A ‘bad scene,’ ex-premier Dalton McGuinty says of halted mall rescue
Hearings into last year’s deadly collapse of a northern Ontario mall wrapped up Wednesday with the man who called the judicial inquiry taking credit for restarting a rescue effort called off hours...
View ArticleCityNews Rewind 2013: Historic day for Katheen Wynne
Ontario Liberals gathered at the provincial Liberal leadership convention on Jan. 26 to select their new leader, following Dalton McGuinty’s resignation in the fall of 2012. Kathleen Wynne — MPP for...
View ArticleOntario ombudsman’s powers may be expanded to include municipalities
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is promising wide-ranging accountability legislation that could give Ontario’s ombudsman new powers to investigate school boards, colleges and municipalities. The...
View ArticleMcGuinty maintains innocence in gas plant scandal
Former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty is maintaining his innocence in the ongoing gas plants scandal. McGuinty, who left the premier’s office just over a year ago, says he was never made aware of nor...
View ArticleMcGuinty staffer’s partner paid $10,000 to delete hard drives, OPP allege
Another possible headache for the Ontario Liberal Party is brewing. The Toronto Star reports that the Ontario Provincial Police allege the partner of former premier Dalton McGuinty’s deputy chief of...
View ArticleOntario gas plants trial to go ahead; judge says guilty finding possible
Some evidence exists that could ultimately lead to the conviction of two former senior political aides accused of illegally destroying documents related to an Ontario government decision to cancel two...
View ArticleCrown urges 6 months jail for ex-aide David Livingston; defence wants discharge
The sentencing hearing for a former top Ontario political aide caught up in the province’s gas plants scandal heard glowing accounts of his character on Monday as the prosecution called for a six-month...
View ArticlePremier’s support declining, Liberals viewed as committing criminal act: Polls
TORONTO, Ont. – Results from two recent polls show the Ontario Liberals are quickly losing support. A poll by Forum Research for the Toronto Sun suggests more than half of Ontarians believe the...
View ArticleOntarians believe Liberals committed criminal act after gas plant...
More than half of Ontarians believe the Liberals committed a criminal act when they deleted e-mails related to the cancellation of two gas-fired plants in Oakville and Mississauga according to a forum...
View ArticleWynne says byelections a ‘verdict’ on recent past
TORONTO – Humbled by the loss of three seats in the first electoral test of her leadership, Premier Kathleen Wynne acknowledged Thursday that Ontario voters delivered a “verdict on the recent past” and...
View ArticleOpposition cries cover up after questions about influencing Speaker blocked
TORONTO – The Opposition is crying cover-up after their questions about Liberals pressuring the Speaker of the Ontario legislature to change a preliminary finding of contempt were ruled out of order....
View ArticleLiberal campaign boss says he wasn’t behind decisions to cancel gas plants
TORONTO – Dalton McGuinty’s former chief of staff and long-time Liberal campaign director is denying Opposition accusations he was behind decisions to cancel gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga. Don...
View ArticlePrivacy watchdog says public misled about ability to recover government emails
TORONTO – Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government “misled the public” about the ability to recover deleted emails related to the $585 million cancellations of two gas plants, Ontario’s privacy watchdog...
View ArticleEx-premier McGuinty set to testify at mall-collapse inquiry
ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – Former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty is set to testify Wednesday at the judicial inquiry into last year’s deadly mall collapse in Elliot Lake. McGuinty is expected to answer...
View ArticlePublic has lost interest in gas plant hearings: Duncan
TORONTO – Former finance minister Dwight Duncan angered Ontario’s opposition parties Thursday when he told a legislative committee the estimated $1.1 billion cost of cancelling two gas plants won’t...
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