9 h. ago Ford government open to using notwithstanding clause to publish sex offenders registry

Currently, the Ontario Sex Offender and Sex Trafficker Registry is accessible to police enforcement agencies but not to members of the public. 

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67 h. ago Ford government resets housing focus, hoping to turn fortunes around in the spring

While issues with homebuilding in the province have festered for years, housing starts in 2025 plummeted even further as potential buyers sat on the sidelines.

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3 d. ago As speed cameras are banned in Ontario, Toronto says it needs more funds to cope

Automated speed enforcement programs in the province officially came to an end after a lightning-fast bill from the Ford government forbade their use on city streets.

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3 d. ago Ontario Public Service has highest Copilot use in Canada, as Ford government rolls out AI

The Ontario Public Service has the highest Microsoft Copilot use in the country, according to internal government documents, and is used weekly by more than 15,000 civil servants.

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4 d. ago Ford government sends audit of company that received skills development funds to OPP

A spokesperson for the premier's office confirmed a 'routine audit' of government money sent to Get A-Head had raised red flags, which had triggered a further investigation.

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4 d. ago Toronto brothers were almost evicted for being a single penny short on rent

Two brothers in Toronto narrowly avoided eviction late last year over a one-cent shortfall, and tenant advocates say it reveals just how dicey renting has become in Ontario, and how proposed legislation could make it even worse. According to the York South-Weston Tenant Union, Toronto brothers Olliver and Carl received an eviction order last year without a hearing or warning. Based on documents supplied by the union, their landlord filed for eviction after the brothers paid $1,860 instead of the required $1860.01, just a one-cent difference. Thankfully, with the help of the union, the brothers were able to "set aside" the order, which allows tenants to contest an eviction after it has been issued. However, the union warns that under the proposed legislation introduced by the Ford government, that option could disappear altogether. The eviction order received by the brothers. Photo: York South-Weston Tenant Union.Last month, the provincial government introduc...

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4 d. ago Ford government continues education shakeup with new ‘family support offices’

The province said the first of these offices will be the next step for parents with complex or contentious issues which their schools cannot solve.

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6 d. ago Ontario school board supervisors can claim up to $40K in expenses over 2 years

The supervisors sent into Ontario school boards by the Ford government will be eligible to claim up to $40,000 over two years. The government says it will monitor closely.

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7 d. ago Ford government refuses to release completed work on Hwy. 401 tunnel idea

Ontario is refusing to release already completed work on the viability of Premier Doug Ford's Highway 401 tunnel vision after signing a $9.1 million contract to study it again.

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1 week ago Fighting tariffs a political performance as Ford pays off developers and Americanizes Ontario’s economy: OPSEU/SEFPO responds to FES

Toronto, ON, Nov. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Ford government presented its fall economic statement yesterday, after rolling out the largest spending budget in Ontario’s history earlier this year. “The Ford government’s financial planning is for an imaginary Ontario – not the one we live in,” said JP Hornick, President of OPSEU/SEFPO. “A job-focused […]

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1 week ago Ontario to scrap legal requirement to set and update climate target

The Ontario government is moving to scrap requirements that it set an emissions target and update its climate plan, wiping out key measures for holding the government to account on efforts to fight global warming. A plan to repeal parts of the 2018 Cap and Trade Cancellation Act was buried at the end of Thursday’s […]

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1 week ago LILLEY: Doug Ford government ‘protecting Ontario’ while feds plan to run deficits for years

Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy looking to return the provincial budget to balance within two years.

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1 week ago Ford government scrapping its own emissions targets and reporting requirements

Buried in the Fall Economic Statement on Thursday was the news that the government would be repealing sections of existing legislation.

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1 week ago Ford government to share update on state of Ontario economy amidst tariffs

Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy will unveil the fiscal update in the legislature around 1 p.m., parts of which have already been published.

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1 week ago Ottawa cyclists, councillors frustrated as Ontario bill targets bike lanes

Bill 60 is currently in second reading in the legislature, but the Ford government introduced a motion on Wednesday to fast-track the omnibus bill that would bypass committee hearings entirely.

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1 week ago ‘Not how we build housing’: Toronto mayor blasts Ford government rental changes

Chow told reporters on Tuesday she was worried about Bill 60, which brings in changes to how tenants and landlords are able to raise and resolve rental disputes.

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1 week ago Ford government speeding more legislation past committee, including education bill

A motion from House Leader Steve Clark looks to speed several bills through the legislative process after the government shortened the fall sitting by more than a month.

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1 week ago Ford government bypassing debate on bill to more easily takeover school boards

A motion from House Leader Steve Clark looks to speed several bills through the legislative process after the government shortened the fall sitting by more than a month.

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1 week ago Ford government supervisors can charge $350K per year to school boards

Several school boards in Ontario, including Toronto public, Toronto Catholic and Ottawa-Carleton, have been under the management of supervisors for months.

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1 week ago Ford says trade negotiation ‘falls on’ federal government after commercial controversy

Doug Ford appears to be falling in line behind Mark Carney as the federal government asserts its authority over high-stakes trade talks with the Trump administration. 

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