Isaac Callan

Going through some records we got relating to government vehicles speeding. Can confirm that whichever civil servant wrote this line was spot on with both options. #OnPOli

Ford government reveals date for budget, promises it won’t include cuts | Globalnews.ca During an appearance at the Empire Club in Toronto, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy revealed he would publish the budget on Thursday, March 26.

NEW: The Ford government will table its annual budget at the end of March, a financial document the premier has promised will not feature cuts. #OnPoli
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Ontario government home care vendor paid ransom to regain access to its servers: report | Globalnews.ca In April 2025, servers belonging to Ontario Medical Supply, which works with Crown agency Ontario Health atHome, were locked after a ransomware attack.

A government body vendor paid a ransom demanded after Ontario patient data was encrypted last year, although we don't know how much.

Premier Doug Ford wouldn't say if he thought that was the right decision, but promised to "look into that." #OnPoli
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Ontario ‘taking over’ Toronto’s island airport, will compensate city | Globalnews.ca The future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport has been a subject of much debate since Ford began referencing polling his government had done about expanding its runway.

NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will force the City of Toronto to give up its share in the island airport so he can expand its runway to allow jets to fly in and out of the downtown core. #OnPoli #ToPoli
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Ford government confirms 75% reduction in number of conservation authorities | Globalnews.ca The province announced the changes at an event on Tuesday, marking a minor shift from a previous plan to reduce the number of conservation authorities down to just seven.

NEW: The Ford government has confirmed it is amalgamating Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities into just nine, a move critics fear will reduce key environmental protections and the government argues is necessary to provide “consistent services.” #OnPoli
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Ford government mulls legal changes to stop B.C.-style drug superlabs | Globalnews.ca Toward the end 2024, the RCMP busted an alleged drug lab on a property in Falkand, B.C., where the landlord said he had no idea what had taken place on the land he owned.

NEW: In 2024, police in B.C. busted a drug superlab they said was the largest in Canada.

Over in Ontario, the government is now pondering changes to create more accountability for landlords over drug activity to discourage the same operations. #Onpoli
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Metrolinx promises building over DVP won’t lead to ‘multi-week, multi-month’ closure | Globalnews.ca The Ontario Line was first announced in 2019, with a current completion estimate in the early 2030s and an estimated cost of just over $27 billion.

NEW: Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay is promising commuters won’t face a “multi-week, multi-month full closure” of the Don Valley Parkway when work gets underway on a new overpass for the Ontario Line subway. #OnPoli #ToPoli
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Tuesday, March 10

Pre-border clearance for U.S. flights coming to Toronto Island Airport | Globalnews.ca A pre-clearance facility will open at the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport to allow people heading to the U.S. to complete their customs process before they take off.

NEW: Toronto’s downtown island airport will get pre-clearance for flights to the United States, allowing travellers to essentially cross the border before boarding. #ToPoli
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Ontario health agency vendor suffered major ransomware attack in 2025 | Globalnews.ca Ontario Health atHome came under scrutiny last year after one of its vendors was hit by a cyberattack that was kept under wraps for months. We now know the attack was ransomware.

NEW: Last year, an Ontario Health atHome vendor suffered a cyberattack. The government didnt disclose it for months, when @ShamjiAdil raised the alarm.

Now, we’ve found out the attack was ransomware that locked a “significant” portion of servers.#OnPoli
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Both unionized and get Sundays off.

Part 2:

FOCUS ONTARIO: Metrolinx has shed some 400 hundred consultants since Michael Lindsay took over as CEO.

Some of them, however, have now come in as VPs. #OnPoli

Thoughts and prayers to the drone operator who has to make this pop for the opening TV shots of Toronto's World Cup games.

PC riding association pays for ad criticizing TCDSB trustee In the sponsored social media post, Progressive Conservative MPP Kinga Surma accused TCDSB trustee Markus de Domenico of a ‘history of dishonesty’

A Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) trustee who raised alarm about the cooling plans proposed for a new Etobicoke school has been targeted in a social media ad by a local Progressive Conservative (PC) riding association. #OnPoli
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Ford considers filling part of Lake Ontario to build massive convention centre | Globalnews.ca Premier Doug Ford confirmed reporting he was considering filling part of the lake to build a new convention centre, which he has priced at 'a few billion' dollars.

NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is considering filling part of Lake Ontario to accommodate his vision for a massive new convention centre in downtown Toronto. #OnPoli
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Metrolinx sheds 400-plus consultants as agency grapples with growing mandate | Globalnews.ca Michael Lindsay was tapped to lead the Crown corporation in 2025, tasked with refocusing its mandate and bringing years-delayed transit lines into service for the first time.

NEW: Metrolinx has let more than 400 consultants go since new CEO Michael Lindsay took over, bringing some in-house and severing ties with others altogether.

The agency says more are still expected to be let go. #Onpoli
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There are 72 school boards in Ontario, and the government is now in control of eight of them. They're also some of the biggest, meaning some 750,000 students are at school boards under supervision. #Onpoli
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Ford government takes over 8th Ontario school board, sidelining trustees | Globalnews.ca The news comes a little over a month after Peel District School Board was put under supervision and York Catholic District School Board was told it could be next.

NEW: The Ford government has confirmed the takeover of Peel District School Board with the appointment of a supervisor and added York Catholic to the list of boards now directly controlled from Queen's Park.

Total so far: eight. #OnPoli
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It's a fact two students were arrested. We were there. The story reports the facts of the protest.

Ford will file appeal against court ruling to release personal phone records | Globalnews.ca The latest twist in a three-year-old transparency battle means the government has now twice lost its argument Ford should not have to make parts of his phone records public.

In Windsor, Premier Doug Ford reminds people to call him, reading out his personal number.

Reminder: The province is appealing against a court ruling which found Ford is using his personal phone for work and should make some records public.#OnPoli
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Metrolinx looking to ‘build public trust’ after rocky launch for Finch West LRT | Globalnews.ca In late December, the Finch West LRT became the first transit system to open in Toronto since 2022, replacing the bus network with high-capacity rail.

NEW: Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay sat down with Global for an extended Focus Ontario interview this week.

Among other topics, he addressed the rocky launch of the Finch West LRT -- and what he'd change if he could. #ToPoli #OnPoli
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A year after it was removed from LCBO, $2M in U.S. booze is expiring | Globalnews.ca On March 4, 2025, in response to the first round of tariffs levied by U.S. President Donald Trump, the premier banned American booze from the LCBO.

NEW: A year after Ontario Premier Doug Ford ordered the LCBO to remove all products made in the United States, the government says roughly $2 million worth of booze has gone to waste. #Onpoli
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One of several basket weaving banners and placards on display at the student protests today at Queen's Park. #Onpoli

Police make 2 arrests during Toronto protest over OSAP changes | Globalnews.ca Students are planning a 'hands off our education' rally at Queen's Park in Toronto, beginning around 12 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4.

Update: police clarify it is two arrests and they relate to mischief, assaulting a police officer and obstructing police. No other details. globalnews.ca/news/1171470...

Police make ‘several’ arrests during Toronto protest over OSAP changes | Globalnews.ca Students are planning a 'hands off our education' rally at Queen's Park in Toronto, beginning around 12 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4.

NEW: Police say they made “several” arrests at the tail end of a raucous protest at the Ontario legislature, where hundreds of students were protesting the Ford government’s sweeping changes to OSAP. #OnPoli
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Ford government names advisers for potential EQAO test overhaul | Globalnews.ca Education Minister Paul Calandra released testing data at the end of last year after sitting on it for weeks to consider scores he acknowledged were 'not good enough.'

NEW: Ontario’s education minister has appointed members of a new expert panel who will advise him on whether standard testing is working in the province and how it may need to be changed. #OnPoli
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A view from above of the hundreds of students rallying on the lawns of Queen's Park this afternoon to protest the government's increase in tuition fees and move to substantially reduce the grants available through OSAP. #Onpoli

‪Stream of students still heading up to the legislature from TMU, U of T and the subway ‬

Happening now: Students arriving at Queen’s Park for a “Hands Off Our Education” protest against OSAP changes and tuition fee increases. #OnPoli