-- "'To compare us to Mexico is the most insulting thing I’ve ever heard from our friends and closest allies, the United States of America,' Ontario Premier Doug Ford said. 'I found his comments unfair. I found them insulting. It’s like a family member stabbing you right in the heart.'” --
FWIW, it's been brewing for a while...Ontario is setting up a task force that will examine ways to reform the province's tow truck industry. The Monday afternoon announcement comes as at least two police forces conduct major investigations linked to tow truck operations.Thugs let government know where they stand...
One probe by Toronto police has already resulted in charges against 11 people including one of the force's own officers, while another led by York Region police has dismantled several alleged organized crime rings and resulted in charges including murder.
An investigation is underway after an early-morning fire at a tow yard in North York engulfed numerous vehicles, including several tractor trailers. Police will be looking into connections to recent arsons and shootings related to a turf war for control of the tow truck industry.
TORONTO • Created 43 years ago to help buyers of new construction homes, the Ontario government now says Tarion Warranty Corp. has become an agency that favours builders over consumers and has subsequently asked the company’s CEO to step down, said Minister of Government and Consumer Services Lisa Thompson.
The auditor general’s report released Wednesday slammed the home warranty program, saying it was spending millions of dollars on bonuses for its executives but not paying attention to disputes raised by new homeowners.
The Minister also said the board would no longer be stacked with builders and developers.
Under bail reforms brought in by former premier Kathleen Wynne, about 90% of people before the courts are granted bail and as Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders has complained, many are back committing gun crimes within days.Need an example?
Two years ago, he was convicted of possession of a firearm and received time served — 45 days pre-sentence custody — and a $10 fine. A social media posting for Ming lists him as a “marketing co-ordinator.”**********
One person was seriously injured in a midtown shooting at Vaughan Road and Oakwood Avenue on Thursday night.**********
Police have confirmed Ibrahim Issak-Hussen, wanted in a fatal shooting in Hamilton boarded a flight from Toronto to Ethiopia on Sunday morning.
TORONTO — Ontario’s incoming premier has put the public service under a hiring freeze as part of a series of measures meant to limit spending as he re-examines the province’s books.**********
A spokesman for Doug Ford says the Progressive Conservative leader has also directed government ministries to cancel “subscription-based services” and to restrict out-of-province travel.
PORT HOPE — Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a 48-year-old man after officers administered naloxone to him.I've been waiting for this to happen. Let me say this loud and clear... COPS AREN'T PARAMEDICS. Standby for a huge lawsuit.
"Leaked emails show Caroline Mulroney’s former boss shared concerns over the PC party criticizing a controversial casino deal, while Wynne’s war room strategist rode the revolving door between government and lobbying for the same deal."Mr Ford should remember, courage is courage, wherever you may find it...
To call this a minor triviality of Canadian life is to ignore one of the country’s highest-profile policy debates of the past half-decade. In 2012, centrist Liberal politician Martha Hall Findlay provoked the conversation by running for her party’s leadership on what was a mostly one-issue campaign to abolish dairy tariffs.
Kathleen Wynne, who stepped down as Liberal leader after the party’s dramatic downfall, said she hopes premier-designate Doug Ford will change the rules to grant the designation, which currently requires eight seats in the legislature. “I think it’s important,” she said. “I hope that Mr. Ford will agree.”**********
"It’s unlikely the NDP would support loosening the rules around party status considering they were denied a similar reprieve under the Liberals in 2003," said Jonathan Malloy, a political science professor at Carleton University.
"There is a retreat in the movement," said Rioux, 69, on Saturday afternoon. "We've suffered a series of defeats, and it's hard to attract people when you don't win."
"I feel like he shouldn’t be allowed to handle knives, or sharp objects of any kind for that matter."nb. - Andrea's poor little boy is 25 years old.
#todaysNDP #NDP #LiberalismIsAMentalDisease
In a clear sign that the incoming PC government in Ontario will stand up for Canadian principles, Premier-Designate Doug Ford says that the anti-Semitic Al Quds Day will not be allowed.Straight talk from the guy who didn't give Omar Khadr 10 million taxpayer dollars.
"In the past, Al Quds Day has featured calls for genocide against Israel, horrendous anti-Semitic statements, and direct calls for violence. It’s a radical extremist event that has no place in a civilized nation."
It also sets the new premier on a potential collision course with the voters of Ontario, who appear more divided than ever. Despite Ford’s incessant claims to speak for the “people,” the people are polarized, and the electorate is not one.You mean the people who just elected a majority Conservative government... right?
The majority of people who voted against his vision of disruption, destruction and dysfunction in a province that is a bulwark of progressive government."
