2 MPPs have proposed an Ontario foodbelt. Could it help tariff-proof the ag sector?
May 19, 2025
Two MPPs have proposed Ontario create a foodbelt of protected farmland. Two former Markham councillors pitched the same idea in 2009 for their area and say it's time the province takes action.
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Ontario’s freedom-of-information watchdog says a series of systemic issues in the provincial government’s handling of documents in the Greenbelt affair – including deleting e-mails and using codewords that make searches difficult – risks eroding public trust.In her annual report issued on Thursday, Information and Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim dedicates a separate 11-page section to access-to-information appeals related to the province’s aborted 2022 decision to develop parts of the protected Greenbelt area – a move under criminal investigation by the RCMP.
June 12, 2025 - 20:42 | Jeff Gray | The Globe and Mail
The Saskatchewan government has decided to roll back its countermeasures against the ongoing U.S. tariffs, opening up business to the United States.
June 12, 2025 - 20:04 | Kat Ludwig | Global News - Canada
Ottawa has extended a pilot program that matches skilled refugees with job vacancies in Canada on the day it was due to lapse, after an outcry from employers, including universities, about its imminent expiry. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has extended its Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot, which was founded in 2018 as a route to permanent residence, until the end of the year, saying it is helping employers in critical sectors meet labour market shortages.
June 12, 2025 - 19:33 | Marie Woolf | The Globe and Mail
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