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Liberal MPP John Fraser on the timing of the bill after a long break:
the government dropped major changes on landfills and incinerators “and they give us one day to respond… no one’s going to know what’s going to happen until it’s all said and done.”
NDP Leader Marit Stiles questions the push to burn more garbage:
“Ontarians want to know... that in fact our children will have clean air to breathe. They won’t be breathing something toxic… people in Hamilton saw black soot all over their playgrounds.”
A career college student and single mother described having her funding cut off two weeks ago, saying she and her classmates now face debt with no completed program and no clear path to work.
Environment Minister Todd McCarthy says municipalities won’t be forced to take a new landfill or incinerator under the government’s waste bill.
“There is no never going to be the imposition of a landfill on any municipality that doesn’t want it.”
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles on the OSAP private-college scandal:
“You have to ask yourself, is this just gross incompetence by this government, or is there something more sinister going on?”
Education Minister Nolan Quinn on the OSAP private-college freeze:
“Once we realized that the tips were becoming a little bit more widespread, that’s why we brought in a third party auditor… We’ve investigated over 3,200 different complaints since 2020. These are serious criminal allegations. These are bad actors and we have to act to protect taxpayer dollars.”
Ontario Liberal Critic for Training, Colleges and Universities Tyler Watt spoke about a woman he met who is living in her car who just had her OSAP frozen. He said it is the Ford government's fault.
John Fraser on MPP Stan Cho’s hotel expenses and subsequent raise:
“Only in the Ford government can you misuse taxpayer dollars and then get a raise a couple of months later… You can spend $16,000 on a hotel room six subway stops away from where you live.”
Premier Doug Ford on the private career college scandal:
“There’s a bunch of criminals… I hope these crooks go to jail because they’re nothing but a bunch of fraudsters.”
Stan Cho on the hotel rooms he charged while living in midtown Toronto:
“I made a mistake. I made a decision that was for my famiy. I have a young baby at home, I was just having a hip replacement… But that doesn’t excuse the fact that I made a very low judgment."
The Ford government has spent $3.4 billion on its Primary Care Action Plan and says it has attached more than half a million people.
A reporter pointed out that the overall attachment rate is still sitting at 88.7% — basically unchanged from 2024.
Here is how Dr Jane Philpott responded
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says Cleveland-Cliffs broke the job and tariff promises it made when it bought Stelco.
She has sent a formal demand letter and listed forced sale of the Canadian assets as one option on the table.
Brad Bradford calls Olivia Chow’s tax record the biggest bait and switch in Toronto history — promising modest increases, then delivering the largest hikes the city has ever seen.
He presses her on how she’ll pay for new campaign promises without more taxes.
Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria on the new Highway 69 bill:
The government says the legislation will cut five years off the remaining 68 km widening between Parry Sound and Sudbury by streamlining environmental assessments and letting already-completed work move forward sooner.
The stretch is still two lanes. No cost estimate has been released.
Peel police chief describes one of the Project High Guard victims — a man carjacked after leaving a community hockey league.
The attack was violent enough that he was hospitalized.