Peter in the Media

Filipino-Canadians celebrate Trillium funds

April 30, 2009

By Kim Zarzour, Georgina Advocate

The presentation of a cheque for $37,000 may have caught the adults' attention, but it was the distribution of free basketballs that caught the eye of Vaughan's Filipino youth at the April 18 annual Spring Dinner and Dance.

McGuinty leaves door open to Ont. government equity stake in General Motors

By Keith Leslie

THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO _ Ontario taxpayers could join the American government as part-owners of General Motors, Premier Dalton McGuinty suggested Tuesday in reaction to the troubled automaker's massive restructuring plan.

Harmonized sales tax leaves Grits in a lurch

Grit MPPs forced to talk up harmonization of GST/PST

TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Spooked by a brewing public backlash over Ontario?s move to a new harmonized sales tax, the Liberals are scrambling.

Na Queen's Park o Holokau[cie

Monika Bujalska
Apr 22, 2009

We wtorek poseł parlamentu ontaryjskiego Peter Shurman z okręgu Thornhill przem?wił w legislaturze z okazji obchod?w 66. rocznicy powstania w warszawskim getcie i Dnia Pamięci Ofiar Holokaustu.

Buttonville airport faces grounding

Funding arrangement ending early

Scott Deveau, National Post Published: Saturday, April 18, 2009

A ragged patch of land stitched to a stretch of Highway 404 in Markham has been home to the Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport for nearly five decades. But the airport's days may soon be numbered, with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority putting an early end to a decade-long funding arrangement with it as of this Monday, and its request for federal aid falling on deaf ears.

McGuinty says parents want data on public schools

The Canadian Press

TORONTO ? Parents want to know how many students attending a school weren't born in Canada and how many of them come from low-income families, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday as he launched a spirited defence of a new Education Ministry website.

Green Energy Act has a cost

By Peter Shurman
Vaughan Today

Premier Dalton McGuinty has been preaching about the ailing economy for well over a year now. But instead of seizing the opportunity to create meaningful employment, he has instead introduced Bill 150, The Green Energy Act, also known as the ?energy tax and power grab bill?.

Budget's boost short on specifics

Markham
March 30, 2009 09:14 AM

BY KEELY GRASSER
Georgina Advocate

Markham will benefit from the provincial government's injection into Ontario's economy, according to Markham-Unionville MPP Michael Chan.

If Buttonville closes doors, what next?

Regional News
March 12, 2009 12:22 PM

BY KEELY GRASSER
What if Buttonville airport was no longer?

What if that large swath of land that's been dedicated to an airport for more than a half-century stood empty?

Province eyes scrappage fee to boost new-car sales

By ANTONELLA ARTUSO, QUEEN'S PARK BUREAU CHIEF

The Ontario government is considering a request from the Ford Motor Co. and others to bring in a substantial scrappage fee to encourage consumers to ditch their old cars and buy new ones.