McDonell wants to ‘set the record straight’ on education funding, health care
The following is a column entitled This Week at Queen’s Park where MPP Jim McDonell has outlined a number of issues that have been the […]
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Time to change the Cornwall flag
It is not time to get with the times? Our city keeps trying to re-invent itself. God only knows when the city flag was first […]
Letter to the Editor: Dewar was ‘dedicated, principled’
The following letter is in response to the death yesterday (Feb. 6) of New Democrat MP Paul Dewar after a battle with brain cancer after […]
QP REPORT: Year in Review
This past year started with a large increase to the minimum wage, which may have raised the income of some, but also eroded the buying […]
QP REPORT: Reliable power supply over Christmas holidays ‘was at risk’
We returned to the Legislature this week in an emergency session to address the collective bargaining deadlock between Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and the Power […]
Letter to the Editor: Ontario needs Franco U to remain globally competitive
The Conservative Ontario government, led by Doug Ford, flip-flops plans to open the province’s first Francophone university. The newly elected government was to establish a […]
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 […]
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, […]