Isaac Callan
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Online Digital Broadcast Journalist for @GlobalNewsTo focusing on Ontario politics. Tips? Snazzy spreadsheet? 📧[email protected] 🗣️ DMs open.
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Joined August 2010
NEW: Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow on speeding minister vehicles in Ontario — "By God, no wonder they don’t like speed cameras because they catch them while they’re breaking the law." #OnPoli #TOpoli
https://t.co/r34Q2aBwIM
globalnews.ca
Documents show vehicles assigned to Ford's cabinet ministers racked up 23 speed camera tickets in the past three years, totalling more than $3,300 in fines.
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NEW: @ColinDMello has spoken to multiple sources who say Donald Trump's Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick is taking a more aggressive stance against Ontario's auto industry, telling Canadian leaders their country must come "second." #OnPoli
https://t.co/zIIVcrLeRP
globalnews.ca
Howard Lutnick suggested the Trump administration is increasingly focused on vehicle assembly based in the United States, according to multiple sources who heard the discussion.
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Ontario hospitals need an additional $1 billion this year to keep pace with factors such as population growth and inflation, leaving them facing pressures far higher than the deficits they faced just at the end of last year, their association says. #OnPoli
https://t.co/pgJYu6Y8JV
globalnews.ca
Hospitals across the province struggled with deficits, with many of them — small and large, urban and rural — ending the year in the red.��
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NEW from @CharliePinkerto & @jackhauen: Ontario Labour Minister David Piccini attended the Parisian wedding of a lobbyist after his office awarded their clients millions of dollars through the under-fire skills development fund. #OnPoli
https://t.co/jycnSlQTQe
thetrillium.ca
Two clients of lobbyist Michael Rudderham have received more than $8.5 million in Skills Development Fund grants, records show
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NEW: Privacy officials with the Ontario government won’t release details of who was responsible for cabinet minister vehicles caught speeding, saying it would violate personal privacy and could threaten the “safety or health of an individual.” #OnPoli
https://t.co/nGAk1fOo2z
globalnews.ca
Documents show vehicles assigned to Premier Doug Ford's cabinet ministers were caught by automated speed cameras 23 times, including one driving at 70 km/h in a 40 zone.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford responds to our story that someone driving a vehicle assigned to one of his cabinet ministers was recorded stunt driving, pivoting to talk about municipal infrastructure. #OnPoli Story▶️: https://t.co/V2DM5CFEI8
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NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will table legislation this month to codify the requirements for provincial and municipal governments to buy local products amid the ongoing trade war with the United States. #OnPoli
https://t.co/WMbWfTL8Gf
globalnews.ca
The premier told reporters on Tuesday his government was planning to legislate a 'Buy Ontario' approach in the coming weeks, suggesting it would likely come with caveats.
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NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford has responded to a letter from more than 20 Ontario mayors asking to save the province’s automated speed cameras, telling them “the answer is no.” #OnPoli
https://t.co/0eg0smIOdo
globalnews.ca
Replying to a letter sent last week asking for changes to how speed cameras operate instead of an all-out ban, Ford repeated his claim the program is a 'cash grab.'
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The federal and Ontario governments are urging each other to help 30 belugas at #Marineland, which has threatened to euthanize the whales if the park does not receive emergency funds from Ottawa. #onpoli
https://t.co/LUEP1eDK9m
globalnews.ca
Governments are urging each other to help 30 belugas at Marineland, which has threatened to euthanize the whales if the park does not receive emergency funds from Ottawa.
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Ontario says it will speed up the lengthy approval process for select cancer drugs by up to one year as part of a new pilot project. #OnPoli
https://t.co/xQIcWiarhy
globalnews.ca
Ontario says it will speed up the lengthy approval process for select cancer drugs by up to one year as part of a new pilot project.
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NEW: The Eglinton Crosstown LRT today embarked on its final testing phase, a timeline which could see the years-delayed line open by early November. #OnPoli
https://t.co/WAqUZjhwz5
globalnews.ca
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Transportation confirmed to Global News the 30-day testing period was officially underway.
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NEW: A vehicle assigned to a Ford cabinet minister has been recorded at stunt driving speeds 12 times. The premier's office suggested it was the same driver each time, and implied they still work for the government. #OnPoli
https://t.co/V2DM5CF6SA
globalnews.ca
At least one cabinet-assigned vehicle was recorded driving more than 50 km/h over the speed limit multiple times in the past three years, according to documents.
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NEW: Ontario's school boards have joined police chiefs, mayors and the municipal association asking the Ford government not to follow through with its plan to scrap automated speed enforcement. #OnPoli
https://t.co/kLJaHhoAaE
globalnews.ca
The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association begged the province to 'improve and refine' the speed camera program, instead of 'dismantling a proven, life-saving safety system.'
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Here are some of the automated speed enforcement tickets given to vehicles assigned to Ford cabinet ministers. Story ▶️ https://t.co/sSdJ9KAoWi
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NEW: The federal government has knocked back the suggestion it could be involved in bailing out Marineland, with the park saying it is out of cash and may euthanize its belugas. #Onpoli
https://t.co/xkTnCahBDG
globalnews.ca
Marineland warned that without an immediate financial bailout from the federal government, the company may be forced to declare bankruptcy or euthanize the animals.Â
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The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers Leadership Summit is wrapping up today in Quebec City with participants taking part in a closing news conference. #OnPoli #canpoli
https://t.co/QLhzMIFZ3C
globalnews.ca
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers Leadership Summit is wrapping up Monday in Quebec City with participants taking part in a closing news conference.
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NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford appears to be escalating his spat with Crown Royal maker Diageo, threatening to pull the whiskey and Smirnoff vodka from the shelves of the LCBO. They also make Guinness, Johnnie Walker and Tanqueray, among others. #OnPoli
https://t.co/sTX9orPAd3
globalnews.ca
On Monday, Doug Ford repeated his threat to pull Diageo-made products from store shelves and suggested the manufacturer would be responsible for the outcome.Â
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NEW: Vehicles registered to Doug Ford's cabinet ministers have been caught by automated speed cameras more than 20 times. In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
https://t.co/sSdJ9KzR6K
globalnews.ca
Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.
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Focus Ontario: The Ford government has been quietly tracking hospital ER closure data, but never made it public. @isaaccallan digs into what the data shows. #onpoli
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Ford's remarks via @siomoCTV
https://t.co/zwrfgWmq3P
NEW: Premier Doug Ford emphatic now that Crown Royal and other Diageo brands will be pulled from LCBO shelves when a Crown bottling plant in Amherstburg closes in February. "When the last person walks out through that door, we're going to make sure LCBO takes off their brands."
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