On Monday June 19, 2023, By-Elections were held in 4 ridings.  Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount (Québec), Oxford (Ontario), Portage–Lisgar (Manitoba) and Winnipeg South Centre (Manitoba). Two of them Notre-Dame and Winipeg are taken by Liberals and two of them Oxford and Lisgar are taken by Conservatives. The same parties took what were vacated by their candidates, maintaining the status quo. Max Bernier could not …

Canada is investing in future with the collaboration of different global manufacturers. One of the example is the announcement of a 13 billion dollars federal and 500 million provincial endorsements. The plant would create employment of 3,000 direct and 30,000 indirect jobs. Once built by 2027, the plant would have a capacity to manufacture one million batteries/year enough for local …

Ontario Liberals ended a successful convention in Hamilton, Ontario and voted to change the rules to elect the new leader of the party. Under the new leadership election system, each constituency association shall be allocated 100 points, to be awarded to leadership candidates based on the proportion of support they receive. Members will directly cast their votes for their preferred …

On February 14, Governor General, PM Justin Trudeau, former PM Jean Chretien, Premier Ford and Mayor Crombie attended the farewell of Former Mayor Hazel McCallion. The farewell ceremony was held at Paramount Center, Mississauga. Due to all top dignitaries at one place, there was a heavy police presence and there were many black limousines all over the parking lot and …

Ontario Government is saying that they would be investing 57.6 million, over the next 3 years to recruit and retain up to 225 additional nurses in the long term care sector, through the new Hiring More Nurse Practitioners (HMNP) for long term care program. However, on the other hands Ontario Nurses Association is complaining ER closures every day. “This past …

Victory of defeat in an election is a normal phenomenon but loosing two elections in series is a serious matter. In the election 2018, Ontario Liberals got only 7 seats and 8 in the current election. On the other hand, Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (Ontario PC) added 7 seats. Andrea Horwath’s NDP lost 9 that pushed her to step …

Ontario pre-election debate arranged by TVO is ended this evening with no clear winner. All the parties are claiming that their leader won the debate including Conservatives, Liberals, NDPs and Greens. Smart questions were posed to the candidates on current issues such as Economy, Healthcare specially mental health, Education, Environmental issues, housing issues and supply chain issues. All the leaders …

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario government made a regulation that changed certain Employment Standards Act (ESA) rules during the “COVID-19 period.” This regulation has been amended to extend the COVID-19 period to January 1, 2022. During this period: A non-unionized employee whose employer has temporarily reduced or temporarily eliminated their hours of work for reasons related to …