paul Calandra is actively considering it, while parents groups are making the case at the legislature.
Q+A: London’s community housing boss on their 15-year, $1B plans
London Middlesex Community Housing has big plans, specifically a $1-billion spending plan for the next 15 years worth of renovations, redevelopment, acquisitions, and divestments. Free Press reporter Jack Moulton spoke to chief executive Paul Chisholm about what he wants to see. Q: This is a significant plan, tell me about it, and why you’re bringing […]