“There are so many things we are protesting today,” said Rob Simpson. He is the chair of Dresden CARED, a group to formed to oppose the proposed York1 landfill just outside of the Dresden.  Simpson was part of province-wide Fight Ford Protest on Saturday in front of Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Steve Pinsonneault’s Wallaceburg office. There was […]

Just one day after Premier Doug Ford’s government passed extensive changes to Ontario’s Freedom of Information (FOI) law, Hastings–Lennox and Addington Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Ric Bresee defended the overhaul as a matter of “clarity,” not reduced access — even as critics warn the changes could significantly limit what the public is allowed to […]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government passed legislation Thursday that makes the records of the premier, cabinet ministers and their staff secret, after refusing to hold public hearings and speeding through a late-night sitting. Ford has admitted that part of the rationale for the clampdown is to kill a request from Global News to obtain his […]