Jeff Gray
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Queen's Park reporter for @theglobeandmail.com. E-mail: [email protected].
Here's what we know -- much of it thanks to The Trillium -- about a forensic audit, which the province forwarded to the OPP, of a company that received $40-m in taxpayer funds, including some from the controversial Skills Development Fund. #ONpoli
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Ontario sends audit of company that received millions from Skills Development Fund to police
Company which received $40-million from province has links to Labour Minister
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November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Here's what we know -- much of it thanks to The Trillium -- about a forensic audit, which the province forwarded to the OPP, of a company that received $40-m in taxpayer funds, including some from the controversial Skills Development Fund. #ONpoli
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Slow news day. Hard to know what’s the lede.
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Slow news day. Hard to know what’s the lede.
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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NEW: It has been more than 30 days since the Eglinton Crosstown LRT started its revenue service demonstration.
Metrolinx won't say when the tests will wrap up, but did confirm they're now in the latter part. #Onpoli #Topoli
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Metrolinx won't say when the tests will wrap up, but did confirm they're now in the latter part. #Onpoli #Topoli
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More than 30 days after entering final tests, Eglinton Crosstown LRT still being assessed - Toronto | Globalnews.ca
On Oct. 7, provincial transit agency Metrolinx announced the Crosstown had started revenue service demonstration, a key 30-day testing process.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
NEW: It has been more than 30 days since the Eglinton Crosstown LRT started its revenue service demonstration.
Metrolinx won't say when the tests will wrap up, but did confirm they're now in the latter part. #Onpoli #Topoli
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Metrolinx won't say when the tests will wrap up, but did confirm they're now in the latter part. #Onpoli #Topoli
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Doug Ford and the PCs continue to lead in Ontario, holding majority-level support. But beneath the surface, there are signs of voter fatigue and questions about progress on key issues.
Read the full findings: abacusdata.ca/ontario-pcs...
Read the full findings: abacusdata.ca/ontario-pcs...
Ontario PCs Still Lead by Wide Margin but Ontario NDP Rise Four in a Month - Abacus Data
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November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Doug Ford and the PCs continue to lead in Ontario, holding majority-level support. But beneath the surface, there are signs of voter fatigue and questions about progress on key issues.
Read the full findings: abacusdata.ca/ontario-pcs...
Read the full findings: abacusdata.ca/ontario-pcs...
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Listening to a podcast. Heard again that this is the largest federal deficit ever run outside of the pandemic.
Still nope.
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Still nope.
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I saw some commentary that this was the largest non-Covid-era deficit in federal history and it's probably worth dealing with that now.
I presume it's based on dollar value at the time the deficit was incurred, but that doesn't account for inflation or the changing size of the economy.
I presume it's based on dollar value at the time the deficit was incurred, but that doesn't account for inflation or the changing size of the economy.
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Listening to a podcast. Heard again that this is the largest federal deficit ever run outside of the pandemic.
Still nope.
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Still nope.
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The goal is to make all of us afraid to speak up about (or report on) whatever he does next...
Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
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Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary
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November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The goal is to make all of us afraid to speak up about (or report on) whatever he does next...
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It’s such a bad idea, when one of his crimes was calling forth an insurrection, that he’s actually forbidden from holding the office by a constitutional provision, which a unanimous Supreme Court invented a way to turn off.
To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It’s such a bad idea, when one of his crimes was calling forth an insurrection, that he’s actually forbidden from holding the office by a constitutional provision, which a unanimous Supreme Court invented a way to turn off.
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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The Ford government refuses to release earlier assessments that found “risks to public safety from impacts of the tunnel to Highway 401 such as potential for roadway collapse” globalnews.ca/news/1151718... #onpoli
Ford government refuses to release completed work on Hwy. 401 tunnel idea | Globalnews.ca
Ontario is refusing to release already completed work on the viability of Premier Doug Ford's Highway 401 tunnel vision after signing a $9.1 million contract to study it again.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Ford government refuses to release earlier assessments that found “risks to public safety from impacts of the tunnel to Highway 401 such as potential for roadway collapse” globalnews.ca/news/1151718... #onpoli
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It’s appalling the British Prime Minister
has not actively stood up for the BBC amid what is transparently not anything like a bias problem but a deeply petty nitpick of its periphery functions by partisan folk appointed by previous governments that hate the broadcaster
has not actively stood up for the BBC amid what is transparently not anything like a bias problem but a deeply petty nitpick of its periphery functions by partisan folk appointed by previous governments that hate the broadcaster
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It’s appalling the British Prime Minister
has not actively stood up for the BBC amid what is transparently not anything like a bias problem but a deeply petty nitpick of its periphery functions by partisan folk appointed by previous governments that hate the broadcaster
has not actively stood up for the BBC amid what is transparently not anything like a bias problem but a deeply petty nitpick of its periphery functions by partisan folk appointed by previous governments that hate the broadcaster
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This story, on a controversial Ford government training fund the opposition calls a "slush fund," required a lot of work because the government has refused to just provide a single, complete list of who got money and how much. #ONpoli
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Groups that got cash from Ontario training fund increasingly hired lobbyists, numbers show
The fund and role of lobbyists have been questioned by opposition since release of Auditor-General’s critical report
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November 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This story, on a controversial Ford government training fund the opposition calls a "slush fund," required a lot of work because the government has refused to just provide a single, complete list of who got money and how much. #ONpoli
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Honestly, $50B over ten years for a country as big as Canada will barely be noticed
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Budget to include $50-billion local infrastructure fund
Finance Minister to announce funding for housing, transportation, hospitals and emergency services, as well as tens of billions in targeted savings
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November 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Honestly, $50B over ten years for a country as big as Canada will barely be noticed
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There is crying in baseball 😥
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
There is crying in baseball 😥
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If the game hits 2am Eastern the score is reset to an hour before and everyone has to repeat exactly what they did to preserve the space time continuum, thems the rules
November 2, 2025 at 3:52 AM
If the game hits 2am Eastern the score is reset to an hour before and everyone has to repeat exactly what they did to preserve the space time continuum, thems the rules
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I am starting a class action lawsuit against whoever invented baseball.
I am never putting my entire identity into a baseball team ever again.
November 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I am starting a class action lawsuit against whoever invented baseball.
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HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE
November 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE
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I got experimental brain surgery. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Could a device implanted in my brain cure my depression? I was ready to find out
Over the past 14 years, I’ve often fantasized about some scan revealing the locus of my mood disorder. Now, we were as close as we’d likely ever get
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November 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I got experimental brain surgery. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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1. The commercial was done by Ontario, not Canada itself, which is run by someone in the opposing party to Carney. He had nothing to do with it.
2. Commercial was not "false." It was entirely accurate.
3. Reagan hated tariffs.
Stop just letting him lie constantly.
2. Commercial was not "false." It was entirely accurate.
3. Reagan hated tariffs.
Stop just letting him lie constantly.
Trump on Mark Carney: "He apologized for what they did with the commercial. Because it was a false commercial. It was the exact opposite. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs. And he did apologize."
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 PM
1. The commercial was done by Ontario, not Canada itself, which is run by someone in the opposing party to Carney. He had nothing to do with it.
2. Commercial was not "false." It was entirely accurate.
3. Reagan hated tariffs.
Stop just letting him lie constantly.
2. Commercial was not "false." It was entirely accurate.
3. Reagan hated tariffs.
Stop just letting him lie constantly.
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It takes, it must be said, a certain cheek to call for loosening the limits on campaign contributions, at the very moment when the Ford government is embroiled in a massive scandal over, among other things, dodgy campaign contributions. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: What we need in this country is less money in politics, not more
If the electoral ideal is to give equal voice to equal votes, why is Ontario proposing to further amplify the political causes of the wealthy?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
It takes, it must be said, a certain cheek to call for loosening the limits on campaign contributions, at the very moment when the Ford government is embroiled in a massive scandal over, among other things, dodgy campaign contributions. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Interesting party splits on the Ontario ad about tariffs.
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Interesting party splits on the Ontario ad about tariffs.