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Randall Denley: A gorgeous, revamped Ontario Place is another provincial gift for Torontonians to hate

Randall Denley: A gorgeous, revamped Ontario Place is another provincial gift for Torontonians to hate

On top of the plan to build a brand spanking new science centre? How many more of these horrible blows will Torontonians have to endure?

26.06.2025 10

National Post

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Denley: Ottawa's $10.8-billion infrastructure spending gap? Nothing to see here, folks

Denley: Ottawa's $10.8-billion infrastructure spending gap? Nothing to see here, folks
24.06.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario's 'historic' spending under Ford sure isn't producing results

20.06.2025 10

National Post

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Denley: Getting rid of garbage — time for Ottawa Council to decide

17.06.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario's private eye-surgery experiment can give sight to the ideologically blind

Randall Denley: Ontario's private eye-surgery experiment can give sight to the ideologically blind

Outsourcing provided 32,000 extra cataract surgeries last year; a number expected to double this year. But ideologues try to discredit and undermine...

13.06.2025 4

National Post

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Denley: Greed and deceit robbed Renfrew of better hospital care

11.06.2025 4

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario is finally forcing out DEI from schools and universities

It’s welcome news for anyone who thinks that public education should be about learning and diversity of ideas, not a playground for political...

07.06.2025 10

National Post

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Denley: Local government is running amok. Now the city wants to know exactly how much water runs off your property

03.06.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario ends the Ring of Fire 'consultation' quagmire to finally get it done

We already know people who live on traditional lands in the north are unlikely to welcome mining. They shouldn't be able to veto it

29.05.2025 8

National Post

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Denley: It's about time city council deal with harm done to taxi industry

27.05.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario's school boards have gotten seriously out of hand

The province has ordered investigations into the finances of three school boards in Toronto and Ottawa

23.05.2025 10

National Post

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Denley: City shouldn't kill ByWard Market's free on-street parking

20.05.2025 6

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ford's budget is more about handouts than besting the Americans

What’s lacking is an overall, compelling plan that will reduce Ontario’s over-dependency on the American economy and boost its mediocre growth

16.05.2025 4

National Post

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Denley: Ottawa's flawed transit system built on what people once wanted

14.05.2025 6

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario can't get tough on crime until it gets tough on court delays

09.05.2025 10

National Post

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Denley: Was red light camera revenue really just a cash grab?

06.05.2025 30

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Attacking Poilievre's Conservatives will come back to bite Doug Ford

If conservatives want future political success, their federal and provincial leaders will need to grasp the fact that they have more in common with...

01.05.2025 10

National Post

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Denley: NDP collapse hurt Poilievre in his Carleton riding as well as nationally

29.04.2025 20

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ontario's reviewing university funding. Connecting it to jobs is the right start

'The provincial government is stepping up with permanent base funding to make sure STEM training is not affected, but that’s not all it is doing'

24.04.2025 10

National Post

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Denley: Politicians' ambitious plans won't fix the shortage of affordable housing

22.04.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ford helping Carney's Liberals won't help him take over the federal Conservatives

17.04.2025 5

National Post

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Denley: Pierre Poilievre is the right man in the wrong city

16.04.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Tax cuts are better tariff defence plan for Ontario than handouts

Doug Ford has delivered on the biggest part of his plan, with $9 billion in temporary tax deferrals and $2 billion in workplace safety premium rebates

10.04.2025 10

National Post

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DENLEY: Nepean's little more than convenient riding for Carney

09.04.2025 10

Toronto Sun

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DENLEY: Nepean's little more than convenient riding for Carney

09.04.2025 3

Ottawa Sun

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Denley: For Mark Carney, Nepean is little more than a convenient riding

08.04.2025 8

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Other provinces are demanding election goodies. Ontario should, too

03.04.2025 10

National Post

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Denley: City's $2-million land deal a waste of taxpayers' money

01.04.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Doug Ford has four more years, but maybe he should make it three

01.03.2025 3

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Randall Denley: The Ontario election played right into Doug Ford's hands

26.02.2025 3

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Randall Denley: An election about tariffs ignores Ontario's deeper economic decline

All three parties are fixated on government spending plans, not the broader economy

18.02.2025 10

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Denley: Ottawa is only partly protected from tariff damage

12.02.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Ford catches another break as his Ontario opponents can't get ahead

11.02.2025 10

National Post

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Randall Denley: Ontario Liberals and NDP will have to merge, sooner or later

Recent polls couldn’t be much better for PC leader Doug Ford

07.02.2025 9

National Post

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Denley: Sutcliffe wins big with Ford's promise to take over LRT costs

05.02.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: The tariff reprieve changes the Ontario election balance

04.02.2025 5

National Post

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Randall Denley: Ford sets the bar for more than just an election win

The challenge is not just to win, which will be relatively easy, but to drum up real enthusiasm for the tariff battle he wants to fight

30.01.2025 10

National Post

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Denley: Ontario's hasty election will make it hard on voters

29.01.2025 40

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Just attacking Doug Ford won't bring the victory Ontario Liberals think it will

28.01.2025 5

National Post

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Randall Denley: Ford wants an anti-Trump election. He might not get it

25.01.2025 4

National Post

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Randall Denley: Ontario's big EV gamble just lost everything to Trump

Ford placed a big bet on increasing American demand for EVs, but the new president's moves almost certainly ended that possibility

24.01.2025 3

National Post

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Denley: Ottawa should say no to new renoviction bylaw

21.01.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Calling an Ontario election is tempting but Ford must resist the urge

Doug Ford shouldn't be asking for a blank cheque to borrow and spend billions by squeezing a winter election in just before a federal vote

17.01.2025 9

National Post

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Denley: ODSB's return to providing a solid English education would be long overdue

14.01.2025 10

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: Thankfully, Doug Ford has a plan to handle Trump, because Ottawa doesn't

'Ford appears to be working on the Trump issue full-time, and so he should be'

09.01.2025 8

National Post

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Denley: Ottawa's public transit costs are headed for disaster

The City of Ottawa is stuck with a costly rail system. It must figure out how to minimize the growing financial hole this is causing.

07.01.2025 5

Ottawa Citizen

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Denley: Trudeau resignation — so much for Doug Ford's election plans

There is simply no way a provincial election can compete for public and media attention when it’s up against a long-anticipated federal...

06.01.2025 6

Ottawa Citizen

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Randall Denley: How Justin Trudeau ruined Doug Ford's plan for an early election

The fate of the federal Liberals was always the wild card that could upset plans for a spring provincial election, but if Trudeau was good at one...

03.01.2025 3

National Post

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Denley: Trudeau is treating the public service with contempt

From the pension fund, to layoff policies, to his back-to-office directive, the prime minister is showing the public service no respect.

03.12.2024 7

Ottawa Citizen

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BOOK EXCERPT: Randall Denley's 'Changes in Latitude' will take you on one killer of a cruise

A cruise ship arrives at a tiny Caribbean island with a murdered crew member on board. Can the crime be solved before the killer strikes again?

02.12.2024 30

Ottawa Citizen

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