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 […]
Election Cycles: Challenges and Opportunities
What goes around comes around. Unless there is an unstable minority government (which is another blog all unto itself), election cycles come and go every four years at all levels of Canadian government: federal, provincial, and municipal. In each cycle there is a period during which the elected government enters the “writ” as parliament, legislature […]
Amendments to the Election Finances Act
Bill 254, Protecting Ontario Elections Act (the “Act”) has changed the amount of contributions that can be made to political parties, constituency associations, and party and non-party candidates in Ontario. Individual contribution limits are now $3,000 per year. Everyone must remember that contributions can only be made by persons individually and not by corporations or […]
