Tag: Ford Government
As parents and students in the local public school board prepare for two days without school this week, the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario has announced its plan for …
As the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) continue rotating one-day strikes, those with the ETFO Limestone local are planning to come together at different picket lines as they …
Update (Monday, Feb. 3, 2019): According to the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), the union is escalating its provincial rotating strikes this week. The ETFO announced that it …
While the Ontario Divisional Court overturned the ‘Student Choice Initiative’ that allowed students to opt out of some student fees yesterday, the damage the Ontario government’s directive created for …
When the Ontario government offered a 10 per cent tuition cut to postsecondary students, Queen’s Student Aimee McCurdy said that she couldn’t enjoy the savings knowing that many …
June 7 marks one year of resisting government cuts to public services, education, health care and decent work. We will be gathering for a community picnic and march to …
The Kington, Frontenac, Lennox, and Addington (KFL&A) Board of Health has issued the following statement outlining its concerns about the Ford government’s plans to restructure public health: KFL&A …
A Kingston legal clinic is voicing concern in response to the provincial budget released on Thursday, Apr. 11, 2019. Kingston Community Legal Clinic, a non-profit community legal clinic …
Hundreds of students could be seen throughout the city and county today as they walked out of school and voiced their concerns about the changes and cuts to education …
Despite the cold temperatures that kept school buses off the roads on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, approximately 200 Queen’s University students bundled up to hit the streets and speak …
Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms of 1982 (or the Notwithstanding Clause) gives parliament, at either the provincial or federal level, the ability to override decisions …
Kingston and the Islands’ MPP Ian Arthur will certainly be busy in Queen’s Park having recently been appointed the environment and sustainability critic for the Ontario New Democrats. Ontario …
