An stunningly written profile of the complicated, long-running protestor faceoff taking place every week at Bathurst and Sheppard by Ben Spurr of the Toronto Star. #TOpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/ang...

NEW: The union representing TTC workers is raising alarm bells about the government’s plans to expand fare integration — claiming it could see Toronto residents subsidize fares in neighbouring jurisdictions. The province says that's inaccurate. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1175750...

NEW: The Ford government is moving to take direct control at the top of some local governments in Ontario, offering its appointees enhanced powers and shrinking the size of two councils. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1175717...

WATCH: Attorney General Doug Downey wouldn't be drawn on Premier Doug Ford's call for the judge in the Umar Zameer trial to apologize. Critics say the premier is putting his AG in an uncomfortable position. #OnPoli

NEW: Ontario’s attorney general will neither condemn nor support Premier Doug Ford’s suggestion that a provincial judge should apologize for her instructions to the jury in the trial of Umar Zameer. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1175598...

NEW: The Ford government says it will not give nurse practitioners billing codes, but will work to bring them entirely into the publicly funded health-care system as the federal deadline to ensure coverage for medically necessary services passes. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1175533...

NEW: The number of senior leaders at provincial transit agency Metrolinx has increased again as a review of its reliance on external consultants brings some axed contractors on board as full-time, high-paid staff. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1175401...

The final two international teams to play group stage matches in Toronto during the World Cup have been confirmed, as Italy lost out on a potentially mouthwatering opening game against Canada. # globalnews.ca/news/1175503...

NEW: Less than two weeks before Infrastructure Ontario agreed a controversial lease with Therme, the government was urged to “dig a bit deeper” into the private company’s finances. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1175381...

From @jeffreybgray.bsky.social: Ontario’s freedom of information changes would take away the IPC's ability to review documents, the watchdog said, allowing the government to simply declare documents in minister's offices off-limits. #OnPoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

ICMYI: This is how the planned Hurontario LRT from Mississauga to Brampton prompted the government to begin the next steps on fare and schedule integration. #ONpoli globalnews.ca/news/1175305...

NEW: Two years after the Ford government launched its signature fare integration program, the eventual opening of the Hurontario LRT is driving a fresh push to expand the program to bring more standard fares and schedules. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1175305...

WATCH: Nolan Quinn, the minister of colleges, universities, research excellence and security, told me yesterday he is "paying attention" to post-secondary pay, singling out Conestoga College. #Onpoli

WATCH: Housing Minister Rob Flack tells me the changes in the latest housing bill are not small -- but transformational. Adding "it all adds up" in the province's bid to restart the struggling housing sector. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1175192...

NEW: The Ford government introduced its latest omnibus housing bill hours after announcing billions of dollars to reduce development charges in a bid to improve a homebuilding sector that is “on its back.” #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1175192...

NEW: Toronto is moving ahead with the construction of its Waterfront East LRT line, connecting downtown to new neighbourhoods in the Port Lands, after sealing a funding agreement with other levels of government. #ToPoli globalnews.ca/news/1175159...

NEW: It was another brutal year of layoffs for Ontario's college sector, but the five highest-paid presidents of those institutions saw their pay rise slightly to an average north of half a million dollars. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1174922...

NEW: Inflation last year hovered around 2%, but pay in Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office shot up by almost 11%. The premier's team now costs over $8 million in salaries, with average pay north of $160,000. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1175063...

NEW: Despite slightly cheeky requests already coming from the building industry to extend the HST rebate on new homes indefinitely, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy told Colin D'Mello on Focus Ontario that this is a one-time offer. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1174930...

NEW: Ontario has released its annual salary disclosures, nicknamed the Sunshine List, revealing that more than 400,000 publicly paid employees in the province earned over $100,000 last year. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1174896...

Calling all #Hibs fans: Join me, former head of football operations George Craig and former chief scout Graeme Mathie on May 7 to celebrate the 2016 Scottish Cup win. All tickets come with a signed copy of Hibernian Heroes; proceeds go to the HSF. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

NEW: Toronto will close roads, suspend parking and ask people to take transit or walk through key parts of the downtown when fans descend on the city in June for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. #ToPoli globalnews.ca/news/1174879...

Premier Doug Ford’s government formally introduced the controversial changes it plans to make to Ontario’s records-access law on Thursday via Charlie Pinkerton #Onpoli www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

Ontario to boost home care funding, may miss long-term care bed goal #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1174777...

NEW: Questions about what will happen to a downtown Toronto bus parking lot near the Rogers Centre are swirling after the Ford government used its 2026 budget to update the rules around the land. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1174769...

NEW: As the Ford government continues its modernization of the LCBO — including tax breaks and reductions in markups — the amount of money flowing into public coffers from alcohol sales is dropping significantly. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1174739...

NEW: Four years after the Progressive Conservatives promised to build 1.5 million homes in a decade, Ontario’s battered housing sector is looking at lowering expectations again. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1174737...

BREAKING: Amid an active trade war with the United States and economic uncertainty on the horizon, the Ford government is painting a pessimistic outlook of the province’s economy — as it increases Ontario’s deficit by more than 75 per cent. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1174645...

NEW: It's budget day at Queen's Park. The financial blueprint will be tabled after 4 p.m., but even before he announced it the finance minister was warning of "tougher times" ahead. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1174645...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his health minister said Wednesday they will not reverse course on their decision to shutter more supervised drug consumption sites, after a letter from six former Toronto mayors urged them to do so. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1174629...

NEW: Doug Ford says his transparency clampdown is "only controversial with two groups: the media and with the opposition." A new poll commissioned by CUPE and conducted by Abacus suggests that's not actually true. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1174604...

NEW: Sylvia Jones took questions today on missing the federal deadline to come up with a policy to include nurse practitioners in the public billing process. “We will be in compliance with the now-clarified federal guidelines,” she said. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1174556...

NEW: Potential buyers across Ontario are poised to receive a significant tax discount on newly-built homes, but only for a limited time, as the Ford government looks to boost a sector struggling with a slump in sales. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1174462...

🧵Searching for the Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Sylvia Jones. The government is going to miss a deadline to publicly fund all medically necessary services from nurse practitioners. So, reporters today wanted to hear an explanation from the minister. #OnPoli

WATCH: Minister Stephen Crawford suggested the transparency watchdog, appointed by the legislature in 2025, shouldn’t be taken too seriously. He points to IPC losing the mandate letters case. Doug Ford just lost a court case on his cellphone records, which the IPC won. #OnPoli

NEW: Premier Doug Ford is accusing the province’s transparency watchdog of “politicizing” his government’s crackdown on freedom of information laws, claiming he has “nothing to hide” but that he doesn’t want to risk publishing personal records. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1174408...

NEW: Work has officially been completed to overhaul and expand Toronto’s BMO Field stadium ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. globalnews.ca/news/1174366...

NEW: The Information and Privacy Commissioner says nobody in Premier Doug Ford's government consulted with her office before announcing near blanket immunity from transparency rules for political staff, cabinet ministers and the premier. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1174274...

NEW: Ontario’s education minister insists “significant change” is coming to the province’s school boards — but says he is working on legislation that will not rely on the notwithstanding clause to abolish trustees. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1174241...

Ontario’s provincial members of parliament are heading back to Queen’s Park Monday, as the legislature sits for the first time since December. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1174191...

In question period, the Ford government are suggesting their overhaul of transparency laws brings them in line with the rest of the country. The Information and Privacy Commissioner says that's not actually the case. She says they're "offside." #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1174068...

NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced he intends to use controversial, sweeping powers to designate Toronto’s Billy Bishop airport a special economic zone, where provincial and municipal laws can be bypassed. #Onpoli #ToPoli globalnews.ca/news/1174194...

NEW: The information and privacy commissioner pours cold water on the Ford government's defense of its freedom of information crackdown #ONPOLI

NEW: The information and privacy commissioner is pouring cold water on the Ford government's transparency clampdown. She says it will actually make Ontario more secretive and less secure than other parts of the country. Here's why. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1174068...

NEW: Exclusive new polling for Focus Ontario shows Doug Ford maintains a comfortable lead over his rivals, but the underlying numbers are softening. Number of people who say province is heading in the wrong direction up seven per cent. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1173989...

Really enjoyed joining @jm_mcgrath on the famous #OnPoli Podcast this week to talk about freedom of information laws and Premier Doug Ford's cellphone. Take a listen, if you're so inclined. youtu.be/6Y8V4LlkoRw?...

Ontario will not have a policy in place to publicly fund all medically necessary services from nurse practitioners by April 1, as ordered by the federal government, leaving some patients paying out of pocket for primary care. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1173968...

NEW: The mayor of an Ontario town, which once hosted a Crown Royal bottling plant, says international drinks maker Diageo appeared to lose any urgency trying to sell the facility after Premier Doug Ford ended his threat to ban its whisky. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1173852...

NEW: The government says it'll be moving ahead with a ban on ticket resales above face value. The Liberals had planned a similar move before the Progressive Conservatives killed it. Then, during the World Series, Doug Ford looked again. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1173935...

🧵: During last year's snap election, as he fought a campaign under the banner of protecting Ontario from US tariffs, Doug Ford visited Washington, D.C. in his role as premier. Here's a look at how much it cost the public, mid-campaign. Uncovered through FOI. #Onpoli