Tag: Patrick Brown
12 months ago
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Peel Region breakup puts Doug Ford’s housing goals at risk, says Brampton mayor

Patrick Brown said Tuesday thousands of housing units would not be built because of a lack of funding for the necessa...

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about 1 year ago
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The Peel Region is splitting up. Now comes the battle about money

The mayors of Mississauga and Brampton took jabs at each other Thursday over compensation needed to balance the books...

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about 1 year ago
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Will Mississauga finally have the ‘Mexit’ it has been seeking for decades? Or will there be a new...

The area is on a quest for independence, but Brampton says it’s not that simple

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | Doug Ford has abandoned the people to put politicians first

Say what you will about the populist premier, he loves to say that the people must have the final say. Not any more, ...

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | Donald Trump couldn’t deal with it. Andrea Horwath did just fine. What is it about poli...

Politics is a particular type of workplace, and one of its many less-than-ideal conditions is this whole business of ...

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over 1 year ago
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Patrick Brown campaign flyer shouldn’t have our logos on it, universities say

A Patrick Brown election pamphlet touting his push for a Brampton university used the names and logos of several post...

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over 1 year ago
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Patrick Brown has survived past scandals. Will this latest controversy finally sink him?

The mayor of Brampton is under fire for ending an audit of spending on city contracts as he runs for re-election.

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over 1 year ago
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Top Doug Ford, John Tory strategists rally behind mayoral challenger to topple Patrick Brown

Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown may be one of the best known politicians in Canada. But the mayoral challenger generatin...

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almost 2 years ago
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Brampton’s former integrity commissioner is suing councillors for millions in damages over her fi...

Muneeza Sheikh claims her dismissal was part of a conspiracy among councillors who she had investigated for ethics co...

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almost 2 years ago
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As Patrick Brown announces bid for reelection as mayor, observers reflect on the turmoil at Bramp...

City hall has spiralled into chaos with disagreements being played out in the national media and city business at a c...

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almost 2 years ago
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Patrick Brown ‘knew full well’ the allegations against him, Conservative party brass insist

In a Friday email to party members obtained by the Star, Ian Brodie, chair of the leadership election organizing comm...

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almost 2 years ago
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Opinion | A whiff of Donald Trump, a gleeful Justin Trudeau: Dumping Patrick Brown comes with big...

Now that the Conservative leadership race has exploded over allegations of wrongdoing by newly-expelled candidate Pat...

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almost 2 years ago
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The shadow of the Tigers: Why Patrick Brown’s promise to remove a ‘terrorist’ label would be a ga...

Years after the Sri Lankan civil war has ended in 2009, Ottawa still designates the defunct Tamil Tigers a terrorist ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Opinion | Conservative candidates should quit feuding on Twitter and talk to us more

With more than three and a half months remaining in the Conservative leadership, surely this isn’t the end of debates...

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about 2 years ago
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Opinion | Raging conservatives took down Jason Kenney. Is Pierre Poilievre next?

Federal Conservative leadership candidates were curiously silent on social media in the immediate aftermath of Jason ...

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about 2 years ago
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Opinion | Unless someone can stop Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative convoy, Canada might not like t...

The first Conservative Party of Canada debate shows law and order, and public health measures to save lives during th...

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about 2 years ago
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Opinion | Don’t underestimate Patrick Brown — for better or for worse

What worked once before — promising everything to everyone — won’t be an easy sell this time, Martin Regg Cohn writes.

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about 2 years ago
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CTV News expresses ‘regrets’ over story that ended Patrick Brown’s leadership of Ontario’s Progre...

CTV News has expressed “regrets” over a 2018 story about then-Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown with “fac...

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almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | When it comes to recognizing Islamophobia, some Conservatives recognize that words matter

At the very moment federal Conservatives were playing intemperate word games in Ottawa in 2017, their provincial cous...

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