This week, Kitchener Centre MPP Laura Mae Lindo announced she will step down, and said part of the reason is because of high child-care costs for when she needed to be in Toronto. University of Guelph's Leah Levac says that's a big issue that can't be ignored.
Collaboration and experimentation across disciplines underscore two University of Guelph Canada Research Chairs (CRC)—one new, the other renewed—recently funded…
The municipal election voting is over, but there's still number crunching going on. And for officials in many parts of northwestern Ontario, the news is promising as the 2022 voter turnout was on the upswing compared to the last municipal election, unlike the provincial average rate, which dipped compared to 2018.
Across many parts of Ontario including Waterloo region, Guelph and Stratford fewer eligible voters cast their ballots in the 2022 municipal election compared to previous years. If the trend continues, it could become "a problem for democracy," says one political science expert.