The Ford Government has issued its proposed Provincial Policy Statement, 2019 (PPS) – the collection of rules and statements that guide planning authorities when making land use planning decisions. Many of the proposed PPS changes are consistent with what we would expect from the Ford government –… Continue Reading Ontario: Developers need to engage First Nations
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Since the writ was issued on August 12, a full year ahead of schedule, it appears that the Progressive Conservatives (PC) under the leadership of Premier Brian Pallister are poised to win a second majority come election day on September 10. On the eve of the election,… Continue Reading Manitoba Election: Health Care and Jobs Drive Voters
Read more →StrategyCorp’s 2019 Ontario Municipal Chief Administrative Officer Survey is out! StrategyCorp’s Ontario Municipal Chief Administrative Officer Survey 2019 focussed on two sub-sets of Ontario CAOs: CAOs of northern municipalities: We interviewed a selection of northern municipalities, a category of community to which we wanted to pay more attention. … Continue Reading 2019 Ontario Municipal Chief Administrative Officer Survey
Read more →Toronto – July 18, 2019 – Today StrategyCorp announced the addition of Mitchell Davidson to its growing Management Consulting practice. Mitchell will lead the creation of the StrategyCorp Institute of Public Policy and Economy. The Institute will be StrategyCorp’s market-facing think tank on innovation in domestic and… Continue Reading Mitchell Davidson to lead StrategyCorp Institute of Public Policy and Economy
Read more →Just a few weeks ago, Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government marked its first year in office. While the Ford government moved quickly out of the gate to implement its action-heavy agenda, the reality of day-to-day governing has created a number of challenges. While the government received a sound majority and made… Continue Reading Doug Ford Shuffles Ontario Cabinet to Launch Year Two
Read more →With the federal election on the horizon, the Advisory Council on Implementation of National Pharmacare released its final report, providing the Liberals with a path forward on how to implement a universal, a single-payer, public system of prescription drug coverage starting in 2020. The plan also helps… Continue Reading Are we on the path to universal, single-payer National Pharmacare?
Read more →Newfoundland and Labrador bucked a national trend last night, defying what some pollsters had predicted would be the sixth province to defeat an incumbent government in the past year. Dwight Ball’s Liberal Party held on to a minority government against Ches Crosbie’s Progressive Conservatives, despite a recent… Continue Reading Blue Wave Recedes in Newfoundland and Labrador
Read more →Almost a year after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum – and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded with countermeasures on a host of U.S. exports to Canada – the tense trade dispute ended abruptly today. In a joint statement, the United States… Continue Reading Canada-US Tariff Fight Finally Ends
Read more →Jason Kenney has been sworn-in as the 18th Premier of Alberta. He also announced his new cabinet in Edmonton. Given that only Kenney and Calgary MLA Ric McIver had previous cabinet experience at any level, Kenney’s cabinet ministers will have to be quick studies on the files… Continue Reading Kenney Cabinet Takes Office, Sets New Course for Alberta
Read more →When it comes to provincial elections, Canada’s smallest province doesn’t often make headlines, but Prince Edward Island’s 2019 election delivered change in several ways. For the first time since 2007, the Progressive Conservative Party under Dennis King will form a government with twelve seats. For the first… Continue Reading PEI Election 2019: PEI Joins the “Time for Change” Trend
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