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  Our History: 1990-1999 | Ontario Nurses' Association
The Ontario Hospital Association proposes a 4 per cent reduction in the percentage in lieu of benefits for part-time workers, but ONA vigorously opposes the move and makes plans to take the issue to the bargaining table later this year.
Ontario hospitals are still dragging their heels on enrolling part-time nurses to the Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan, although OHA President Gordon Cunningham circulates a memo making it clear that they are obligated to sign up part-timers who meet the minimum enrolment requirements of the Pension Benefits Act.
Ontario Treasurer Floyd Laughren delivers the bad news on transfer payments in November: hospitals will get a one-time 2 per cent funding increase of $149 million in 1993-94, but because of an anticipated shortfall of $4.2 billion in revenues, base operating budgets will be capped at 1992-93 levels in the subsequent two years.
www.ona.org /about_us/1990s   (15829 words)

  
 Ontario general election, 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
The election was won, however, by the Ontario Liberal Party, led by Dalton McGuinty.
During the period before the election, Hampton identified the Conservative plan for deregulating and privatizing electricity generation and transmission as the looming issue of the next election.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ontario_general_election,_2003   (5914 words)

  
 Welcome to the Northwest Territories, Canada
In the meantime, Ontario was enlarged northwestward in 1882.
Quebec was also extended, in 1898, and Yukon was made a separate territory in the same year to deal with the Klondike Gold Rush, and remove the NWT government from administering the sudden boom of population, economic activity and influx of non-Canadians.
Alberta and Saskatchewan were created in 1905, and Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec acquired the last of their modern territories from the NWT in 1912.
www.hometowncanada.com /nt   (1531 words)

  
 ELECTIONS ONTARIO - candidates guide to election act   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Election Act, which is provincial legislation, is the rulebook for all Returning Officers in Ontario elections.
Elections Ontario rents only a specific area for a voting location and has no jurisdiction over adjacent properties, for example over political signs posted on street corners or passing cars advertising a political party.
The Chief Election Officer has ruled that the voting location and the premises on which it is located must be kept clear of all campaign materials.
www.electionsontario.on.ca /en/cp_candidates_guide_en.shtml   (2434 words)

  
 Ontario general election, 1990 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ontario general election of 1990 was held on September 6, 1990, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Ontario, Canada.
Peterson was accused of opportunism in calling an election just three years into his mandate, and in a shocking upset, the New Democratic Party, led by Bob Rae, won a majority government.
Although Harris was from northern Ontario, the PC Party was particularly weak in that region, placing fourth, behind the Liberals, NDP and the right-wing, fringe Confederation of Regions Party (CoR) in six northern Ontario ridings (Algoma, Cochrane South, Nickel Belt, Sudbury, Sudbury East and Sault Ste.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ontario_general_election,_1990   (635 words)

  
 Canada immigration and United States Immigration Issues. Canada employment and United States employment. Resources on ...
The governor general is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister.
During its election campaign, the party had to defend itself against repeated complaints that it was racist and sexist.
After the election for the 2nd Parliament in 1872, the Liberal caucus met and designated Alexander Mackenzie as their leader (at a meeting in early 1873).
www.info-canada.com /about_politics.asp   (3349 words)

  
 The Honourable Robert Douglas Nicholson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Nicholson was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on January 4, 2007.
Rob Nicholson was first elected to Parliament in the riding of Niagara Falls, Ontario, in 1984.
He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons from 1989 to 1990 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General from 1989 to 1993.
justice.gc.ca /en/mag   (377 words)

  
 cric.ca - Canada's Portal - Quick Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Dalton McGuinty will be the next premier of Ontario and head a majority government after his Liberal Party won 72 of the 103 seats in the province's legislature.
McGuinty was first elected to the Ontario Legislature in 1990, representing the riding of Ottawa South.
McGuinty was elected Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in1996.
www.cric.ca /en_html/guide/provinc_elections/ontario_elec.html   (173 words)

  
 ELECTIONS ONTARIO - Chief Financial Officers' Guidelines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Individual guidelines or a complete set may be ordered, without charge, from the Chief Election Officer.
To candidates endorsed by any one party, in any campaign period, an aggregate amount of $5,000, multiplied by the indexation factor determined under section 40.1 and rounded to the nearest dollar.
If writs for two or more by-elections bear the same date and provide for the same polling day, all the by-elections shall be deemed to be one election for the purposes of this section.
www.electionsontario.on.ca /en/g00_en.shtml   (624 words)

  
 Ontario Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform
By comparing each party’s percentage of the vote to the percentage of seats it won, you can see the lack of proportionality under the current system.
In each election, the winning party received a share of seats greater than its share of votes.
In the last four elections, the second and third place parties received fewer seats than their share of votes.
www.citizensassembly.gov.on.ca /en/the_recommendation/how_the_new_system_works/current_results.asp   (160 words)

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