How to hire an ombudsman
By all accounts, André Marin has done a sterling job as Ontario's ombudsman since his appointment five years ago.
Among other accomplishments, Marin created a special investigative unit that has completed more than 20 reports on a wide range of topics, from cancer drug funding to problems with Ontario's lotteries to ensuring new homeowners get what they pay for. Another investigative team he created has blown the door off secret meetings at the municipal level of government.
Lotto corp. blasted for buying foreign cars as prizes
Top brass at the scandal-plagued Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. are being read the riot act by the province after buying foreign cars as contest prizes.
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says that's a mistake, calling the purchase a slap in the face for auto workers.
U.S. Steel to shutter Canadian operations
Even through deeply troubled times like the Great Depression and a stint in bankruptcy protection, the mighty Stelco operation continued to run, its steel mills fuelling the Southern Ontario city of Hamilton.
Steeltown meltdown
"Hamilton was built on steel," said Andrea Horwath, the NDP MPP for Hamilton Centre. "In fact, steel once fuelled the entire economy of the country so it's devastating news for the people of the city, it's devastating news for the specific workers, for our local economy."
Inquest won't touch on domestic violence: NDP
An inquest into the 2006 murder of an eight-year-old boy by his father during a court-ordered visit will ignore a key expert recommendation to look at the role domestic violence played in his death, NDP critic Andrea Horwath said Thursday.
Ontario deficit could top $13B
Ontario is headed for a record $13 billion provincial budget deficit or worse due to the sputtering economy, warns TB Bank chief economist Don Drummond.
NDP MPP Andrea Horwath (Hamilton Centre) said she's more concerned about job losses – Ontario's unemployment rate last month was 8 per cent, its highest level since 1997.
