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Randall DenleyThe London Free Press |
Instead of a complex deal, why not suggest free movement of goods and services across the Canada-U.S. border without tariffs of any sort?
Randall Denley: Justin Trudeau treated ethics violations like parking tickets that don't have to be paid. Mark Carney should set a better example.
Some communities will get full trustee representation, while others will have limited trustee roles or none at all
Randall Denley: Improving rural service is never going to rise to the top of OC Transpo’s to do list. Why not look elsewhere for help?
He does the right thing to boost Ontario’s stagnant housing industry and increasing new home affordability, but then gets distracted
Randall Denley: Rick Leary has a solid CV, but he will find a huge gap between what we can afford and the transit system that some demand.
Randall Denley: Most people work five days a week wherever their employer tells them to go. Public service unions overplayed their hand in...
The new approach makes universities and colleges more serious about what programs serve the market while making students pay for the benefit
The benchmark price for a new single family home in the GTA is $1.4 million, a condo just over $1 million. Any solution will need to target price
Carney’s surprise move was a political sucker punch for Ontario Premier Doug Ford, a guy who thought Carney was his pal
The scale of Ontario’s plan is unlike anything the province has witnessed in the past, likely to exceed $100 billion
There’s nothing wrong with being positive and the premier is at heart a salesman, but it helps if your optimism is connected to reality
When people are focused on family needs and charitable giving, it’s just tone deaf for political parties to stick their hands out
Calandra has raised serious doubts about school trustees, the curriculum, standardized tests, and the level of student achievement
Shelley Spence’s reports give an unfairly negative impression of the provincial government’s progress on health care
The Ontario provincial government is spending a disproportionate amount of time on policy tweaks and micro-adjustments
A full sales-tax rebate would be a smart and gutsy solution to the province’s housing shortage
The bargain-priced child care was over-hyped and underfunded from the start, one of the reasons the Ontario government was the last to sign on to the...
If digging stuff out of the ground many years from now to send elsewhere is the 'plan to secure our future,' Ontario is in serious trouble
The issue is a tenant’s right to live in an apartment indefinitely on a monthly basis, even after the lease has expired
Lack of transparency in job training contracts is a stark contrast to government’s enthusiasm for meddling in businesses' hiring practices
One might reasonably wonder whether the premier, who is often influenced by opinion polls, isn’t so sure that getting rid of the trustees is a good...
Voters can be forgiven for not knowing what Crombie stood for. That seemed to be a mystery to Crombie, too
What’s the message? Vandalize a speed camera and the premier will take up your case?
The most effective solution to high housing prices is painfully obvious, but neither the provincial nor federal government is willing to act
Despite the strong beginning, one had to wonder what would drive the continued expansion, given all the known negatives