McGuinty Says NDP Demands Would Cost Ontario $1 Billion

McGuinty Says NDP Demands Would Cost Ontario $1 Billion

Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press  04.11.2012
TORONTO - Negotiations between Ontario's Liberal government and the New Democrats to pass the budget and avoid another election hinge on...
CTV Guest Compares Tax Hikes For The Rich To Ethnic Cleansing

CTV Guest Compares Tax Hikes For The Rich To Ethnic Cleansing

Daniel Tencer  04.10.2012
A recent study finds Canadians are willing to endure tax hikes if it means saving the country’s social safety net. But, of course,...
Ontario NDP Makes Final Demands For Budget Support

Ontario NDP Makes Final Demands For Budget Support

Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press  04.10.2012
TORONTO - The NDP's list of demands in exchange for supporting the Liberal budget — and avoiding another Ontario election — was dismissed...
Ontario NDP Proposes Capping Public Sector Exec Pay

Ontario NDP Proposes Capping Public Sector Exec Pay

Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press  04. 5.2012
TORONTO - Ontario's Liberal government cozied up tighter with the NDP Thursday while lashing out at the Progressive Conservatives for vowing...
NDP Face Fight Over Demand For New Tax On Rich

NDP Face Fight Over Demand For New Tax On Rich

Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press  04. 4.2012
TORONTO - Premier Dalton McGuinty poured cold water Wednesday on the New Democrats' demand to increase income tax on the very wealthy,...
Ontario NDP Wants New Tax On The Rich.. Or Else

Ontario NDP Wants New Tax On The Rich.. Or Else

Keith Leslie and Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press  04. 3.2012
TORONTO - Ontario's New Democrats are naming their price to prop up the minority Liberals, unveiling their first set of budget demands...
Actually, We Do Care What You Think

Actually, We Do Care What You Think

04. 3.2012
Last week, Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath asked Ontarians to have their say on the budget. People in Queen's Park murmured that this...

Saturday Round Up: The Week that Wasn't

04. 1.2012
Two major government budgets were released this week, by Ontario and the Feds respectively; as widely anticipated, both will balance spending...
Flaherty Slams Ontario's Government

Flaherty Slams Ontario's Government

03.30.2012
Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says Ontario’s finances have been "badly mismanaged" for "almost nine years." ...
McGuinty Gives Election Ultimatum

McGuinty Gives Election Ultimatum

The Canadian Press  03.30.2012
OTTAWA - Premier Dalton McGuinty says he won't consider any new spending suggestions for the budget, even if that means Ontario voters...
Ontario's 2012 Budget:

Ontario's 2012 Budget: "Meh."

03.29.2012
Expectations were thus fairly high this week that Premier Dalton McGuinty and his loveable understudy, Finance Minister Dwight Duncan,...
Federal, Ontario Budget Cuts To Slow Economy 'For A Number Of Years'

Federal, Ontario Budget Cuts To Slow Economy 'For A Number Of Years'

03.28.2012
OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's austere budget Thursday will place speed bumps on -- but not derail -- Canada's economic recovery,...
Liberals Buy HUGE Front Page Budget Ad In Ontario

Liberals Buy HUGE Front Page Budget Ad In Ontario

Maria Babbage, The Canadian Press  03.28.2012
TORONTO - Ontario's budget is just a day old, but the political jockeying has already begun.Premier Dalton McGuinty took his budget pitch...
Funding To Dry Up For Toronto Arts

Funding To Dry Up For Toronto Arts

03.27.2012
Provincial funding for Toronto's Luminato festival is to be cut by $3.5 million over the next two years. Festival...