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Former Liberal MP Shaun Chen who resigned from federal politics earlier this month after a devastating car crash is planning to throw his hat into the ring in city politics. Chen told the Star he will run in Scarborough North, a ward that is currently held by Councillor Jamaal Myers, who said Wednesday that he’s focused “100 per cent” on...
Some pay $1,500 to throw axes and eat chicken tenders. Others spend $3,400 on oysters and delicate Japanese tapas. Or $485 at a Toronto establishment serving the “largest” selection of tequila in Canada, the kind that glides down with serene notes of caramel, chocolate or honey.
Labour Minister David Piccini’s central Ontario riding association spent $40,000 in “meetings” that included sushi-rolling classes, epicurean dining across Toronto and expenses related to a Florida golf course as fundraising from donations surged in 2024, financial records show. As Piccini faces an ongoing investigation by the Ontario integrity commissioner over funding approvals he made for the province’s $2.5-billion Skills Development...
On the day that New Democrat Leader Marit Stiles predicted prison for Premier Doug Ford, she added extra shots of two-percent milk to her morning coffee, which means the caffeine was not to blame. It is true that, on May 4, Stiles’s top staffers got her energized over the ongoing RCMP and integrity commissioner investigations into Ford’s government, during their...
NDP Leader Marit Stiles predicts a future behind bars for Premier Doug Ford — if she wins the next election. NDP Leader Marit Stiles predicts a future behind bars for Premier Doug Ford — if she wins the next election. “Maybe you won’t get another mandate — because you’ll get prison, Doug!” said Stiles, whose party is trailing the Progressive...
Amid Liberal infighting and NDP disarray, Premier Doug Ford is hoping to win Scarborough Southwest for the Progressive Conservatives in a byelection expected this summer. With the stunning departure two months ago of New Democratic MPP Doly Begum to run for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s federal Liberals, Ford has been closely watching developments in the riding.
It’s a flashpoint in the hotly contested race to become the provincial Liberal candidate in Scarborough Southwest. Where do you live?
Mark Carney’s Liberals will be running a member of the provincial NDP in an upcoming byelection in Scarborough Southwest. The federal Liberals announced Tuesday morning that Doly Begum, the New Democrat MPP for the riding and the provincial NDP’s deputy leader, will be their candidate in the byelection to replace Bill Blair, who stepped down yesterday.
Almost half of the 17 unions that endorsed Premier Doug Ford for re-election got nearly $40 million from the controversial Skills Development Fund despite low-ranked applications, according to secret data obtained by the Star.
The criteria used by the Ford government to hand out millions of dollars through its controversial Skills Development Fund remain a secret as a new Star analysis shows 17 unions and industry groups that endorsed the Progressive Conservatives in the February election received $237 million. There is no transparency on how the various labour and trade organizations were graded despite...
Less than two weeks after Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie resigned after a dismal 57 per cent leadership review, another potential replacement has stepped forward to say — maybe. When reporters on Parliament Hill asked of his interest in the top provincial job, MP Yvan Baker (Etobicoke Centre) said, “I’ve been approached by a number of people and encouraged to run...
In the political version of self-flagellation, the Ontario Liberals have released an internal review of their campaign loss in last winter’s snap election called by Premier Doug Ford. The report, which analyzes the Liberals’ third consecutive loss to Ford’s Progressive Conservatives, focused on new leader Bonnie Crombie, who brought dazzle to fundraising events but also created a “ripple of negative...
Well, that was illuminating. I spent three weeks following (in the virtual sense) the campaign speeches of Canada’s national political leaders.