What happens with no ‘gatekeepers’? Just look at Ford’s Greenbelt scandal
The Greenbelt property sell-out is as sordid a saga of backroom dealings, favouritism, greed, and government corner-cutting as you are ever likely to encounter.
Ontario Liberal leadership hopefuls trade barbs, each claiming to be more qualified: ‘I’m the only one who actually runs a government,’ says Crombie
Even if Bonnie Crombie fails to win the Ontario leadership, the Mississauga mayor says she will still run for the provincial Liberals in the next election.
All bets are off in today’s policy-free political environment
Policies, or the specific actions of governments, seem less important than ever in an era when emotion and the demagoguery that taps into it overwhelm public discourse.
Ford’s new budget will hurt students: letter writer
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s new budget will hurt students. No matter how you look at the numbers, the Ford government is letting schools fall further behind. School boards across Ontario have been clear: cutting pandemic education funding will mean less support for kids that need it. Ford’s budget cuts that funding by nearly $1-billion, even […]
Ford’s free pass from integrity commissioner shows plenty of leeway in Ontario ethics conventions
The public may want to concentrate a bit more closely than it has been on the actions of the premier and his colleagues.
Likening medicare to communism, Ford moves ahead with plans for privatized, two-tier health care in Ontario
The crumbling of the country’s medical services during COVID has opened the way for a major push by those who favour private, for-profit health care, and Doug Ford is among the premiers leading the way.
Growing discontent between feds and provinces
Passing a Meech Lake-like constitutional accord would be the only way to save the country from disintegrating.
