Robert Benzie Rob Ferguson and Carys Mills Queen’s Park Bureau Premier Dalton McGuinty has announced he is resigning. McGuinty, who has led the Liberals since 1996 and been premier since 2003, stunned his caucus Monday night announcing it’s time for “renewal” at the helm of the party. “I’ve concluded that this is the right time …
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Sep 08
NDP ‘union muscle’ blamed for PC byelection loss
The Canadian Press Posted: Sep 7, 2012 11:20 AM ET Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak blamed “union muscle” Friday for his party’s loss of the Kitchener-Waterloo seat it held for 22 years, and predicted Premier Dalton McGuinty would quickly try to “kiss and make up” with Ontario’s public sector labour leaders. The Tories lost both …
Aug 17
Crime fighting unit latest victim of provincial austerity measures
In its frenzy to bring down the provincial deficit, the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services has laid off the entire staff of an office responsible for fighting crime through analysis of electronic data. All six members of the electronics investigation unit of the ministry’s Centre for Forensic Sciences learned this week they will …
Aug 14
eHealth CEO Greg Reed returns $81,250 bonus after opposition parties cry foul
Keith Leslie and Maria Babbage TORONTO – The man put in charge of eHealth Ontario following a spending scandal is returning a hefty bonus after coming under fire from opposition parties. The chairman of the agency’s board of directors said Monday he accepted Greg Reed’s “offer to decline” his $81,250 performance bonus for 2011-12, which …