Rob Ferguson
Reporter at The (Toronto) Star
I cover Ontario politics for the Toronto Star. Dad. Foodie. Detroit Tigers Lions Wings Pistons fan.
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3 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Rob Ferguson
Ontario is having trouble giving money away for housing, but challenging times are making it hard to get. As Premier Doug Ford presented Toronto with a $67.2 million cheque to help build new homes amid a shortage that has pushed prices higher, his housing minister lamented more municipalities aren’t meeting the housing targets entitling them to cash.
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3 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Rob Ferguson
We’re busy. See you Oct. 20. That’s the rationale from Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives in adjourning the legislature Thursday for another unusually long summer break, infuriating opposition parties who said the move makes it harder to scrutinize the government’s actions.
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3 weeks ago |
stcatharinesstandard.ca | Rob Ferguson
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3 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Rob Ferguson
Premier Doug Ford says he will designate the Ring of Fire — which holds critical mineral deposits in northwestern Ontario — a special economic zone “as quickly as possible” in order to open mines now that Bill 5 has passed. “We need to start moving on that.
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3 weeks ago |
thespec.com | Rob Ferguson
Amid warnings of highway blockades and other civil disobedience from First Nations, Premier Doug Ford’s government passed its controversial Bill 5 to fast-track development of mines and infrastructure in the fight against U.S. tariffs. “We need to get moving, folks,” Ford said Wednesday before the vote on the Protect Ontario By Unleashing Our Economy Act, which creates “special economic zones” where local and provincial rules can be bypassed — and which opposition parties dub “no-law” zones.
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