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Jul 12, 2018  Far from ending hallway medicine, North Bay stands to lose 37 more hospital beds, more than 150 staff under Ford programsOntario’s hospitals’ hallway medicine and bed crisis will deepen under Premier Doug Ford’s public service cuts and promised tax cuts, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) warned. |
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Jun 29, 2018  Thoughts on hate as Doug Ford is sworn in at Queen’s ParkBarâa Arar The south façade of the Ontario Legislative Building. Photo: Benson Kua |
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Jun 29, 2018  Thoughts on hate as Doug Ford is sworn in at Queen's ParkBarâa Arar That intimate relationship between legislation, extreme political rhetoric, and the rise in hate crimes as shown by Donald Trump’s America, is exactly why I am afraid of a Ford majority government. |
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Jun 28, 2018  Ontario fightback: Progressive MPPs headed to Queen's Park speak outMaya Bhullar Learn what their constituents are saying and what they need from us to fight back. |
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Jun 8, 2018  Ford Nation takes over OntarioKarl Nerenberg In Ontario, first-past-the-post again did its work and rewarded all of the power to a leader with 41 per cent of the vote. In the case of Doug Ford, close to 60 per cent of voters cannot abide him. |
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Jun 8, 2018  Hopes and prayers, Ontario … Now, let's get back to Dr. Suzuki and the honorary degreeDavid J. Climenhaga If Jason Kenney continues to attack the U of A, all he will be doing is damaging a great and valuable Alberta institution, hurting especially the young Albertans who study there. |
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Jun 7, 2018  Is strategic voting worthwhile in the Ontario election?Krystalline Kraus On the eve of election day, I asked around to find out what people felt about strategic voting. In this case, I meant "ABC" -- anyone but conservative. |
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Jun 6, 2018  The First Nations' agenda in the Ontario electionPam Palmater The Liberal Party has taken a significant amount of heat for their collective failures to act on their substantive promises to First Nations. How do Ontario's political parties square? |
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Jun 6, 2018  Liberal ads attacking NDP could help Ford’s PCsKarl Nerenberg The Ontario Liberals who prefer a PC to an NDP win have prevailed. Progressives tempted by Kathleen Wynne’s party might want to re-consider before rewarding Liberal cynicism with their votes. |
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Jun 4, 2018  The case against voting machines in Ontario's 2018 electionHoward Pasternack Rosemary Frei Among other things, scrutineers, appointed by parties to watch for cheating, will no longer be able to observe the count for 90 per cent of the ballots. |
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Jun 4, 2018  Why electronic voting in the Ontario election is a mistakeHoward Pasternack Rosemary Frei Among other things, scrutineers, appointed by parties to watch for cheating, will no longer be able to observe the count for 90 per cent of the ballots. |
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Jun 2, 2018  An open letter from Ontario's front line nurses to PC Leader Doug FordOntario nurses can no longer stay silent about the Progressive Conservative Party’s lack of a full health care platform and proposal to find ‘efficiencies’ in government spending. Read the open letter |
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Jun 2, 2018  Ontario leaders’ debate: why the silence on $15 and Fairness?Vote for the NDP on June 7 and mobilize for the June 16 rally for decent work, regardless of who is elected. We have to ensure that whoever wins continues to support workers and raises wages. |
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Jun 1, 2018  Our populist zeitgeistThis happens to be a populist moment politically but ours won’t be a particularly Trumpian one, not because Ontarians are smarter than Americans but because there’s a populist alternative. |
 More tools to help get out the vote on June 7thGuides Now that the election day is near, here are some more targeted tools to help inform people you talk to and bust some of the lies. |
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May 31, 2018  Dear Premier HorwathGerry Caplan The Ontario NDP has shot to the top of some polls into an almost unimaginable lead across the province. And even though it's not over 'till it's over, Horwath seems like a premier-in-waiting. |
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May 30, 2018  NDP math error will help the party, not hurt itThis accounting tempest will turn out to be a non-event in the dramatic election campaign -- and in fact, it may counterintuitively help the party's surging campaign, rather than hurting it. |
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May 30, 2018  Ontarians want to eliminate Ontario's bottled water permitsEmma Lui The Ontario 2018 election is just one week away. We asked thousands of people across Ontario what issues matter most and what will inform how they vote on June 7. Here's what matters to you on water. |
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May 30, 2018  The Ontario election: A report card for equityCathy Crowe Health Providers Against Poverty analyzes Ontario party platforms with an equity lens. |
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May 28, 2018  In the final Ontario leaders’ debate, Wynne was dignified, Horwath feisty and Ford evasiveKarl Nerenberg The Ontario election is a bit more than a week away. In the last leaders’ debate of the campaign, PC leader Ford still refused to give any details about his plans. |
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May 25, 2018  Conservatives in Alberta and Ontario continue to misrepresent Bob Rae's recordDavid J. Climenhaga The story about Bob Rae's disastrous stewardship of Ontario during his tenure as NDP premier of that province is one of three big lies in Canadian politics. |
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May 25, 2018  Doug Ford is part of the worldwide anti-environment movementKarl Nerenberg A PC candidate said she does not believe humans caused climate, and her leader has not disavowed that view. One of Doug Ford’s big pledges is to scrap key measures to reduce carbon emissions. |
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May 22, 2018  Horwath will make Ontario orange with NDP winDavid Climenhaga I'm feeling good about my prediction that the next Premier of Ontario will be Andrea Horwath of the NDP. |
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May 21, 2018  Mark my words, Andrea Horwath is going to win OntarioDavid J. Climenhaga I'm feeling good about my prediction that the next Premier of Ontario will be Andrea Horwath of the NDP. |
