Latest from Queen's Park

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  Ford government changed rules to fast-track a new appointment

  Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cabinet made a significant change to Ontario's appointment rules, CTV News Toronto has learned, in order to fast-track an appointee to the Land Planning Appeals Tribunal (LPAT), an agency that mediates disputes between developers and municipalities.

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  New poll suggests voters haven’t forgotten about patronage appointment scandal

  The poll, given exclusively to CTV News Toronto, shows 56 per cent of respondents perceive the Doug Ford government as being “corrupt,” while 62 per cent believe “too many cronies” of the premier have jobs in government. 1

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  MPP Mitzie Hunter enters race to be Ontario Liberal leader

  After months of speculation about her future within Ontario’s Liberal Party, former Education Minister Mitzie Hunter is making it official – she is entering the 2020 Liberal leadership race. 1

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  Ontario government to regulate autism therapists

  Autism therapists across Ontario will soon be regulated by the provincial government — a move that the Doug Ford government says will promote a “higher level of trust” between families and practitioners.

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  Contracts and budget cuts top of mind as Ontario teachers meet in Toronto

  Contract negotiations and education budget cuts are top of mind as hundreds of elementary school teachers from across Ontario meet at a downtown Toronto hotel. 1

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  Premier Ford says violent mental health patients should be 'dealt with in jail'

  Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he has “no sympathy” for violent offenders whose mental health prevents them from being held criminally responsible, saying the public would be better protected if those patients were “dealt with in jail.” 1

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  Ontario says out-of-country dialysis treatment will still be covered by OHIP

  Patients with kidney failure are breathing a sigh of relief as the Doug Ford government announced on Thursday that their out-of-country dialysis treatments will still be covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP.)

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  Toronto 'fully supports' provincial overhaul of blue bin program

  An upcoming overhaul of Ontario’s blue box program by the Progressive Conservative government is getting the thumbs-up from the City of Toronto. 1

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  Liberal MPP resigns triggering Ontario by-election

  Liberal MPP Nathalie Des Rosier resigned from the Ontario Legislature Wednesday, less than three years after first being elected, as she prepares to take over as president of Toronto’s Massey College.

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  Ford government urged to overhaul appointments process amid cronyism scandal

  Ontario's Green Party is calling on the Progressive Conservative government to overhaul the province’s public appointments process to avoid repeating a scandal that has rocked Premier Doug Ford’s office.

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  Battle brews between LCBO and union over liquor delivery delays

  A public war of words has erupted between the presidents of the LCBO and the union representing employees over widespread delivery delays at provincial liquor stores.

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  Ontario encourages building of pre-fabricated schools in cost-cutting effort

  Cash-strapped school boards across Ontario are being asked to consider building modular schools in an effort to save on construction costs—money that the Progressive Conservative government says can be re-directed to front-line services. 2

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  Ontario should pay attention to beer sales in other provinces, experts say

  As the Ontario government prepares to move ahead with its plans to overhaul the province's 92-year-old beer distribution system, experts say it should heed lessons from retail sales systems in other provinces.

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  Ontario looks to 'minimize summer learning loss' with $6 million math program

  Ontario students could spend part of their summer break taking math-focused refresher courses, as the Progressive Conservative government looks to improve provincial math scores over the next four years. 2

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  Ford says he acted 'pretty quickly' to address public appointment scandal

  For the first time in two weeks, Ontario Premier Doug Ford addressed the ongoing public appointment scandal that has rocked his government and led to the resignation of his chief of staff.