Politics

Matthew Carroll — On July 5th, as most people in Lac-Mégantic slept, a freight train hauling 72 tank cars of crude oil derailed in the middle of the small Quebec town.1 Many of the old, dangerous tank cars split open. ...

The Law Society of Upper Canada regulates the lawyers and paralegals of Ontario in the public interest. The Law Society ensures that all lawyers and licensed paralegals in Ontario meet standards of learning, professional competence and professional conduct that are ...

‘They pay no rent to the city on 25.9 hectares of airport land, nor for their Stadium Road parking lot, nor for the queuing lanes along Eireann Quay’ By Brian Iler – The Toronto Port Authority is pressing hard to ...

‘Basic business practices such as up-to-date databases, quality assurance programs and performance standards are insufficient or missing’ By Marc-André Viau – The Official Opposition’s Transport critic, Olivia Chow (Toronto–Spadina), is proposing measures to tighten railway safety rules in Canada.  “By ...

‘Self-interested groups want to force Canadians to rely upon privately-administered PRPPs and RRSPs as vehicles for retirement savings’ By Dennis Gruending – The President of the Canadian Labour Congress says that the Conservative government is deliberately trying to sabotage federal-provincial ...

Eric Morse – The Cabbagetown Residents’ Association (CRA) held its annual meeting at a pub on June 13. A new board was elected to serve from 2013 to 2015. Lindsay Whitfield, Trish Finkelstein, and Lynn Dionne will continue as directors, ...

‘Politics is off the rails in Ontario’—Greens By Becky Smit – Support for legislation to recall provincial and municipal officials was endorsed by Green Party of Ontario members at their annual convention in Oshawa over the weekend. “Politics is off ...

In Ontario a wage freeze doesn’t actually mean a freeze on wages By Candice Malcolm – After six painful weeks of negotiations between Premier Kathleen Wynne and NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, the budget was just finally passed in mid-June. And ...

Liberal cuts to have ‘severe effects on many of the province’s most vulnerable citizens’ while corporations and banks in Ontario are paying the lowest corporate tax rates since the 1920s By Craig Saunders – The Liberal government’s budget, passed at ...

Replaces deceased former chair Robert Elgie By Frank Touby – Order of Canada recipient Frances Lankin P.C., has been selected chairwoman of the Ontario Press Council. She replaces Robert Elgie, who died April 3 at age 84. Lankin, a former ...