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  'Send it to a vote': Provincial teachers' union issues challenge to Ontario Premier Doug Ford

  Amidst tense contract negotiations, one provincial teachers' union is issuing a challenge to Ontario Premier Doug Ford – asking the government to present its contract offer directly to educators and allow teachers to decide for themselves. 1

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  Ontario PC government will not support MPP's election transparency bill

  Ontario's Progressive Conservative government says it will not support its own MPP who has tabled a private member's bill designed to bring transparency to internal political party elections.

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  Ontario teachers asked to consider province's debt before asking for raise

  Thousands of Ontario teachers are being asked to think about the province's debt before asking for a raise during contract negotiations—a move that unions argue has injected politics into the talks. 1

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  Union launches 'aggressive' campaign against the Ontario government

  An Ontario union is launching an “aggressive, multi-year” campaign against the Progressive Conservative government, warning of the effects of future budget cuts on front-line services.

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  ‘This was a fair process’: Ontario Attorney General defends pot shop lottery system

  The Ford government is defending its cannabis lottery licence system days after an illegal pot shop received the opportunity to open up a legal store in Toronto. 1

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  Doug Ford to decide on carbon tax court challenge after federal election

  Doug Ford says the fate of Ontario's carbon tax court challenge will be decided after the federal election, raising the possibility that his government could end up abandoning the legal action.

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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. 1

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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.