QP REPORT: McDonell goes to PEI, end of Drive Clean
Editor’s note: This report from MPP Jim McDonell is for the week ending Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. At the beginning of this week, I was […]
Opinion
QP REPORT: ‘Bold’ action on carbon pricing
This week (July 30-Aug. 3), the government took bold action to stop federal intrusion onto provincial affairs and Ontarians’ pockets by launching a constitutional challenge […]
QP REPORT: Intense week as new government starts
It has been an intense week at Queen’s Park. The House debated the government’s Speech from the Throne. The priorities included reforming Hydro One governance […]
Letter to the Editor: Thanks to mystery family for returned wallet
Earlier this week I had the misfortune of ‘losing’ my wallet. Needless to say, in this day and age of tap cards and identity theft, […]
Mayor addresses CUPE-City negotiations in Letter to the Editor
The City Council and my office have been fielding questions about the strike and our reluctance to comment about the issues which have led to […]
Letter to the Editor: NDP not bad for business
In all my years as an active organizer and volunteer for the NDP, I’ve been inundated with statements that our party is bad for business. […]
COMMENTARY: Why not make Cornwall-CUPE offer public?
The City of Cornwall and CUPE are closing in on two weeks this Thursday since most of the front-line staff walked off the job. Inside […]
Letter to the Editor: Council should have spent a day in CUPE workers’ shoes
Today (May 23), I participated in the CUPE rally. The purpose, of course, was to lend my support to all the unionized employees of the […]
QP REPORT: Is $5B spent actually helping business?
Accountability and energy were again top of the mind issues at Queen’s Park this week. The government had to go on the defensive as more […]
QP REPORT: Shocked by AG report
This week, Queen’s Park was shocked by the Auditor-General’s scathing report on the government’s pre-election financials. The opening sentence of the blistering report says that […]