Ontario government

The new hospital will be built and maintained by a private consortium, in tandem with the Ontario government.
  • 5 years 1 month ago

Providence goes with outpatients

In late 2013, Providence Mental Health Services announced a string of cuts to be implemented by the end of March — a reduction in the number of its beds, the removal of two wards and the elimination of 60 full-time positions.Continue...
  • 2 months 2 weeks ago

Shame on Doug Ford’s response to sexual violence

Last Wednesday at Queen’s Park, Toronto Centre district MPP Suze Morrison asked why the Doug Ford government was withholding millions in funding promised to Ontario’s rape crisis centres.Continue...
  • 3 months 1 week ago

Increasing class sizes limit student success

Large classes don’t help anybody.Continue...
  • 3 months 4 weeks ago

Student Choice Initiative casts doubt on the future of a free student press

Services like campus newspapers provide practical employment opportunities, but they also give students a voice and hold our leaders accountable.Continue...
  • 6 months 4 weeks ago

Nixing Violence Against Women program derails safety

A provincial government that asserts its leadership by scrapping valuable social policies without any replacement endangers its population.Continue...
  • 7 months 4 days ago

Low-income students should have the right to pay tuition themselves

Using student loans to pay tuition fees enables students to spend money responsibly. Taking that ability away manifests stereotypes about how low-income students can’t manage their money.Continue...
  • 7 months 1 week ago

Indigenous education isn’t a trade-off for effective government

Canada’s history with its Indigenous peoples is a harrowing reality that many students in their formative years of studying history don’t effectively learn, and that’s a problem.Continue...

Mihan stands in front of Ontario Hall.
  • 8 months 5 days ago

New free speech policy makes students and universities less safe

Freedom of speech is a complex issue and cannot be sufficiently tackled through one simple law.Continue...
  • 1 year 5 months ago

Queen’s Park catch-up: Ontario government updates

Last week, provincial lawmakers were busy debating legislation to end the five-week Ontario colleges strike. This week, Kathleen Wynne’s government enacted plans to raise the minimum wage to $15, as revised labour legislation passed Wednesday.Continue...
  • 1 year 6 months ago

Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance releases report on student mental health

In an effort to combat the issue of student mental health, Ontario students and faculty released a joint report titled “In It Together: Taking Action on Student Mental Health.” The report was revealed to MPPs at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Nov. 2.Continue...

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