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A roundup of news and agenda items for Tuesday, Dec. 9.

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Ontario to fund hip and knee replacements at private clinics

Ontario puts $20M toward concrete barriers for daycares after toddler killed in crash

Finch West LRT opens with free ridership after years of delay

Mayors urge Ontario to declare state of emergency to address homelessness, addiction

The latest from Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office showed that Ontario’s debt position is considered “extremely strong” despite some future risks from the U.S. trade war.

FAO: Ontario in good credit position

Plan for changes to role of trustees in Ontario coming early next year: minister

Ontario hands operations of beleaguered Eglinton Crosstown LRT to TTC; opening soon

Educational groups say that the Ford government’s response to poor EQAO results is part of a troubling, grander strategy to fundamentally change how Ontario’s school system works.

'Creating a crisis' —educators worry about the Ford government’s plans for the school system

While announcing two new schools in the Ottawa region, Education Minister Paul Calandra said the local school board should not expect trustees back anytime soon but that all education changes made under Bill 33 will always abide by the constitution.

Calandra announces two new schools, including one in supervised Ottawa school board 

Janssen Inc. was registered to lobby this past week by its president Laetitia Decroix Guilloux.

Who's Lobbying for Whom: Janssen wants to talk to provincial decision-makers 

Ontario to review approach to standardized testing as pace of math improvement slow

Ontario government spending $112M on advertising, more than ever before: auditor

Ontario’s Auditor General said that the Ford government is violating the Environmental Bill of Rights by not consulting the public about the environmental impact of its projects. It has issued 12 recommendations, but the government says it will only commit to nine.

Auditor general: Ford government 'eroding' the environmental rights of Ontarians

Ontario wrote off $1.4 billion of personal protective equipment, auditor finds

Ontario auditor general to release annual report, with focus on health care

Ontario, federal governments establishing fusion energy research centre

Ontario takes control of real estate council after audit identifies issues

Ontario exempting training centres from municipal and planning laws

Calandra said the advisor will monitor the board’s governance, decision-making, and compliance with ministry directives after the report concluded that poor governance, and not construction issues as previously said, was the main cause of the school’s repeated delays.

Calandra to appoint supervisor to oversee troubled Near North school board, and run it himself in the mean time

Marvell Technology Inc. is undertaking a five-year, $238 million expansion of its work in Ontario, which will include more research and development of semiconductors, a new optical lab and a Toronto office.

Tech company announces $238 million investment into Ontario semiconductor research

As the evidence, including in the latest economic update, clearly show, the Ford government is neither keeping costs down nor unleashing the economy. Quite the opposite.

Doug Ford spending more than ‘reckless’ Wynne  

Ontario minister crosses the globe to chase defence industry investments and jobs

Ontario has never stopped reorganizing its school boards. For 180 years, the province has expanded local control, then reined it in, then expanded it again. Every few decades, the pendulum changes direction, usually after a political flashpoint or a crisis of confidence.

Inside the long revolutions that transformed Ontario school boards, and the reforms that might be ahead

The data suggests that Ontario may not be in a recession, for now, as it may have avoided two straight quarters of negative real GDP growth.