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Business expert calls for hikes to GST and HST

B usiness school dean Roger Martin's influence extends through academe, government and corporate Canada. But don't expect Ottawa or the provinces to embrace his latest provocative idea - to reverse the two-cent cut to the federal goods and services tax ...

From KAREN HOWLETT, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Dalton,  Gordon Campbell,  Jim Flaherty

Muskoka communities cash in on G8

E lgin Schneider is not expecting motorcades ferrying leaders of the world's Group of Eight nations to drive through his tiny village of Sundridge, population 900, when they convene in Ontario's cottage country next June for their annual summit. But the ...

From KAREN HOWLETT, Globe and Mail,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tony Clement,  Barack Obama,  Marc Garneau,  Joe Pantalone

Ontario makes vaccine available to all

O ntario will make the H1N1 vaccine available for the general public by the end of this week, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced this morning. In a tacit acknowledgment that the rollout of the vaccination program got off to a bumpy start, with many ...

From KAREN HOWLETT, Globe and Mail,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Dalton

HST exemptions to cost Ontario $1.89-billion

T he Ontario government is handing out exemptions totalling $1.89-billion to help ease the sting of proposed tax changes for consumers, who face higher prices on everyday items ranging from taxi fares to gym memberships and condominium fees. The most ...

From KAREN HOWLETT, Globe and Mail,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Dwight Duncan

Three senior officials resign over eHealth, more expected to go

T hree officials at the centre of Ontario's misadventures in creating digital health records resigned this week, and observers expect a further housecleaning as the fallout from the scandal continues to dog the McGuinty government. The exodus comes just ...

From KAREN HOWLETT, Globe and Mail,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: eHealth, Inc.,  Tim Hudak,  Dalton,  Alan Hudson

More HST relief expected in Ontario

T he Ontario government is making a populist appeal to placate consumers by exempting their morning cup of coffee and newspaper from the province's proposed tax reforms, and it still has room to hand out a few more goodies. The exemptions unveiled ...

From KAREN HOWLETT, Globe and Mail,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gordon Campbell,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Dwight Duncan,  Tim Hortons Inc.

Resignation of deputy premier leaves Ontario in lurch

T he centrepiece of the Ontario government's industrial strategy is now in limbo, following yesterday's resignation of deputy premier George Smitherman. Veteran MPP Gerry Phillips assumed Mr. Smitherman's role as Minister of Energy and Infrastructure ...

From KAREN HOWLETT, Globe and Mail,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: George Smitherman,  Gerry Phillips,  eHealth, Inc.

'Dalton Days' concept greeted with skepticism

O ntario Premier Dalton McGuinty's musings on unpaid holidays for civil servants reflect rising political pressure to do something about the advantages that the province's public sector has enjoyed over private-sector employees. But the Premier runs the ...

From KAREN HOWLETT, Globe and Mail,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Dalton,  Dwight Duncan,  Wilfrid Laurier,  Bob Rae

Ontario infant dies of H1N1 symptoms

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From KAREN HOWLETT, Globe and Mail,  4 Nov 2009

First in line, native communities still wait for shots

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From KAREN HOWLETT, Globe and Mail,  4 Nov 2009

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