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Fewer Ontario cities will hit housing targets amidst ‘major crisis’: ministerThe Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing accepted the number of new homes in Ontario was lagging far behind the targets it set itself, calling the situation 'a major crisis.'PoliticsJun 6
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Ford government again refuses to declare intimate partner violence an epidemicOn Thursday, the government rejected a call to declare intimate partner violence and epidemic but restarted a committee which had been studying the topic since last year.PoliticsJun 6
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Ontario making it easier to poach U.S. health-care workers with registration changeOn Thursday, the Ford government announced it would allow nurses and board-certified physicians to move from the United States to Ontario and begin working immediately.PoliticsJun 5
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Bill 5 officially becomes law in Ontario as MPPs set to rise for summerFinal sign-off was granted for Bill 5 on Thursday. The law will create so-called special economic zones where projects can bypass various provincial laws.PoliticsJun 5
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Ontario voted ‘in favour of Idle No More 2’ by passing mining law, First Nations sayAmong other changes, Bill 5 will create so-called special economic zones where a range of laws, ranging from municipal approvals to environmental rules or labour law, won't apply.PoliticsJun 4
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Milk Act to Bike Month: How Liberals are trying to slow Bill 5 with 4,000 amendmentsBill 5 is the government's mining legislation, which has sparked protests from First Nations leaders over a plan for special economic zones, where laws can be bypassed.PoliticsJun 3
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Eglinton Crosstown LRT on track to open by September, Ford saysDoug Ford made the comments at an unrelated event on Tuesday, where he said the Eglinton LRT was on track to open by September, with final testing planned soon.CanadaJun 3
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To access Ring of Fire, Ontario needs to build a road. Internal docs say it’s years awayUnless it sidesteps the planning process, Ontario won't be able to start building the road until 2028. Critics say that shows recent legislation isn't about the Ring of Fire.PoliticsJun 3
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Ontario signs fresh interprovincial trade agreements, adding Alberta, Sask. and PEIOn Sunday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford signed several memoranda of understanding with other provinces, mutually promising to remove interprovincial frictions on trade.EconomyJun 2
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Ford says he won’t reduce size of cabinet after Ontario MPPs get pay bumpLast week, legislation to increase the base salary for an MPP at Queen's Park from $116,550 to $157,250 passed all three readings and became law within minutes of being tabled.CanadaJun 2
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