The Doug Ford government spent the last week making mini-announcements ahead of the release of its fall economic statement on Thursday.
Peter Bethlenfalvy, Ontario's Minister of Finance, right, walks with Premier Doug Ford as he prepares to release the 2023 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review at Queen's Park in Toronto on Thursday November 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris YoungNo further details regarding the scope of the probe have been released.
The City of Toronto is exploring alternatives, with its executive committee looking at the feasibility of moving the Therme spa to Exhibition Place instead. However the province, and Therme, don’t appear to be keen on the idea.Advocacy group Environmental Defence let loose over 7,000 pages of documents obtained by freedom of information requests related to both the government’s Greenbelt and urban boundary changes.
Ford denied that he instructed staff to include specific developer-owned land in any changes to urban boundaries. The land in question is partially owned by Shakir Rehmatullah, who is the developer named in an NDP request for an integrity commissioner probe after it was discovered that he was in Las Vegas at the same time as some government staffers.Ontario to get a new infrastructure bank
Few details have been provided as to how this new infrastructure bank will operate, but the fall economic statement said the board will “develop a detailed process to ensure there is appropriate qualification and selection of projects and partners in priority areas.”The fall economic statement also forecast a larger than anticipated deficit for the year.
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