Politics

Tory auto sector promises too little too late: Mulcair

Véronique Breton — Government loan for Linamar today comes after the Conservatives oversaw the loss of more than 50,000 auto sector jobs. “Liberals and Conservatives have allowed a generation of middle-class jobs to disappear in industries like auto,” said NDP ...

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Liberals fail to learn: privatized Hydro a boondoggle in the making

Craig Saunders — Pursing the Liberal government’s privatization plan for Hydro One’s electrical distribution assets is a costly mistake, cautions Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “The auditor general just revealed the Ontario government ...

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Privatized ‘P3’ hospitals and projects cost $8 billion more

Natalie Mehra — All justifications are now stripped away. Ontario’s government must stop the P3 privatization of public infrastructure projects including hospitals, and put the billions in savings that result towards needed care and services. Ontario Auditor General’s Report Vindicates ...

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Island airport ‘plans’ are a problem list for impossible expansion

Brian Iler — The Toronto Port Authority on Dec. 2 released its new “Master Plan” for the Island Airport. This isn’t so much a “plan” as a list of unsolvable problems. Unlike most airports that have ample space on the edge ...

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Bush family tries to force Texas town to frack

On Nov. 4, Denton, Texas, became the first city in the state to ban the process of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) when 59 percent of voters cast ballots in favor of the initiative. It did so in the heart of the Barnett Shale basin, where George Mitchell — the “father of ...

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Toronto Waterfront questions for John Tory as mayor

Brian Iler — We at CommunityAIR have been mystified by John Tory’s silence on his vision for our Waterfront. The choices are actually quite stark: continue the magnificent work of Waterfront Toronto, or allow a noisy filthy industrial use to ...

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Neonic pesticide ban vital for bee health – and ours


Gideon Forman — with Caroline Schultz and Faisal Moola. Apiculturalists, Ontario lost 58% of its honey bee colonies this winter – more than twice the national average of 25%, and nearly four times the “long term acceptable level of winter ...

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Senate debates ban on keeping whales, dolphins in captivity

Marty McKendry — This exchange took place in Senate Question Period Oct. 2 as the result of a question on the captivity of whales and dolphins asked by Ottawa resident Caroline McNaught: Hon. Wilfred P. Moore: My question today is for ...

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Harper’s trade/investment-deal sell-out to China will be locked in

Elizabeth May — Ever since September 2012, when news of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Hu Jintao of China witnessing the signing of the Canada-China Investment Agreement in Vladivostok Russia, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has been raising the alarm ...

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An Ontario carbon tax would be a tax on everything

Candice Malcolm — Ontario has dug itself into a deep financial hole. With soaring debt and a sluggish economy, skeptics from all sides are expressing doubt about Kathleen Wynne’s ability to manage Ontario’s lopsided budget and massive deficit. The responsible ...

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