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Shawn Jeffords

Shawn Jeffords

Municipal Affairs Reporter at CBLT-DT (CBC Toronto) Online

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Byelection wins, personal relationships influence Ford cabinet shuffle, insiders say

Two byelection victories and a desire to manage relationships within his own party, could be part of the reason why Premier Doug Ford tweaked his cabinet this week and opted against wholesale change, say political insiders.
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5 Ontario communities still waiting for reimbursement after Greenbe...

Five communities Premier Doug Ford’s government promised to repay for costs they incurred because of the Greenbelt scandal say years later they are still waiting for the PCs to make good on their pledge. And opposition MPPs are slamming the PCs for failing to live up to their word, saying the province is "downloading" the cost of the controversy onto municipal taxpayers in those communities.
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First Nations chiefs call for public inquiry as Ontario defends wil...

First Nations leaders and opposition politicians brought their calls for a public inquiry into Ontario's province’s wildfire response to Queen’s Park. Progressive Conservative cabinet ministers have defended their government’s efforts to fight the fires, but made no promises to deliver a sweeping public review.
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Ontario pushed ahead with strong mayor powers expansion despite 'pr...

Premier Doug Ford’s sweeping expansion of strong mayor powers to nearly half of Ontario’s municipalities was met with "predominantly negative" feedback during consultations, with respondents calling the system “unnecessary” and “undemocratic," documents obtained by CBC News reveal.
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Ontario's education unions have a united front. With tense talks ah...

When Paul Calandra stepped to the microphone last week ahead of contract talks with Ontario’s education unions he projected a tone of optimism. A day later, union leaders held a news conference of their own, meeting his tone with guarded positivity and a united front.
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Ontario will approach civil service return-to-office during FIFA wi...

Ontario’s finance minister says there will be "flexibility" to rules requiring all civil servants to work five days a week in the office during the FIFA World Cup, as unions representing those workers say disruptions associated with the games highlight how rigid and confusing the policy has become.
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Medical AI transcriber for Ontario doctors 'hallucinated,' generate...

Artificial intelligence note-taking tools intended for use by Ontario doctors provided incorrect and incomplete information or demonstrated "hallucinations," and were not evaluated adequately, the province’s auditor general says in a new report.
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Ford defends health-care record as hospitals say financial 'crisis'...

Premier Doug Ford is defending his government’s health-care record ahead of his eighth budget, even as the province’s hospitals say they face a billion-dollar structural funding deficit.
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Ontario has not purchased or leased new space for thousands of retu...

Premier Doug Ford’s government says it has not signed any new leases or purchased real estate to accommodate 60,000 public sector workers ordered to return to the office five days a week, as unions representing the civil servants say they're facing a serious space crunch.
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Ontario's workplace safety board is spending over $800K on an ad bl...

Ontario's workplace safety board is spending over $800K on an ad blitz. Its own workers are questioning why
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Ontario could ban declawing cats, debarking dogs under new regulations

Ontario appears set to push ahead with a ban on declawing cats and debarking and ear cropping dogs, a move animal welfare advocates say is years overdue and doesn’t go far enough.