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Premier Ford promises to tear out existing bike lanes
Premier Ford promises to tear out existing bike lanes
Tories' anti-bike lane stance heats up as potential snap election looms
Municipalities, Transit and Infrastructure Trillium Insiders
Aidan Chamandy Aidan Chamandy
Doug Ford urges feds to embrace ‘Buy Can-Am’ approach to politics
Doug Ford urges feds to embrace ‘Buy Can-Am’ approach to politics
The premier called on the feds to pause the controversial Digital Services Tax to strengthen relationships across the border
News
Katherine DeClerq
 PCs to reduce environment assessment, allow 24/7 construction on HWY 413
PCs to reduce environment assessment, allow 24/7 construction on HWY 413
Watch out grasshoppers, the PCs have proposed a new bill to further reduce the environmental assessment of Highway 413, allowing round-the-clock construction, and cracking down on potential protests
Municipalities, Transit and Infrastructure
Alan S. Hale
 NDP leader asks ethics watchdog to investigate if minister gave Therme 'preferential treatment'
NDP leader asks ethics watchdog to investigate if minister gave Therme 'preferential treatment'
Marit Stiles claims in her complaint that 1,000-plus pages of evidence gathered by the NDP suggest various ‘irregularities’ with how Therme won Ontario Place’s west island
Politics
Charlie Pinkerton Charlie Pinkerton
Queen's Park Today: A valentine from Doug Ford
Queen's Park Today: A valentine from Doug Ford
Your daily report on the Ontario provincial legislature
Queen's Park Today Trillium Insiders
Alan S. Hale
 Ontario doctors call on province to address health system 'catastrophe'
Ontario doctors call on province to address health system 'catastrophe'
The Ontario Medical Association said it wants the provincial government to do more in six areas including the family doctor shortage and long waits for diagnostic tests and surgeries
Health
Sneh Duggal Sneh Duggal
AI-powered data centres to push Ontario's energy demand to new heights
AI-powered data centres to push Ontario's energy demand to new heights
Several electricity-hungry data centres are expected to open in the next decade, but Energy Minister Stephen Lecce is promising a new energy "vision" on how to feed the growing demand
Energy and the Environment
Alan S. Hale
 Bonnie Crombie teases tax cut in Ontario Liberals’ campaign platform
Bonnie Crombie teases tax cut in Ontario Liberals’ campaign platform
The party's platform rollout will happen 'in the coming months' and include a tax cut for all middle-class families: Crombie
Politics
Charlie Pinkerton Charlie Pinkerton
Queen's Park Today: Overruling cities is ‘common sense’
Queen's Park Today: Overruling cities is ‘common sense’
Your daily report on Ontario's provincial legislature
Queen's Park Today Trillium Insiders
Alan S. Hale
 Ford government moves forward on free access to personal credit info, security freezes
Ford government moves forward on free access to personal credit info, security freezes
The changes would allow victims of identity theft to freeze their credit so fraudsters can't take out loans in their name
Government Finance and the Economy
Jessica Smith Cross Jessica Smith Cross
Province teases more detail on bike lane restrictions, keeps door open to tearing existing ones out
Province teases more detail on bike lane restrictions, keeps door open to tearing existing ones out
Cities will have to give the province data on bike lanes installed in the last five years
Municipalities, Transit and Infrastructure
Aidan Chamandy Aidan Chamandy
Speaker Ted Arnott will not run in the next election
Speaker Ted Arnott will not run in the next election
Ontario PC MPP and Speaker Ted Arnott, first elected in 1990, will not run for re-election
Politics
Katherine DeClerq
 Queen's Park Today: Salary freeze begins to thaw
Queen's Park Today: Salary freeze begins to thaw
Your daily report on Ontario's provincial legislature
Queen's Park Today Trillium Insiders
Alan S. Hale
 TRILLIUM TALK: The debate over forced treatment for addictions, mental health
TRILLIUM TALK: The debate over forced treatment for addictions, mental health
Every Sunday morning, one of our legislative reporters from The Trillium provides an inside look at the week that was in Ontario politics — and the week ahead
Trillium Talk
Village Media
 Ex-minister who was in Vegas with developer won't run for re-election
Ex-minister who was in Vegas with developer won't run for re-election
The Vegas trip is under the microscope in the RCMP's Greenbelt investigations, multiple sources with sightlines into the investigation tell The Trillium
Politics
Charlie Pinkerton and Jessica Smith Cross
 Ford 'all in' on Ottawa's school food program
Ford 'all in' on Ottawa's school food program
The province is waiting for the federal government to come back with a specific dollar figure, Ford said
Education and Training Trillium Insiders
Aidan Chamandy Aidan Chamandy
Ford gives new responsibility, small pay bump to MPP who oversaw Greenbelt removals
Ford gives new responsibility, small pay bump to MPP who oversaw Greenbelt removals
The premier said it's not popular to give MPPs a raise — and he won't change their pay — but will give them pay bumps for serving as parliamentary assistants
Politics Trillium Insiders
Aidan Chamandy Aidan Chamandy
Queen's Park Today: 'A Band-Aid solution'
Queen's Park Today: 'A Band-Aid solution'
Your daily report on Ontario's provincial legislature
Queen's Park Today Trillium Insiders
Alan S. Hale
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