Politics

Dennis Hanagan – Road, sewer and park improvements for Toronto Centre-Rosedale are in the city’s 2014 budget, councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam told her constituents at a Dec. 9 meeting. Water and sewer rehabilitation is scheduled for north Sherbourne, Elizabeth, Gerrard, Mutual, ...

Tim Hudak — The resignation of Peter Shurman Feb. 16, 2018 as the Ontario PCs’ MPP for Thornhill leaves the good people of his riding without the strong presence at Queen’s Park that Peter represented on their behalf since first ...

Paul O’Keeffe — [Global Research] When one thinks of the word ’agenda’ a few obvious meanings may come to mind – a list of things to do, a plan for a meeting, a goal to achieve or perhaps even an ...

Sarah Park — CARP members are shifting their political support away from the Conservative party over the government’s continued refusal to expand CPP contributions and benefits. Not only do they believe the government does not deserve their support if it ...

Frank Touby — Linda McQuaig has conceded victory for the hotly contested seat to rival Liberal Chrystia Freeland just after 11 p.m. on election day, Nov. 25. She says she feels proud of her campaign because it was about issues. ...

Craig Saunders — Ontario needs strong, stable infrastructure, but today’s announcement that the government will re-write rules to increase public-private partnerships (P3s) is a mistake, says Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “It is ...

Dwight Peters — Berczy Park will be redesigned in 2014. A lot is at stake as the local community has changed dramatically over the past three decades. If Berczy is to succeed, the redesign process must focus on what the ...

Elizabeth May — While the front pages of this week’s papers contain further allegations in the Senate scandal—a scandal that is deeply rooted in the PMO’s obsession with controlling all aspects of government—I am writing to update you on another ...

OTTAWA—Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird underlined how workers and businesses in key economic sectors throughout Ontario will greatly benefit from the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. An agreement-in-principle for this historic deal was announced by Prime Minister Stephen ...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced by-elections to fill vacancies in the key Toronto riding, plus one in Quebec and two in Manitoba. Both parties have star candidates in Toronto to fill the seat vacated by Liberal Bob Rae. Linda McQuaig, ...