Joint Review Panel Established for the Proposed Marathon Platinum Group Metals and Copper Mine Project in Ontario OTTAWA, August 9, 2011– Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent and Ontario’s Minister of the Environment John Wilkinson announced today the establishment of a three-member [Read more]
McGuinty Government Takes Next Step In School Eyecare Plan The McGuinty government is helping more Ontario children succeed in the classroom by helping them see better. Parents of junior kindergarten students will be encouraged to bring their child in for a free eye exam at participating eye [Read more]
May 17, 2011 McGuinty Government Recognizes Contributions Of Public Works Workers May 15 to 21, 2011 has been declared National Public Works Week in Ontario. The week recognizes the dedicated men and women who contribute to public works and infrastructure across the province. It also provides an [Read more]
MARATHON , ON –The Town of Marathon is airing its disappointment on the Province with the recent announcement that all of the fibre traditionally allocated to the mill in Marathon has been allocated to a U.S. firm who plans to develop a site an hour east in White River. The Town of Marathon, [Read more]
May 3, 2011 Friday, April 29, 2011, a motion brought by Constance Lake First Nation was scheduled to be heard in court. The community was seeking an injunction to stop ongoing mineral exploration activity by Zenyatta Ventures Limited in and around the community’s traditional land use area. It has [Read more]
McGuinty Government Supporting Clean Schools, Building Clean Energy Economy This fall, 126 schools will be turning on more cleaner and renewable sources of power, like solar, wind and geothermal, creating cleaner and more sustainable places to learn for Ontario students. Using renewable energy will [Read more]
McGuinty Government Changing Housing System To Put People First Families in need of affordable housing will get access to better and more flexible housing support. The Strong Communities through Affordable Housing Act, 2011, was passed by the legislature yesterday (April 19, 2011) with the support [Read more]
March 24, 2011 Conservative Budget out of touch with the priorities of Northwestern Ontario families and communities – Yves Fricot, Liberal Candidate for Thunder Bay Superior North Today’s Conservative budget hides billions in wasteful spending and offers next to nothing for Northwestern [Read more]
Harper declines to eliminate seniors’ poverty, strengthen CPP, take HST off home heating OTTAWA, ON – The Harper Government’s 2011 Budget has little to make life more affordable for Canadian families, deal effectively with the pensions crisis, and provide substantial support for health care, [Read more]
McGuinty Government Improving Access To High Quality Health Care Ontario is a national leader in wait times for key health procedures according to a new report from the Canadian Health Institute for Health Information (CIHI). Today, CIHI released its sixth annual report on provincial and national [Read more]
Death and Taxes Famous judge Oliver Wendell Holmes said that taxes are “the price we pay for civilization.” However we feel about taxes, Benjamin Franklin nailed it: “In this world, nothing is more certain than death and taxes.” There are nonetheless some big areas of discretion [Read more]
January 24, 2011 McGuinty Government Making It Easier For Students To Plan For Their Education Checking the status of an OSAP application is as easy as posting on Facebook or Twitter. Ontario’s new mobile OSAP app is the first interactive app of its kind for the government. It will allow busy [Read more]
January 24, 2011 McGuinty Government’s Pharmacist Program Is Reaching More Seniors More than 37,000 MedsCheck consultations have taken place in Ontario’s long-term care homes in just the first three months since the launch of the new free service. That means more Ontario seniors have [Read more]
January 21, 2011 McGuinty Government Pleased With International Ruling On Softwood Exporters Ontario is pleased with an international tribunal’s decision to limit an additional export tax on Ontario softwood lumber to only one-tenth of a per cent (0.1 per cent). This is dramatically lower [Read more]
Métis Leaders, Federal and Provincial Ministers Map Out Strategy for Métis Economic Development January 21, 2011 VANCOUVER, BC —The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, met January 19, 2011 [Read more]
