UPDATES
Make No Mistake: Writ or Not, the Ontario Election Begins Today
Given that the usually predictable world of Ontario politics has been anything but since the night of January 24th, when Patrick Brown’s world came undone, it is now no surprise that all three major political parties have made surprise announcements, with little to no advanced notice, since the end of last week.
Quebec Economic Update: The Cheque is in the Mail!
After many years of austerity, the Quebec people will finally pass go and collect $200. Today, the Quebec Finance Minister released the government’s economic plan: Enabling Quebecers to Reap the Benefits of Growth. Quebecers will be going to the polls in October 2018 and they will be receiving, just in time for the election, a cheque from the Government that was designed to address the cost of school supplies.
Prime Minister Trudeau shakes up his Cabinet once again
Less than a month before the House of Commons reconvenes for its Fall Session on September 18th, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has shaken up his cabinet for the second time in 2017, elevating two new Ministers and giving the front bench a substantial makeover with changes at Health, Veteran’s Affairs, Public Services and Procurement and a major retooling of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, which will now dissolve into two separate departments.
