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In a major victory for Andrea Horwath, Dalton McGuinty now agrees to the NDP leader's 2 percent surtax on wealthy Ontarians. In return Horwath pledges not to defeat the government in the budget vote today:
Posted date : April 24, 2012
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Finance Minister Charles Sousa:The budget will hold the line on corporate income taxes, keep spending increases below one per cent, cut the deficit to $9.8 billion and grow the economy by 1.5 per cent
April 23, 2013
Justin Trudeau has won a massive victory to lead the Liberal Party of Canada. The son of former Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau vowed to make the middle class his main focus.
April 14, 2013
Award-winning director Bruce MacDonald and OPSEU are launching a new film Wednesday to take on PC Leader Tim Hudak's "Right To Work" idea for Ontario.
March 19, 2013
Canada failed a basic test of a liberal democracy recently when it made Professor Tom Flanagan an instant pariah for saying those who view child pornography may not belong in jail.
March 12, 2013
As both Ontario and federal Conservative parties move to tighten restrictions on labour, there is pushback from within their own party.
February 25, 2013
She's the 25th Premier of Ontario, but the first female and openly gay one as well. Wynne named four leadership rivals to her 27-member cabinet, sworn in amidst pomp and circumstance.
February 12, 2013
As Kathleen Wynne crafts a new cabinet, all eyes are on where the men that crowned her will land.
February 07, 2013
Kathleen Wynne is happy that having a lesbian Premier may help ease the fears of young gays. But even more important to her is having broken a huge barrier for women.
January 28, 2013
Kathleen Wynne becomes Ontario's first female Premier, winning on the third ballot over Sandra Pupatello. A gracious Pupatello congratulated an ecstatic Wynne as the convention wrapped Saturday night.
January 26, 2013
Liberal delegates at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto elected Ontario's first female, and first openly gay, leader Saturday. Here's a taste of the crucial candidate speeches before the votes.
January 26, 2013
Ontario Liberals said an emotional farewell to three-time election winner Dalton McGuinty Friday night. But in an elegant goodbye speech, the Premier gave his party all the credit
January 26, 2013
Frontrunner Sandra Pupatello is defending her plan to wait to recall the legislature until she has a seat. She says she's ready to take on PC leader Tim Hudak right away:
January 25, 2013