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May 13, 2021 | 10:28 AM
The Ontario PC party is facing criticism for new television ads that blame the federal government for the pandemic.
It’s critical of the government’s slow response to closing the borders to air travellers.
Liberal MPP Stephen Blais says it’s a campaign driven by xenophobia and divisiveness, not scientific fact.
Blais is challenging the Premier to prove the ad’s claims.
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The Ontario PC party is facing criticism for new television ads that blame the federal government for the pandemic.
It’s critical of the government’s slow response to closing the borders to air travellers.
Liberal MPP Stephen Blais says it’s a campaign driven by xenophobia and divisiveness, not scientific fact.
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Ontario Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark, pictured in 2018. The Greenbelt Council s new chair reports to Clark. File photo by Alex Tétreault
The new chair of Ontario’s Greenbelt Council is under fire over his environmental record again, this time for his approach to climate pollution as environment minister in the 1990s.
Norm Sterling who was lambasted by critics shortly after the Ford government appointed him last week for voting against the creation of the Greenbelt when he was a PC MPP was an environment minister in the Mike Harris government.
A longer look at his record also shows Sterling’s environmental legacy is complex. He was resistant to climate targets in the Kyoto Protocol, and oversaw the Environment Ministry as carbon emissions rose and senior officials instructed staff not to enforce regulations in hundreds of cases. But he also helped shape Canada’s first environmental land use plan and implemented legislation aimed at cracking down on smoki
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Coun. Rick Chiarelli enters the Ottawa city council chamber on Nov. 6, 2019.(Giacomo Panico/CBC)
If you re among those who felt the consequences facing Ottawa Coun. Rick Chiarelli, who was found to have harassed former staffers, fell short of the mark, the province is asking for your feedback.
In early March, the Ontario government quietly announced it would launch consultations to strengthen accountability for council members. The move came in response to public pressure and to recommendations from the influential Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) for more severe penalties for the most serious violations of codes of conduct for municipal elected officials.
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The provincial government wants to know what Ontario residents think about giving judges the power to turf troublesome city councillors from office.
The government launched a survey on Wednesday after announcing a public consultation last month in response to calls for changes to how municipal councillors and mayors are held to account.
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The announcement followed an integrity investigation into College Coun. Rick Chiarelli and allegations of his lewd behaviour toward women who worked in his office and women whom he interviewed for jobs. Council unanimously voted to apply the maximum penalty available under provincial law: a 90-day salary suspension for each formal complaint. Applied as consecutive penalties, the total salary suspension is 450 days and it started on Aug. 14, 2020.