Ontario municipalities articles
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Alberta to overhaul municipal rules to include sweeping new powers, municipal political parties
The bill would give the province the right to fire councillors, overturn bylaws, postpone elections and allow political parties to run on municipal ballots in Edmonton and Calgary.
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Progressive Conservatives win both Ontario byelections
Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative candidates won both Ontario byelections by convincing margins. PC candidate Zee Hamid, who has Liberal roots, won by more than 2,400 votes, or nine percentage points, over Liberal Galen Naidoo Harris in the riding of Milton, just west of Mississauga. MORE: CHECK UNOFFICIAL RESULTS HERE Polls and observers suggested Milton would have been a tighter race as the Liberals looked to make inroads in the 905 corridor around Toronto that the Tories...
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Ontario to increase fines for 'bad actor' employers
Ontario is set to clamp down on bad employers with big fines. Labour Minister David Piccini says his government will introduce legislation next week that will see fines increased for violations of the Employment Standards Act. Piccini says he is sending a message to "bad actor" employers there will be more severe consequences for exploiting workers. They are looking to stamp out organizations that fail to pay wages, penalize employees for taking pregnancy or parental leave, and have...