Today, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne rejigged her Cabinet in a long-anticipated shuffle. This likely represents the last shift in the Cabinet line up before the June 7 election. The Premier took the opportunity to increase gender parity, accelerate the generational change in the Cabinet and create the
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With 2017 drawing to a close and with a greatly-anticipated provincial election on the way in June 2018, we thought it was a good time to take stock of where each of Ontario’s main parties sits currently — and what’s in store for next year. Ontario Liberal
Read more →The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario took another step in its efforts to rebuild, re-brand and form government, with its Election Readiness and Policy Convention this weekend in Toronto and the surprise release of the Party’s Election Platform: “The People’s Guarantee.” Traditionally, the PC Party has had grassroots policy
Read more →With less than seven months to go before the next provincial election, today the Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa presented the Fall Economic Statement (FES). The Government’s essential posture with this Statement appears to be defensive, which might seem strange for a party mired in second place
Read more →INTRODUCTION In Budget 2017, the Government of Canada announced that it will provide Infrastructure Canada with $300 million over 11 years to launch a Smart Cities Challenge Fund (Fund). The purpose of the Fund, modeled after similar initiatives in the United States, is to encourage communities to
Read more →Jagmeet Singh’s decisive first-ballot victory in the New Democratic Party (NDP) leadership race creates a new dynamic in federal politics midway through the mandate of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party. Singh’s election will have implications for the state of federal politics in the lead-up to the 2019 election
Read more →Sékaly joins the expansive StrategyCorp roster of public affairs, management consulting, and communications experts TORONTO, Sept. 7, 2017 /CNW/ – StrategyCorp is pleased to announce the addition of Gabriel Sékaly to its senior advisory team. Gabriel brings with him over 20 years of Ontario Public Sector experience where
Read more →Three months since winning the Conservative Party of Canada leadership, Andrew Scheer has announced his new Shadow Cabinet, those MPs who will serve as critics to their Liberal counterparts. Scheer faces a tough balancing act heading into the fall session, rewarding those who had supported him in
Read more →At the halfway point in his mandate, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau conducted a mini-shuffle of Cabinet to refocus government efforts to meet domestic priorities in advance of the next federal election. Earlier this year, Trudeau tweaked his Cabinet in response to the election of President Donald Trump
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Navigating the post OMB world
Ontario’s land use planning approvals system is changing signficantly under Bill 139. Municipalities will have increased control over the policies that they implement and the decisions they administer. That means big changes for developers in Ontario. This presentation highlights some of these changes and was delivererd to
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