Angela Bischoff — On Wednesday Ontario’s Opposition Leader, Patrick Brown, asked Premier Wynne to call a Commission of Inquiry into her Government’s political fundraising practices. According to Mr. Brown, “The people of Ontario need to know if government contracts and ...
Read More »Time for police to investigate Hydro One sale: CUPE
Craig Saunders — Following revelations that a bank underwriting the Hydro One sale backed a fundraiser that funnelled tens of thousands of dollars into Liberal party coffers, it is time for police to investigate, says Fred Hahn, president of the ...
Read More »Spectre of OMB appeal may harm plan to preserve harbour silos
Dennis Hanagan — Community council recommended at its Feb. 23 meeting that city designate the Victory Soya Mills silos near the foot of Parliament St. as a heritage site. But a letter from Bay St. lawyers Aird & Berlis representing ...
Read More »YQNA battles city move to loosen noise rules from 7am-11pm
Ulla Colgrass — The city is trying to change the Noise Bylaw — and not in our favour. The changes would allow noise inside our homes from an outside source (amplified music, construction, clubs , etc.) at 85 dBA from ...
Read More »Orange was the colour of the election, not the NDP
A funny thing happened on Election Day as the Dippers imploded and the Tories were demolished. Orange was the colour of the month for all parties except the Greens. But it didn’t exactly show a desire to emulate Tom Mulcair ...
Read More »PR would have improved election: Proportional Representation
Wow, what an election! Contrary to all expectations, the apparently moribund Liberal party led by Justin Trudeau is today Canada’s next majority government. What happened? Basically, the Conservatives held on to their loyal, hard-rock 30% base, the NDP lost their ...
Read More »How Canadians can profit on the Liberal victory
Dylan Moran — While most polls had been placing the Liberal party as favourite, no one expected such a resounding victory. The win by the Liberals is the first time a son of a former Prime minister has won the ...
Read More »John Sewell’s book and how he and friends saved Toronto (Video)
John Sewell provides an insider’s account of 12 years when Toronto was transformed by activist citizens and high-rise developments. By the mid-1990s Toronto was well on the way to being Canada’s laraget and most powerful city, but all this “progress” ...
Read More »Highway 407 is a rip-off with high fees and no benefits to Ontario
Commentary by Ron Rhodes — You can drive the 400 mile length of the New York Thruway (I-90), from Buffalo to New York City , a toll road with fully staffed toll booths, for peanuts. Actually 2.1 cents per km. No ...
Read More »Wynne budget helping Bay Street, not Ontarians: CUPE
The Ontario budget begins a massive sell-off of public assets and service cuts that will reward bankers, but hurt Ontarians, says Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “Nobody voted for this,” said Hahn. “Selling ...
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