Ontario Update – Week of May 20, 2024
The Backdrop MPP’s are back in their ridings for a constituency week. The legislature will resume on May 27th for the final three weeks of the spring session. PC’s retain a comfortable lead over opponents In Abacus Data’s latest poll, the PC’s have dropped slightly to 39% from last month’s 41%. Both the Liberals and […]
Ontario Update – Week of May 6, 2024
The Backdrop The House is back today, following a constituency week break. There are five weeks remaining in this session. It will be an active week at Queen’s Park – both legislative and politically. Milton by-election – what do the results mean? The by-election results in Milton and Lambton-Kent Middlesex did not change the Party […]
Ontario Update – Week of April 29, 2024
The Backdrop MPP’s are back in their ridings for a Constituency Week, after a contentious couple of weeks in the Legislature. Thursday’s by-election result in Milton will provide the winning Party with the narrative of continued support for Doug Ford or of momentum for new leader Bonnie Crombie. Low turn-out in by-election advanced polls Last […]
Ontario Update – Week of April 22, 2024
Ford’s PC’s riding high in latest poll Abacus Data’s latest poll results show the PC’s at 41%, Bonnie Crombie’s Liberals at 25% and Marit Stiles’ NDP at 21%. After Crombie’s leadership win last December, the PC’s dropped to 28%, the NDP dropped to 19% and the Liberals rose to 27%. The latest results see a […]
Ontario Update – Week of April 15, 2024
The Backdrop The Ford government tabled its omnibus spring Red Tape Reduction legislation, a federal housing accelerator fund – with strings attached, and the latest poll numbers in Ontario. Latest provincial polling On the heels of Finance Minister Bethlenfalvy tabling the Ontario Spring Budget, Liaison Strategies released its latest poll. Doug Ford’s PC’s retain a substantial […]
Ontario Update – Week of April 8, 2024
The Backdrop MPPs are back at Queen’s Park after a constituency week. The government continues to highlight items from the Spring budget while taking a more confrontational tone with the feds over carbon tax and housing funding. New study permit targets Federal immigration Minister Marc Miller announced the revised allotment of international study permits by province, and […]
Ontario’s 2024 Budget: Insights and Analysis
The Ontario government released its 2024 Budget, ‘Building a Better Ontario’ which keeps the theme from last year’s budget, ‘Building a Strong Ontario’. This is the fourth budget tabled by Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy. Minister Bethlenfalvy’s first two budgets focused on the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, sustaining the healthcare system, and supporting businesses and […]
KWM and CAPPEM stand with Ukraine
The KWM team is proud to represent some of the best clients in the world. On March 7, KWM was informed that a medical team would soon be departing for the border of warn torn Ukraine and Poland to provide assistance to 10s of thousands of refugees fleeing the violence. The medical team was in […]
Energy Performance Contracting Industry White Paper
The MCW Group is proud to share a recently published Industry White Paper created in collaboration with KWM Consulting: ‘The Changing Landscape for Energy Performance Contracting in Canada’ The White Paper provides a multi-faceted overview of the current state of Energy Performance Contract (EPC) services delivery in Canada, an industry MCW has supported for 30 […]
NOTO’s Executive Director – Defender of Northern Tourism named Ontario Tourism Champion
For immediate release NORTH BAY: “Tireless, effective, professional and committed” were just a few of the accolades used to describe Nature and Outdoor Tourism Ontario (NOTO) Executive Director Laurie Marcil who was honoured last night as the co-winner of the prestigious TIAO Ontario Tourism Champion Award. Presented by the Tourism Association Industry of Ontario (TIAO) […]