5 Things To Know This Weekend…

September 23, 2023 4:36 am Published by

Here’s what you should know for this weekend;

 

  • Ford won’t touch the Greenbelt: Ontario Premier Doug Ford will be backing down from development plans on the Greenbelt. Ford apologized in a press conference Thursday stating that he promised to not touch the Greenbelt, but broke that promise he made to Ontarians. This comes after the auditor general found a report of a plan to build 50,000 new homes on about 7,400 acres of Greenbelt land. A few days after the report was released, former Housing Minister Steven Clark resigned from the position. The Ford government told reporters that they will continue to work with developers to address the housing crisis in Ontario.

 

  • Tentative agreement has been reached: After weeks of deliberation, the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario has finally reached a tentative agreement. After the local president and chief negotiators have a meeting, members of the ETFO will share details of the agreement to its 3,500 education workers. As for the other 80,000 teachers and occasional teachers, there hasn’t been an agreement reached. Strike votes for teachers and other members will continue but votes for education workers will not proceed.

 

  • Local MPP leaving politics: MPP Monte McNaugton will be stepping down. McNaughton spent over a dozen years serving as the Lambton Kent Middlesex MPP being elected in 2011. He also served on Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet as the Labour Minister and was the Minister of Infrastructure, Immigration and Training and Skills Development. McNaughton expressed gratitude for Lambton Kent Middlesex and his support for Doug Ford in a tweet Friday morning. McNaughton will be leaving politics to pursue a career in the private sector.

 

  • Brescia faculty not on board with integration: The Brescia Faculty Association released a statement saying they were “blindsided” by the decision to integrate with Western University. They claimed the college ignored and disrespected the students and everyone who worked there as they were not informed or consulted. “It is an affront to our students, who were promised the unique educational experience that a women’s university provides” the university said in a statement.

 

 

 

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