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RSS FeedsOntario Legislature´s heated summer session ends with battle lines drawn over sex-ed, green energy
(The Star Food)

 
 

16 august 2018 01:27:21

 
Ontario Legislature´s heated summer session ends with battle lines drawn over sex-ed, green energy
(The Star Food)
 


Forging ahead, or bulldozing?As MPPs settle back in their ridings after a rare and raucous summer session of the Ontario Legislature following the June 7 election that brought Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives to power, battle lines are firmly drawn for the next four years.Tempers flared frequently in the heat as the first PC government in 15 years pushed ahead on promises to scrap cap-and-trade, as well as subsidies for energy-saving windows and electric cars, and to return to the old sex-education curriculum. The Tories pushed the envelope with a bill to cut the size of Toronto`s city council by half, a move not telegraphed on the hustings, and cancelled a basic income pilot project for welfare recipients that Ford’s campaign had pledged to keep while chopping a three per cent social assistance increase by half.Ford’s Toronto legislation, which also scraps elections for regional chairs in Peel, York, Niagara and Muskoka, came as a surprise early this month when even his cabinet ministers had expected the summer recess to finally begin.“The one thing I learned about our premier over the last couple of weeks is that he loves this place, he loves keeping his promises, and he doesn’t like to keep people waiting,” said Government House Leader Todd Smith. Read more:Opinion | Martin Regg Cohn: Doug Ford savours his summer of love“It’s been very productive, as we’ve accomplished a heck of a lot.”Other measures include turning recreational cannabis sales over to the private sector once weed is legalized Oct. 17, cancelling green energy contracts, allowing breweries to sell beer for a dollar, order striking York University staff back to work, ousting Hydro One’s chief executive officer and replacing the company’s board of directors, launching a government-wide spending audit and freezing salaries for public sector executives.One key promise kept in time for summer vacations: a 10 cent pe ...


 
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