Kind of wild story in northern Ontario, where the government has dissolved an apparently dysfunctional council, requiring a special election. And the local NDP MPP (John Vanthof) supports the govt on it. cbc.ca/news/canada/su…

“It’s all happening here”…not exactly as the commercials describe. #onpoli

Ontario Premier Doug Ford vows to fight Toronto’s drug decriminalization request theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

With the appointment of defeated Kanata-Carleton Ontario PC Party candidate Sean Webster to lead new political office in #Ottawa , instead of appointing a political Minister - the gravy train has officially passed through #ottcity .

In Ottawa, Premier Doug Ford announces Ontario Government will open a new 'regional office' in the capital. It will be staffed by Sean Webster, the defeated Ontario PC Party candidate who lost last summer's Kanata byelection to the @OntLiberals' Karen McCrimmon.
#onpoli

NEW: As the Ford government throws recruitment bonuses at its struggling forest fire program ahead of a potentially difficult season in the north, Global News can reveal one in five of its crews are unstaffed while several aircraft behind schedule. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/10454085/…

Scoop: Ontario to give wildland firefighters presumptive coverage for cancers, PTSD #onpoli theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie acknowledges she has a few things in common with Premier Doug Ford.

“I think we’re both very much retail politicians…We both do that very well.”

But the differences, she said, couldn’t be more stark. #onpoli

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Ontario to issue tougher policies for cellphone use and vaping in schools. More of what’s in the policy here: theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

I see a lot of comments about the Legault government attached to this, but this seems like the model for most government comms now and not some kind of glitch.

You get ignored or you get boilerplate that doesn't answer the question. That is how it works now.

NEW: The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is calling for the ban of the keffiyeh at the provincial legislature to be reversed — calling it “discriminatory towards Arab communities” and “a direct attack on freedom of expression.”

One of the great voices in Canadian sports history is silent.

Bob Cole gone at the age of 90.

Oh Baby what a career.

May he rest in peace and may his memory be blessing.

Federal government and Ontario announce $15-billion Honda EV deal #onpoli theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

The Speaker has asked Independent MPP Sarah Jama to come to order - to remove her keffiyeh - and she has refused.

A rotten law stays on the books until folks with guts defy it.

Thank you Sarah Jama #onpoli

MPP Sarah Jama being asked to leave to legislature for wearing keffiyeh #onpoli

Ontario looks to reduce doctors’ paperwork as it seeks to attract family physicians. Province will eliminate sick notes and fund #AI scribes, by ⁦Jeff Gray⁩ via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Federal government, Ontario announce $15-billion Honda EV deal theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Just when you thought it couldn’t get weirder: Ontario PC MPPs again veto lifting keffiyeh ban at Queen’s Park, despite Ford’s call to end it — but independent MPP Sarah Jama wears one anyway for an hour in the chamber and nobody says anything. #onpoli theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Some news. I’m thrilled to share that I have accepted a new job as Chief of Staff at Waterfront Toronto.

Values driven, community-based, and in partnership with all three orders of government and the non-profit and private sectors – it's city building at its best. I can’t wait.