Top paid Ontario college presidents averaged $500K each in 2025 as layoffs continue | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Salaries at the top of Ontario’s struggling colleges remained steady last year, according to the Sunshine List, after another bruising 12 months of layoffs and restructuring ended with a potential tuition fee hike and sweeping changes to student loans. The province’s 24 publicly funded colleges have struggled significantly ever since a federal cap on […]
Ontario finance minister says HST rebate won’t be extended: ‘This is a one-year sale’ | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Ontario’s finance minister is shutting down any talk of extending the province’s $1.4 billion home buyers tax credit, dashing the hopes of the housing development industry, which wants the discount offered “in perpetuity.” The marquee feature of the 2026 Ontario budget, tabled at Queen’s Park on Thursday, was a publicly-funded tax break for any […]
Ontario to boost home care funding, may miss long-term care bed goal | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Ontario is investing $1.1 billion more in home health care as it grapples with the reality that it is unlikely to achieve its goal of building 58,000 new long-term care beds by 2028. The funding boost for home care is part of Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy’s 2026 budget that projects a $13.8 billion deficit […]
Ontario’s battered housing sector revises its projections down again | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Four years after the Progressive Conservatives promised to build 1.5 million homes in a decade, Ontario’s battered housing sector is looking at lowering expectations again. As part of its 2022 re-election campaign, the Ford government promised it would solve Ontario’s housing crisis by ramping up the construction of new homes. But it’s yet to […]
Ford government to table 2026 budget with warning of ‘tougher times’ ahead | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The Ford government will table its budget on Thursday afternoon, a financial blueprint expected to be printed with its fair share of red ink as the finance minister tells Ontarians to prepare for “tougher times” ahead. The annual financial plan will outline the government’s expectations for economic growth and debt, as well as offer […]
Majority oppose Ontario’s freedom of information clampdown, new poll finds | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] A majority of Ontarians oppose the Ford government’s freedom of information crackdown, according to a new poll, as the province prepares to shield political leaders and their staff from scrutiny. Research conducted by Abacus Data on behalf of the Canadian Union of Public Employees found just 24 per cent of those asked support the […]
Ontario not satisfied with federal nurse practitioner clarity it requested | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The Ford government says it will belatedly align with federal guidelines on nurse practitioners, a policy the province asked Ottawa to clarify two years ago. The federal government had set an April 1 deadline for provinces to have a policy in place to fund all medically necessary services from nurse practitioners. It’s a deadline […]
Ontario’s ticket resale cap will apply to original price of World Cup tickets – Toronto | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The Ford government says its planned cap on ticket resales will be in force ahead of Toronto’s World Cup matches — a move one observer says will be “completely unenforceable.” As part of its upcoming budget, the province is planning to ban people from reselling tickets to sports matches and concerts for more than […]
Ford government planning to waive HST on new homes for 1 year | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Potential buyers across Ontario are poised to receive a significant tax discount on newly-built homes, but only for a limited time, Global News has learned, as the Ford government looks to boost a sector struggling with a slump in sales. As part of his spring budget, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is expected to announce […]
Ford accuses FOI watchdog of ‘politicizing’ transparency clamp-down | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Ontario Premier Doug Ford is accusing the province’s transparency watchdog of “politicizing” his government’s crackdown on freedom of information laws, claiming he has “nothing to hide” but that he doesn’t want to risk publishing personal records. The government is facing major pushback, including from the Information and Privacy Commissioner, over its plan to give […]