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McGuinty will lead a week long Clean Technology Trade Mission to India from December 6 said on the eve of his departure. He will visit Delhi [ Images ], Mumbai [ Images ], and Hyderabad. Emphasising that Ontario is determined to play a major role in India's...
Tags: India, Ontarios, Dalton McGuinty, New Delhi, Environment, Premier of Ontario, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Business Finance, Sandra Pupatello, Franco-Ontarians, Canadians of Irish descent, Harinder Takhar
The group said that issues of unemployment and the repossession of homes had become more acute before the recession started. It said long-term solutions were needed to reverse the poverty trend. But the report also pointed to improvements over the last...
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Progressive Conservative MPPs Bill Murdoch and Randy Hillier greet reporters after spending two days in the Legislature protesting the government's refusal to hold widespread public hearings on harmonized sales tax. Ontarians will get more time to have...
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An "unprecedented" number of Ontarians are turning to food banks for support, according to a new report by the Ontario Association of Food Banks. More than 375,000 Ontarians rely on food banks each month, an increase of 19 per cent since last fall, said...
Tags: food banks, Ontario, ontario association, Canada, Toronto, Ontario Association of Food Banks, Business Finance, Food Banks Canada, Dalton McGuinty
T he Progressive Conservatives derailed Question Period at the Ontario legislature on Tuesday, as two caucus members staging a sit-in defied the Speaker's order to leave the chamber. Tory MPPs Bill Murdoch and Randy Hillier spent the night in the chamber...
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Last updated on Monday, Nov. 30, 2009 12:21AM EST F or the past 13 years, the Ontario Liberals' image has revolved around Dalton McGuinty. Never before, though, has it revolved around him quite so much – a situation that the Premier has good reason to...
Tags: Mr. McGuinty, Ontario Liberals, Canada, Toronto, Greg Sorbara, Italian Canadians, Politics, Sandra Pupatello, Franco-Ontarians, Canadians of Irish descent, Joseph Cordiano, George Smitherman, Dalton McGuinty
When the going gets tough in politics, the tough start skating. That was Bob Rae's candid admission on Friday, while struggling to tell reporters how Liberals would be dealing with the troublesome issue of the harmonized sales tax and a looming vote next...
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Last updated on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 3:45AM EST T he Ontario government is poised to appoint a new chairman of the province's embattled lottery corporation after taking the extraordinary step three months ago of cleaning house, including firing the...
Tags: Paul Godfrey, Canada, Toronto, Politics, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, Dwight Duncan, Lottery, Business Finance, Year of birth missing, Dalton McGuinty, Bob Edmonds
F riday, 200 or so high school students will visit Queen's Park as part of Local Democracy Week. If all goes well, this will be one of the most formative experiences of their young lives. To make the most of the visit, we offer the following advice. In...
Tags: public hearings, Dalton McGuinty, Tim Hudak, Ontario, Canadians of Irish descent
Sid Ryan addresses delegates of the OFL, an umbrella group for the province’s most powerful unions, Nov. 26, 2009. Controversial union leader Sid Ryan has been a polarizing figure in provincial politics – but as the new president of the powerful Ontario...
Tags: Sid Ryan, OFL, Ontario, Trade union, Bob Rae, Canadian Labour Congress, Canadian Union of Public Employees, Ontario Federation of Labour, Ontario Nurses' Association, Dalton McGuinty