Four premiers ask for greater say in superior, appeal court judge appointments | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] By Allison Jones The Canadian Press Posted March 24, 2026 11:34 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The premiers of Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan are jointly calling on the federal government to give them more of a say in judges who are appointed to their superior and appeal courts. […]
Ontario legislature expecting thousands of students to descend for OSAP protest | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Queen’s Park is bracing for another major protest over the Ford government’s unpopular changes to the Ontario Student Assistant Program on Tuesday — a demonstration that’s being met with fresh warnings that vandalism and threats will not be tolerated. In February, the Ford government said the province’s OSAP policy was projected to grow to […]
Doug Ford’s cellphone records under spotlight ahead of transparency law changes | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The question of who Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls, and why he is changing the law to shield his phone records from scrutiny, was front and centre as the government returned to Queen’s Park Monday. Shortly before returning from an extended, 14-week winter break, the Progressive Conservatives announced they would retroactively change transparency laws […]
Majority think Doug Ford is failing to protect Ontario, new poll shows | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] As MPPs return to the legislature after an extended, 14-week winter break, new polling suggests a majority of the population believes the government is failing in its promise to “protect Ontario” across a series of key areas. A survey conducted by Ipsos exclusively for Global News’ Focus Ontario asked people how well they thought Premier […]
Watchdog says transparency crackdown will make Ontario more secret and less secure | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Ontario’s transparency watchdog is pouring cold water on some of the Ford government’s central justifications for clamping down on freedom of information, saying the changes will actually make the province more secretive and less secure. The province recently announced it would rewrite its access to information laws to retroactively exclude all records belonging to […]
Ford maintains strong polling lead, even as number of voters wanting change increases | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The majority of Ontarians believe Doug Ford — who remains the number one pick for premier — is taking the province in the wrong direction, according to a new poll which still has the Progressive Conservatives comfortably ahead of opposition parties. Polling conducted by Ipsos exclusively for Global News’ Focus Ontario reveals Ford and […]
Ontario to miss federal deadline for publicly funding nurse practitioners | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Ontario will not have a policy in place to publicly fund all medically necessary services from nurse practitioners by April 1, as ordered by the federal government, leaving some patients paying out of pocket for primary care. Health Minister Sylvia Jones pushed the federal government years ago to close what she called a loophole […]
Amherstburg mayor says Crown Royal ban should have stayed until plant was sold | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The mayor of an Ontario town, which once hosted a Crown Royal bottling plant, says international drinks maker Diageo appeared to lose any urgency trying to sell the facility after Premier Doug Ford ended his threat to ban its whisky. Ford threatened for months to remove Crown Royal from the shelves of the LCBO […]
Umar Zameer’s lawyer blasts ‘Trumpian’ demands for judge to apologize | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The lawyer who represented Umar Zameer is calling for a public inquiry into how police handled his client’s case and the creation of a new investigation by Ontario Provincial Police that cleared three Toronto officers of potentially colluding. Defence lawyer Nadar Hasan panned the OPP report, saying it had relitigated evidence the jury had […]
Ontario taking 1st steps to create integrated digital system for medical records | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] The Ford government is beginning work to create a central, electronic system to manage medical records, a move it says is part of its broader plan to connect everyone with a primary care practitioner by 2029. The policy is in its early stages, with officials reaching out to businesses and providers in Ontario to […]