Ontario provincial information
Ontario government and general info

Biggest investment in transit in North America made in Mississauga

MoveOntario 2020 will build 902 kilometres of new or improved rapid transit, starting in 2008. It will create 175,000 jobs during construction, and deliver 52 rapid transit projects. It includes the third track on the Milton GO Line, and it was made in Mississauga.

Ontario's 2007-08 Budget: balanced books

Sustainable surpluses, a new Ontario Child Benefit, and the end of the hated GTA pooling were the highlights of the 2007-08 Ontario budget, the fourth in a series that restored health funding; rebuilt post-secondary education; invested in infrastructure and built capacity in social and human services.

Help get Ontario a fair deal in equalization

Ontario puts $21 billion more into the Canadian federation than the feds spend on us. Unacceptable say Ontario governments of all three political spripes over the past 15 years. Read more and sign our on-line petition at the Ontario fairness web site.

Ontario's Reaching Higher plan is an historic investment in post-secondary education

Ontario is well-along in implementing the $6.2 billion, four-year plan to improve access, funding, facilities and financial aid to students and post-secondary institutions. Also see Bob's blog on post-secondary education in Ontario.

Real estate, title and ID fraud and what you can do about it

Homeowners are concerned. Me too. I'm a Mississauga homeowner. I put together this info page on real estate, title and ID fraud during the summer, and updated it in October. As well, Ontario has introduced Bill 152 to update out laws and hammer the fraud artists.

Ontario General Elections

Seat totals by party chart from every general election in Ontario from 1971 to 2003.

Government of Ontario Web Site

The home page for the Government of Ontario. From here, you can look up specific information from one of the provincial government ministries, or track down a specific piece of information on an issue that concerns you.

Health-Related Information

• Healthy Ontario web site for general health-related information;
• Wait times in Ontario for various medical procedures.

Ontario Legislative Assembly Home Page

Want to read the text of a bill? See the Hansard transcript of a committee meeting, or a debate in the Legislative Assembly? Go to the Ontario Legislative Assembly home page to gain access to documents outlining activities in the Legislature, text of all bills, and proceedings of all committee hearings.