Short, intense session set for Queen’s Park after 137-day break
- Ontario's Premier Doug Ford announced a seven-week sitting at Queen's Park after a 137-day break, raising concerns about democratic norms among opposition parties.
- The government plans to designate the Ring of Fire as a mineral-rich zone, but protests from First Nations are delaying the process.
- By the end of the year, Ontario's provincial parliament will have met for only 14 out of 52 weeks, limiting public participation, according to Liberal parliamentary leader John Fraser.
- The Conservative Party will have one less member after Chris Scott was removed from caucus due to domestic violence charges, including an allegation involving a high chair as a weapon.
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Short, intense session set for Queen's Park after 137-day break
TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford's government returns to Queen's Park Monday for what promises to be a short but intense seven-week sitting that opposition parties say they fear is becoming a new and undemocratic norm.
Stiles kicks off session with fiery question period focused on Doug Ford’s jobs disaster
Language English News Content: Stiles kicks off session with fiery question period focused on Doug Ford’s jobs disaster QUEEN’S PARK — The 44th Parliament returned to Queen’s Park today, and Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles wasted no time holding Premier Doug Ford to account for his government’s jobs disaster and shady deals: “Nearly 800,000 Ontarians are out of work while Doug Ford is busy playing Batman in Home Depot parking lots. Will it take…
Short, intense session set for Queen’s Park after 137-day break – 105.9 The Region
TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford’s government returns to Queen’s Park Monday for what promises to be a short but intense seven-week sitting that opposition parties say they fear is becoming a new and undemocratic norm. A lingering trade war with the United States, a consequential downturn in the economy with about 700,000 Ontarians looking for work, increasing inflation and a crashing housing market will hang over the Ontario legislature as politicia…
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