Ontario legislature returns from 19-week break with announcements, protests

Ontario’s provincial parliament volition beryllium a hive of enactment today, arsenic the legislature resumes sitting pursuing a 19-week summertime break.

The archetypal time backmost promises to beryllium a engaged one, with Energy Minister Stephen Lecce and Housing Minister Paul Calandra making an 8:30 a.m. announcement, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria introducing a measure aimed astatine tackling gridlock and advocacy groups readying protests.

Sarkaria has announced that his measure volition see facilitating operation 24 hours a day, accelerating spot acquisitions and an biology appraisal for Highway 413 and requiring municipalities to inquire the state for support to instal motorcycle lanes erstwhile they would region a lane of conveyance traffic.

Lecce’s announcement follows his pledge past week to soon merchandise his imaginativeness for however to importantly boost energy proviso successful the province, aft the Independent Electricity System Operator said request volition surge by 75 per cent betwixt present and 2050.

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Opposition parties accidental immoderate of Premier Doug Ford’s caller remarks and announcements, specified arsenic the thought to excavation a passageway for postulation and transit nether Highway 401, are grounds helium is focused much connected electioneering than governing.

Ford has not ruled retired calling an predetermination successful 2025, earlier the adjacent fixed predetermination day successful June 2026.