Politics

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) applauded the Wynne government for the introduction of the Public Sector and MPP Accountability and Transparency Act, 2014. This legislation would, among other things, force all cabinet ministers, MPPs and political staff to post their expenses online. ...

Elizabeth May — Keystone hurts the Canadian economy: The Keystone pipeline — along with the other proposed pipelines across the country — would carry unrefined bitumen mixed with “diluents” (dilbit). These projects would make Canada’s economy even more dependent on ...

Angela Bischoff — March 11 marks the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe. Three years later, this plant continues to teeter on the edge of disaster with painfully slow progress to stabilize the reactors and to control vast amounts ...

John Duff — As millions of women around the world observe International Women’s Day, the Ontario Federation of Labour will proudly celebrate the role that unions have played in elevating the living standards of all women in Canada. The history ...

Olivia Chow presented a petition March 4 which addresses the weak legislation on punishing those who seriously harm animals. The petition has been widely supported, garnering 14,000 signatures nation-wide. First, it is my honour to present petitions from 14,000 petitioners ...

Candice Malcolm —When Dalton McGuinty first announced the program to remove deep-fried foods and meals high in fat, sugar, and sodium from high school cafeterias, it was treated like a silver bullet to address growing obesity levels.Of course, the government ...

Dennis Hanagan — Developers should be made to provide more green space when they build, and public advocates should be appointed to help residents voice their concerns at what can be “intimidating” Ontario Municipal Board hearings. Those were a few ...

Kiavash Najafi – The existing application deadlines on the Canada Pension Plan are disqualifying widows and widowers from accessing the CPP benefits of their late spouses. That’s why NDP MP Olivia Chow has put forward new legislation to abolish deadlines ...

Rosario Marchese — My position is clear: It’s not fair to cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy, while asking everybody else to pay more. Of course, the government doesn’t want to frame its “transit revenue tool” scheme this way. ...

David Lepovsky — The Toronto Star Feb. 20, 2014 reported on its front page that we revealed that the Ontario Government has since at least May 2012 been sitting on a detailed plan, prepared by public servants, for enforcing the ...