#CANADA: Prog. Conservative Leader Doug Ford Attacked For "Trump-Style" "Lock Her Up" Chants At Rally

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Two Ontario party leaders are condemning Progressive Conservative party leader Doug Ford for his supporters' "Trump-style" chants. Ford says he doesn’t condone chants of "lock her up" reportedly directed at Liberal premier Kathleen Wynne at a Progressive Conservative rally on Monday. She said the rhetoric is a "disturbing trend." New Democratic Party Leader Andrea Horwath joined in the condemnation, calling the chants "unfortunate."

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#CANADA: Auditor Slams Ontario Liberal Gov't Spending Practices

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Ontario's Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk has a bucketful of criticism for how Kathleen Wynne's Liberal government is spending tax dollars. In her new annual report released Wednesday, Lysyk bemoans "excessive" wait times for hospital beds, reveals shoddy highway paving by contractors, and unveils that the government's own projection for its cap and trade program will see the majority of its cuts to greenhouse gas emissions come from outside Ontario, despite its $2 billion yearly price tag.

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#CANADA: Ontario Premier Wynne Admits "Mistake" Of Higher Electric Bills

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Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is calling high electricity prices her "mistake," sounding a note of contrition on one of the major issues threatening the Liberals’ re-election bid in 2018. Amid the usual rallying of the troops at the Ontario Liberals’ annual general meeting, Wynne addressed her poor popularity numbers, which she called the "elephant in the room."

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#CANADA: Premier Wynne Seeks "Reboot" Of Her Agenda; Restarts Legislative Session

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Premier Kathleen Wynne is giving her Liberals a mid-mandate reboot with a Monday throne speech aimed at "everyday" concerns like high electricity bills after a steamy summer. Wynne, who prorogued the Legislature Thursday - stopping short of dissolving it and calling new elections - will outline the government’s agenda for the 20 months leading up to the spring 2018 election in an address to be read by Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell.

#CANADA: Senate Opens Doors To Outside Review Of Senators' Expenses

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Last year, a scathing report on the Senate expense scandal was issued, with a recommendation that an independent oversight body be created to ensure that senators would no longer police themselves though the internal committee. After initial push-back, the Senate has now agreed to open its books to such a review.

#CANADA: Kevin O'Leary Takes Ontario Premier To Task For Cap And Trade "Slush Fund"

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TV personality Kevin O'Leary, a star of "Shark Tank" and potential political candidate, criticized Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne in an open letter to the editor for her creation of a new $1.9 billion cap and trade fund that Wynne and Finance Minister Charles Sousa will be overseeing. In it, he called for transparency in how the funds would be used.

#CANADA: #Ontario Premier Defends Media-Free, Closed Door Meeting With Chinese Communist Party

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Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne now says it was a communications mistake that led to the media being shut out of all three events she has scheduled today with a Communist Party official from China. She had earlier said that she had agreed to exclude reporters from her meetings and events with Luo Zhijun - Party Secretary of Jiangsu province - because the Communist Party asked.

#CANADA: Ontario's Premier Kathleen Wynne Wants to Keep Liquor Monopoly; Report Says It Keeps Prices High

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#CANADA: Kathleen Wynne's Liberals Win Majority in Ontario Election

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Scandal-Plagued Wynne Attacks PM Harper on First Day of Campaigning [world politics news]

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Ontario Premier Wynne Seeks Control of Public Sector Executive Salaries [world politics news]

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Watchdog Group: Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's Gov't Mislead Over Deleted Emails [world politics news]

Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian has issued an addendum to a scathing report she released in June which found Liberals in former premier Dalton McGuinty's office broke the law by deleting all gas plants emails.