Chad Rogers of Crestview Strategy registered to lobby this past week on behalf of Music Canada.

The upcoming fiscal update (effectively a mini-budget) will provide fresh projections on growth, spending, and deficit levels, offering clues about how the Ford government plans to steer Ontario through a slowing economy and rising fiscal pressure.

Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra is demanding immediate reforms at the NNDSB after a report revealed “deep-rooted dysfunction and mismanagement” and “governance problems” in the board.

The government plans to raise the annual donation limit from $3,400 to $5,000 starting next year and tie future increases to inflation. Attorney General Doug Downey says the move modernizes Ontario’s political finance system, but critics say it gives an edge to parties with deep-pocketed donors, such is the case of Ford’s Progressive Conservatives.

“We need to be clear that this government and its partner are not engaged with us,” said Chief Brandon Rae from North Spirit Lake First Nation. “They push us, overload us with information we can’t process, and drag us through their process.”