Ontario politics

Conservative house leader Todd Smith said they had "achieved so much." 

“Faith leaders have been completely invisible, as far as I can tell, in the public debate in Ontario about how to fight climate change in general, and about carbon pricing in particular,” says Dianne Saxe

Facing mounting criticism, the Ontario government is hitting the pause button on its appointment of Premier Doug Ford's friend to the top job at province's police force.

Opposition politicians pounced on a call from Ontario’s interim top cop for an independent investigation into the executive hiring process at the force on Wednesday, as Premier Doug Ford ducked questions over his role in the appointment of a family friend as new commissioner.

Ontario Environment Minister Rod Phillips unveiled a $500 million plan on Thursday that promised to cut the province's carbon pollution in line with Canada's obligations under the Paris climate agreement, but offered few details about how it would actually achieve these reductions.

On Saturday, September 15, I woke up and made my way to the Ontario Legislature, determined to express my utter disgust with Bill 31.  A rare weekend sitting had been called to expedite the Bill’s passage. 

Toronto City Council is set to kick off a three-day meeting Tuesday, their first since Doug Ford was elected Ontario’s next premier, and some city councillors are using the opportunity to tell Ford they think some of his major election promises suck.

Since he was elected in 2014, Mayor John Tory has had it easy. With Doug Ford now the premier-designate of Ontario, things are about to get hard.

Andrea Horwath says it's a "new beginning" for the Ontario NDP, now the province's official Opposition party after Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives won a majority government.

Kathleen Wynne flew in and out of Ottawa late Wednesday with a campaign slogan designed to contrast her vision for Ontario with that of Doug Ford, and a guarantee to supporters that she'll be back in Queen's Park.

Fourteen-year-old Robael has become a meme after an on-camera comment about Ontario's premier that came to him in the moment.