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PCs to tweak standing orders for the second time since taking office
The NDP released the PC’s proposed fleet of changes to the standing-order playbook, which governs parliamentary procedure and decorum.
Read MoreTop PC staffer indicted on nine counts of U.S. voter fraud when he was a university student, pled guilty to one charge
Joshua Workman, chief of staff to Ontario’s Labour, Training and Skills Minister Monte McNaughton, pled guilty to a voter fraud charge in the United States in 2003.
Read MoreOntario Place: What could have been, might still be
Last week the World Monuments Fund added Ontario Place to its 2020 list of World Monuments To Watch list alongside iconic sites like Easter Island and Notre-Dame in Paris.
Read MoreOntario’s deputy ministers get 14 per cent pay bump
The minimum salary for Ontario’s top bureaucrats has increased by 14 per cent in recent years.
Read MorePremier’s office blames deputy minister pay hikes on the Libs
The Ford government says it is not behind a 14 per cent annual salary bump for the province’s deputy ministers, instead throwing the blame for increased wages on the ex-Liberal government.
Read MoreOntario News Now promos several companies whose execs donated to PC Party
Ontario News Now, the Ford government’s promotional arm, has churned out several videos promoting companies run by executives who have donated to the PC Party.
Read MoreMichael Lublin considering bid for Ontario Liberal Party leadership
Michael Lublin says some Grits may consider him an unlikely contender for their next leader, but that an outside perspective — even from a former supporter of conservative politicians — might be just what the party needs to come back after last year’s decimating election defeat.
Read MoreEthics watchdog clears Ford but finds Taverner hiring ‘troubling’
Premier Doug Ford did not breach the integrity act in the recruitment of his personal friend Ron Taverner as OPP commissioner — but the process was “troubling,” says the ethics watchdog.
Read MoreTreasury Board tightening grip on internal audits, memo suggests
In a bid to strengthen financial oversight, the government is centralizing control over internal audit processes, something sources say could wind up diluting the power of the public service.
Read MoreBrief: Ford government delays Orders of Ontario
Don’t hold your breath for the 2018 Orders of Ontario. Queen’s Park Today has learned the highest honour in the province — traditionally bestowed in January — has been pushed back for months because there’s no one to pick the winners.
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