Morning Update: The Major Projects Office has a hiring problem | Unpublished
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Publication Date: December 16, 2025 - 06:22

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Morning Update: The Major Projects Office has a hiring problem

December 16, 2025

Good morning. Ottawa wants the best and the brightest to help build major projects, but its recruitment campaign has unsettled Bay Street and angered unions. More on that below, along with new security guarantees for Ukraine and Rob Reiner’s wide-ranging career. But first:

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Data shared with Global News by the city shows Toronto is currently tied into eight separate private security contracts, predominantly for services relating to homelessness.
December 18, 2025 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Canada
Re: Michael Ma departs Conservatives, crossing floor to join Liberals, online, Dec. 11 Read More
December 18, 2025 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
In the lobby of a grocery store in the Leaside neighbourhood of Toronto, a small group of perky women and one man are trying to thrust flyers into the hands of customers. Many shoppers, pushing carts and laden with bags, rush past them, assuming they’re soliciting donations or selling something. But others stop short and react with incredulous delight when they hear what Vyshnave Jeyabalan is offering. “Excuse me,” Ms. Jeyabalan asks shopper after shopper, “do you have a family doctor?”
December 18, 2025 - 04:25 | Kelly Grant | The Globe and Mail