Toronto: Renowned author and speaker on human empowerment, Deepak Chopra, became the fourth recipient of Canada India Foundation (CIF)’s prestigious CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award, at a well-attended event. Among the more than 500 people in attendance were the Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, Federal Minister of State (Sport), Bal Gosal and India’s [...]
Mississauga: Over 450 guests including lawyers, judges and members of Provincial Parliament attended the Canadian Association of South Asian Lawyers (CASAL) annual gala on April 20, 2011 at Versailles Convention Centre in Mississauga. The chief guest of the evening and keynote speaker was Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario. On the occasion, CASAL honoured two South [...]
Queen’s Park: Last month’s budget loses credibility in its claim of balancing the budget by 2017-18 because the roadmap for getting there only runs up to 2014-15, Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak said last week. “The credit rating agencies, businesses and taxpayers need confidence that the government has a plan for averting a [...]
Queen’s Park: Following newspaper reports that hinted that the power plant that McGuinty cancelled during the campaign, may still be on, PC Leader Tim Hudak called on Dalton McGuinty to immediately explain why construction of the Mississauga power plant that he promised to scrap continues. Reports showed a huge power generating station being delivered [...]
Brampton: Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak, accompanied by Pam Hundal, Ontario PC candidate for Brampton-Springdale, confirmed that he was abiding by the Taxpayer Protection Act, first enacted in 1999 during an earlier PC rule, and formally registering his commitment to not raise taxes should he be elected Premier. The Ontario PC Party is submitting [...]
Toronto: Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak recently unveiled his plan to make Ontario the leader in job creation in his speech to the Economic Club of Canada. Said Hudak, “Dalton McGuinty is pursuing policies that are killing jobs in Ontario. Despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of Ontario families still [...]
Toronto: Premier Dalton McGuinty was at the Toronto Board of Trade recently to discuss the Ontario Liberal Plan to create 68,000 GTA jobs as the province expands GO train service. “Our goal is to build a high-skills, high-wage Ontario economy. To get that, you [...]
Toronto: Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak launched the Ontario PC election campaign, promising to bring change and deliver much needed relief for Ontario families. He outlined the change his party would bring, through changebook, released in 14 ethnic languages, setting a record of sort. The Changebook promises: “to put more money in the pockets [...]
Toronto: A sea of people in a riot of colour descended on Yonge Dundas square to celebrate India’s 64th Independence Day Saturday, August 13. The event which was organized by Panorama India, a non-profit umbrella organization uniting cultural organizations in GTA and celebrating India’s unity in diversity was a mélange [...]
Brampton: Recently, the provincial government announced its plans for the redevelopment of the old Peel Memorial Hospital in Brampton. But Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell doesn’t seem quite convinced of their intentions. She said in a statement: “While today’s news that construction on the redevelopment of the old Peel Memorial Hospital site will begin in [...]
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