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Stellantis says it has stopped construction on an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Windsor, Ont., because the federal government has not delivered on what was promised.The automaker which makes Chrysler, Ram and Fiat cars among others and South Korean battery-maker LG Energy Solution announced the $5-billion plant last year and said it was expected to create 2,500 jobs.

CBC Toronto's senior provincial affairs reporter Mike Crawley was a guest on CBC's daily news podcast Front Burner on Wednesday to discuss some of the latest developments from Queen's Park.Crawley and guest host Alex Panetta chatted about Premier Doug Ford's latest effort to get more police officers on the streets, which includes scrapping his own government's requirement that recruits have a post-secondary education.

Four-term Liberal MPP Mitzie Hunter confirmed Thursday she will resign her seat at Queen's Park and run to be Toronto's next mayor."This election is a turning point for Toronto.We have the choice to either rise to the next level or go off a cliff.I will be the champion that Toronto needs so we can rise to the next level," Hunter said in a statement.

Transit advocates held a "day of action" on Monday to protest TTC service cuts that are resulting in longer wait times for certain buses, streetcars and subway trains.Members of TTCriders, a volunteer-led organization of transit riders, stationed themselves outside 18 transit stops including 13 subway stations during the morning and evening commutes.

An Ontario MPP has resigned from the Progressive Conservative caucus and will sit as an Independent, effective immediately, amid allegations he is linked to election interference by China.Vincent Ke denied the allegations, reported Friday by Global News, as "false and defamatory."Quoting unnamed intelligence sources, Global News alleged Ke "served as a financial intermediary" in interference schemes by the Chinese Communist Party that were described in two Privy Council Office intelligence reports, which the media outlet had reviewed.

From columnists to call-in radio shows, almost everyone seems to have an opinion about the now-former Toronto mayor's stunning resignation.Some have argued that John Tory abused his position of power when he engaged in an intimate relationship with a much younger staffer.Others take the former mayor at his word that it was a consensual relationship, wondering why it's a big deal.

Officials cut a red ribbon to open a new patient care centre at an east-end Toronto hospital on Wednesday morning.Michael Garron Hospital's Ken and Marilyn Thomson Patient Care Centre will open officially for outpatient care on Jan. 23 and for inpatient care on Feb. 4. It's located at Coxwell and Sammon avenues.

An Ontario Provincial Police officer has died after he was shot in Haldimand County while responding to a call, police say.OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique identified the officer on Tuesday evening as Const.Grzegorz Pierzchala, who died "courageously serving in the line of duty.""Our hearts are with his loved ones and all OPP members at this tragic time," Carrique wrote on Twitter.

The Toronto Maple Leafs held a moment of silence at Scotiabank Arena before their game against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday evening to recognize the victims of Sunday's mass shooting at a condominium in Vaughan.Francesco Villi, 73, reportedly killed five people and seriously injured another at the Bellaria Residences complex on Jane Street in Vaughan at approximately 7:20 p.m. on December 18.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford criticized municipal leaders who are opposed to new provincial housing legislation Wednesday morning.(Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) Ontario Premier Doug Ford is telling the mayor of Mississauga and other municipal leaders who've voiced opposition to new housing legislation to "get on board" and "stop whining."

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, shown here shaking hands in March after announcing a child-care deal, will be in Ingersoll, Ont., today to make an announcement about electric vehicles.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to make an announcement this afternoon in southwestern Ontario about electric vehicle manufacturing.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks at a news conference as Education Minister Stephen Lecce listens at Queen's Park in Toronto on Friday, March 20, 2020.The province passed legislation on Nov. 3 in a bid to prevent 55,000 workers from the Canadian Union of Public Employees from striking.(Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press) Ontario is set to repeal legislation today that imposed a contract on education workers and banned them from walking off the job.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford can invoke parliamentary privilege to avoid testifying at the public inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act, a Federal Court judge ruled Monday.(Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press) A Federal Court judge ruled Monday that Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Deputy Premier Sylvia Jones will not have to testify at the Emergencies Act inquiry in Ottawa because of immunity provided to them by parliamentary privilege.

The inquiry into the federal government's use of emergency powers to respond to anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate protests that blocked trade corridors and gridlocked parts of downtown Ottawa this past winter will hear from two senior cabinet ministers today.Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc will state their cases for the government invoking the Emergencies Act when they appear before the Public Order Emergency Commission.

Lawyers for Premier Doug Ford and then-solicitor general Sylvia Jones filed an application for judicial review in Federal Court last week that seeks to quash the summons, citing parliamentary privilege.(Chris Young/The Canadian Press) The commissioner overseeing the Emergencies Act inquiry says Ontario Premier Doug Ford and a top minister have overstated the privilege they enjoy as politicians as they try to get out of testifying at the proceeding.