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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is still leaving open the option of an early election, sources say, after refusing for months to rule out calling a vote that would get ahead of the potential disruption of a new federal Conservative government or any criminal charges that result from the RCMP probe of the province’s Greenbelt land swap.But both observers and insiders advising the Ontario government say it would need to provide the electorate with a compelling reason for an early vote that goes beyond political tactics, in the form of a new policy or spending plan for which Mr. Ford’s...
September 23, 2024 - 07:00 | Jeff Gray, Laura Stone | The Globe and Mail
Good morning. Canada’s health care system needs to work better for female doctors – more on that below, along with Europe’s mounting frustration over record-setting tourism and answers to your burning questions about the new mortgage rules. But first:Today’s headlinesIsrael urges the evacuation of southern Lebanon and warns of ‘extensive strikes’The public system spent at least $1.5-billion on private nurses last year, a study findsThe union for workers at Vancouver grain terminals has issued a strike notice
September 23, 2024 - 06:57 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
A new charter challenge set to get underway on Monday will test the constitutionality of a controversial Ontario law that allows hospitals to place discharged patients into long-term care homes not of their choosing or face a $400-per-day charge if they refuse.
September 23, 2024 - 06:36 | | CBC News - Ottawa
A new charter challenge set to get underway on Monday will test the constitutionality of a controversial Ontario law that allows hospitals to place discharged patients into long-term care homes not of their choosing or face a $400-per-day charge if they refuse.
September 23, 2024 - 06:36 | | CBC News - Canada
Donald J. Savoie holds the Canada Research Chair in Public Administration and Governance at the Université de Moncton. An award-winning author, he has published numerous books on public policy, public administration and federalism. Savoie has served as an adviser to several federal, provincial and territorial government departments and agencies, the private sector, independent associations, OECD, the World Bank, and the United Nations. His influence on Canadian public policy, Canadian public administration and Canadian society has been evident for years. The following is adapted from the...
September 23, 2024 - 06:30 | Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Citizen
The first time I interviewed Matt Humphrey, we were driving in his pickup truck through southern British Columbia, passing fields and forests, only five kilometres from the US border. Humphrey, then thirty-one years old, is a father of three and an evangelical Christian with a keen appreciation for the Bible. He is also an environmentalist, one who believes fighting climate change is a moral duty.
On the eighteen-acre property we were heading to, Humphrey and others from an evangelical Christian group called A Rocha (pronounced “a-RAH-shah”) were growing organic crops, running Bible...
September 23, 2024 - 06:30 | David Geselbracht | Walrus
