ontario

Premier Doug Ford has long insisted that he and his office was not involved in picking which Greenbelt and rural properties to approve for housing development, but there’s growing evidence calling that claim into question.

I went to the Ontario Hydro calculator to look at switching from oil heating to electric (natural gas not available here). This calculator says that I can save about $400 per year by switching. I have much doubt about this. Has anyone actually done this switch? Do you believe this?...

By The Canadian Press

Par Inès Rebei • ON FR TFO...

Sarah Jama, an MPP from Hamilton-Centre, has been removed from the Ontario NDP caucus. This decision was made by NDP Leader Marit Stiles due to Jama’s unilateral actions that undermined the collective work and trust of her colleagues. Some of her actions were reported to have contributed to unsafe work environments for staff....

“Minister Calandra’s latest flip flop makes it abundantly clear; we have only scratched the surface of the damage this government has done.”

At this point, it might be more efficient to start reporting on anything that the Ford government does that isn’t a cynical, abjectly corrupt effort to enrich his friends....

By Joshua Freeman, CP24

Mississauga city council voted down a proposal on Wednesday that would have allowed fourplexes across the city but it decided instead to ask staff to consult on the feasibility of the idea and report back....

But Steve Clarke orchestrating or being unaware that his chief of staff was orchestrating a multi-billion dollar abjectly corrupt transfer of 8 billion dollars of unearned benefit is totally cool?...

Remember how canceling the gas plant was such a big deal? I bet the apologists will be out in force explaining how the fact that we are on the hook for this abjectly corrupt effort to transfer billions of dollars of unearned benefit to Ford’s wealthy developer friends/donors is, “ToTaLlY dIfFeReNt.”...

“Following a referral from the Ontario Provincial Police, the RCMP ‘O’ Division’s Sensitive and International Investigations (SII) unit has now launched an investigation into allegations associated to the decision from the province of Ontario to open parts of the Greenbelt for development,” the RCMP said in a statement...

The RCMP announced Tuesday it has launched a criminal investigation into Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s plan to open up Greenbelt land for development.

‘If I could turn this whole place into an apartment building, I probably would,’ says business owner...

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The issue for the christofascists isn’t that children are being indoctrinated in school. The issue is the deprogramming of the indoctrination to fear, hate, intolerance, and self-loathing that they get at home from their parents and at church from christofascist leaders....

I can’t wait until the big, tough neo-fascists who are perfectly capable of covering their faces when they’re screaming threats, insult, and epithets at children and their families and people of colour suddenly become pathetic, delicate weaklings who can’t possibly wear a mask for 10 minutes to go into a hospital.