Online feedback form for small businesses aims to address red tape concerns The Ontario government has launched a new online feedback form for small businesses. The online tool, developed in cooperation with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), is part of a series of measures that seek to address bureaucratic red tape. “Small business owners [...]
Kathleen Wynne faces major political test over budget It’s a tough time to be in power. Ask British Columbia’s Liberal premier, Christy Clark, who’s fighting not only to keep power but her own seat. Ask Alberta’s Progressive Conservative premier Alison Redford, who’s not only facing opposition from all sides, but noises in her own party that [...]
Ontario NDP makes budget demands, including lower auto insurance Ontarians spend the least amount of time of the citizens of any province thinking about their provincial politics. They put their civic politicians ahead of the province in their thinking. They put Ottawa ahead of the province routinely. Periodically, though, they do wake up to smell [...]
Officer brandished sex toy at man, allegedly threatened him A Toronto tow-truck driver is calling for the firing of a police officer he says threatened to assault him with a sex toy. Const. Ludgero Cafe had been charged with uttering a threat to cause bodily harm after an investigation by the province’s special investigations unit. [...]
Kathleen Wynne choices will indicate likely longevity of Liberal government Bruce A. Stewart Tomorrow morning Kathleen Wynne and her cabinet colleagues will be sworn in as Premier of Ontario by Lieutenant-Governor David Onley. The new ministers will have all of a week to swot up their briefing books. The legislature, prorogued by former Premier [...]
Canadian Sub-Lieutenant Jeffrey Delisle pled guilty to selling naval secrets By David Climenhaga Nowadays, Harold Adrian Russell “Kim” Philby’s betrayal of British and American military secrets to the beavering Bolsheviks of the Soviet security apparatus seems almost quaint. But that’s only because even with their nuclear arsenal the Soviets’ Russian successors aren’t much of a threat [...]
Will NDP leader Horvath back Kathleen Wynne and the Libs? Bruce A. Stewart It’s only been a week since the Ontario Liberals selected Kathleen Wynne to become leader in place of Dalton McGuinty. Yet, in the space of those seven days, the volatility of the province’s electors has come to the fore. The McGuinty legacy celebrated [...]
Kathleen Wynne faces battle trying to govern with a minority By Bruce A. Stewart Kathleen Wynne became the new leader of the Ontario Liberals Saturday, replacing Dalton McGuinty and becoming the first female premier of Canada’s largest province. Wynne, the MPP for Don Valley West in Toronto, twas chosen on the third ballot as tens [...]
Liberal Ontario government certain to fall in 2013 By Bruce A Stewart People who go into politics tend to be drawn from the more optimistic part of the population. Few of us are willing to vote for the dour, the nay-sayer or the pessimistic for long. Those who choose to run for leader [...]
McGuinty leaving Ontario Liberals doesn’t stop damage Bruce A Stewart The Ontario Liberals live in a dream world. They must, to be acting the way they are. This column is not a pro-teacher union column, although you may think that as the story unfolds. What it is is a record of insanity, and tries [...]
