Queen’s Park Today – Daily Report February 28, 2020

Quotation of the day

“It’s embarrassing.”

Presumed future Liberal leader ran into trouble with the local conservation ​ ​ authority over plans to extend his backyard to save his new pool, the CBC reports. ​ ​

Today at Queen’s Park

On the schedule The house is adjourned until Monday, March 2.

Thursday’s debates and proceedings MPPs skipped out on the morning debate due to the snowstorm.

After question period, Bill 145, Trust in Real Estate Services Act — which allows real estate ​ ​ agents to register as corporate entities as part of industry reforms — cleared a third-reading vote with all-party support (Ayes 91; Nays 0). ● Representatives from the Real Estate Association were in the chamber to watch it pass. The organization is headed up by , who introduced the original bill ​ ​ he’s been lobbying to change via Bill 145 back when he was a PC cabinet minister in ​ ​ 2001. In a statement, Hudak said the new rules will strengthen consumer protection and fix the “broken real estate discipline system.”

During the afternoon’s private members’ business debates, two PC backbench bills were sent to the committee stage after second reading:

● ’s Bill 173, Ontario Day Act, is now off to be studied by the Standing ​ ​ ​ Committee on Regulations and Private Bills;

● and ’s co-sponsored Bill 168, Combating Antisemitism Act, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ will go under the microscope at the justice policy committee after the PCs forced a recorded vote (Ayes 55; Nays 0).

○ The bill would require the government to follow the working definition of anti-Semitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) in 2016. ○ Some Jewish advocacy and civil liberties groups have opposed the bill, saying the IHRA definition is vague and seems to conflate criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism and could infringe on the charter right to freedom of expression.

NDP Health critic France Gélinas has filed a reasoned amendment to Bill 175, Connecting ​ ​ ​ ​ People to Home and Community Care Act, which stalled second-reading debate on the bill from kicking off this week.

Second-reading debate of Bill 161, Smarter and Stronger Justice Act, continued beyond the ​ ​ six-and-a-half-hour mark required before a vote and until the house adjourned for the weekend.

In the park High school students will take over the chamber for a model parliament session today. The recurring Fridays for Future climate protest will also take place on the south lawn.

Premier watch Premier sat down with his PC predecessor, Mayor Patrick Brown, at a ​ ​ ​ ​ diner Thursday morning to talk about the city’s health-care emergency declaration, CCTV cameras and post-secondary education. Their respective chiefs of staff Jamie Wallace and ​ ​ Babu Nagalingam were also in tow. ​

Back at his Queen’s Park office, Ford also hosted members of the Ontario Electrical League, which was holding a lobby day.

Liberals hold on to —Vanier, Orleans The six-MPP Liberal caucus has grown its ranks by two after the party handily won back the ridings of Ottawa—Vanier and Orléans in last night’s byelections.

With 75 per cent of polls reporting in Orléans just before 10 p.m., city councillor ​ had 54.87 per cent of the vote, according to unofficial results from . PC candidate Natalie Montgomery brought up a distant second with 21.55 per cent, the NDP’s ​ ​ contender Manon Parrot claimed 15.65 per cent and Green Andrew West turned up 6.84 per ​ ​ ​ ​ cent.

In Ottawa—Vanier, school trustee claimed 51.79 per cent support with about 70 ​ ​ per cent of polls reporting back. New Democrat Myriam Dijilane had 25.58 per cent, PC ​ ​ Patrick Mayangi ranked third with 10.51 per cent and Green Ben Koczwarski rounded out the ​ ​ ​ top four with nine per cent.

PCs detail reforms to judicial appointment process On Thursday, Attorney General rolled out plans to change the way judges and ​ ​ justices of the peace are appointed, with an eye to filling vacancies faster and easing the courts’ heavy caseload.

The proposal would expand the selection criteria and pool of candidates for judicial appointments, and increase the number of candidates recommended by the independent advisory committee from two to six. ​

“Judicial vacancies are sitting unfilled for far too long while people are left waiting for their day in court to resolve their legal matters,” Downey said.

Ontario appoints judges to its lower Court of Justice bench; Ottawa handles judicial appointments for the higher-level Superior and Appeal courts.

Downey first hinted at the draft changes — which will be enshrined in forthcoming legislation — last November.

At the time, legal experts including Peter Russell, who designed the current system, raised ​ ​ ​ ​ concerns it would open up the process to possible political interference. The NDP had also questioned why the PCs are fixing a system they say isn’t broken and warned the proposal could encourage patronage.

“Dedicated members of the legal community have said time and again that there is no justification for the premier’s interference. Ontario already has an internationally recognized and unbiased judicial selection process in place that makes merit-based appointments,” NDP Auditor General critic said Thursday. ​ ​

But Downey said the changes were informed by months of consultations with relevant stakeholders and he’s confident in the revamped process.

Legal organizations, including the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, Ontario Crown Attorneys' Association and Ontario Paralegal Association, endorsed the plan.

Communication breakdown: ‘Human error’ and ‘systemic issues’ led to Pickering nuclear station false alert “Human error” led to last month’s false alarm about an incident at the Pickering nuclear station, and “several systemic issues” resulted in a lag in sending the all-clear.

That’s the upshot from Thursday’s report into the emergency text notification that hit millions of ​ ​ Ontarians’ phones on the morning of Sunday, January 12. It took almost two hours for a second alert to confirm the first was sent in error.

Officers at the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre typically test both the live and training alert systems when they change shifts, but in this case, the person on duty believed they had switched out to the training system and “accidentally sent a live alert.”

“The [duty officer] immediately recognized the error and proceeded to seek guidance on corrective action” from his supervisors, but “no clear instructions were provided to the on-duty officers in the immediate aftermath of the first alert,” the report states.

The probe revealed Emergency Management Ontario’s “procedural gaps, lack of training, lack of familiarity with the system and communication failures.”

EMO has already deployed a corrective action plan, which includes clearly indicating test messages; requiring a two-person verification process and separate log-in credentials for the test and live systems; and establishing a procedure for sending an immediate “end alert” message.

Solicitor General again apologized and said the government “regrets the serious ​ ​ concern many people felt as a result of the alert.”

“I unreservedly apologize for the alarm and anxiety caused to people across the province, and I want to assure the public that everything possible is being done to prevent a similar event in the future.”

Green Leader said he’s glad preventative measures are being put in place, but ​ ​ “it’s simply inexcusable that the staff tasked with such an important responsibility lacked adequate training on how to do their job.”

Today’s events

February 28 at 9 a.m. – Whitby ​ Seniors and Accessibility Minister and his parliamentary assistant ​ ​ ​ will make an announcement at the Abilities Centre.

February 28 at 10 a.m. – Hamilton ​ Associate Mental Health Minister and local MPP will make an ​ ​ ​ ​ announcement at Wayside House of Hamilton, a non-profit addiction treatment centre for men.

February 28 at 10:30 a.m. – Oshawa ​

Area MPP will make an announcement about support for workers impacted by the ​ ​ looming closure of the General Motors plant.

February 28 at 1 p.m. – ​ Health Minister will make an announcement in the Queen’s Park media studio. ​ ​

February 28 at 3:40 p.m. – ​ , parliamentary assistant to the minister of colleges and universities, will make an ​ announcement at the Six Nations Polytechnic college.

Upcoming events

March 13 – Ottawa ​ Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland will host a ​ ​ ​ ​ meeting with ’s premiers. The agenda includes economic competitiveness, climate change, natural resource development, middle-class job creation, health care, and transfer payments.

March 27 – Ottawa ​ Premier Doug Ford will address the Manning Centre conference at the Westin Hotel. ​ ​

Topics of conversation

● The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association is planning a provincewide walkout March 5. The move comes after the union called off rotating strikes planned for this week because of a renewed round of contract negotiations with the province, but talks fell through late Monday night. ○ OECTA president Liz Stuart slammed the Ford government for insisting “on its ​ ​ deep, permanent cuts” and accused Education Minister of ​ ​ “peddling the inaccurate claim that enhancements to our benefits plan is the sticking point in bargaining” earlier this week. ○ Lecce doubled down on his claim that teachers are seeking a more than one per cent bump to benefits, noting the PCs have committed to protecting full-day kindergarten and funding special education programs. “Yet again, we have seen obstruction to a deal because of an insistence by the union on enhancements to an already generous benefit package,” the minister said in a statement. ○ The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation is staging strikes in more than a dozen boards today; NDP Leader will join the picket line ​ ​ in Hamilton this morning. OSSTF hasn’t had any bargaining dates scheduled since last December.

○ After months of rotating walkouts, more than half of Ontarians surveyed in a ​ Toronto Sun poll said they want to see education deemed an essential service, ​ ​ which would curb teachers’ ability to legally strike.

● Glitches with the Ford government’s teachers’ strike child-care rebate system have seen parents turned away for unknown reasons despite the fact their children qualify for cash back, the CBC reports. ​ ​ ○ The government is offering families $25 to $60 per child, depending on their age, on days when schools are closed because of ongoing teachers’ strikes.

● The husband of Ontario’s fifth COVID-19 case has also tested positive for the virus, health officials said Thursday. ○ His wife contracted coronavirus after travelling to Iran, but it was nine days before she checked into Sunnybrook Hospital with symptoms, chief medical health officer Dr. David Williams said earlier this week. As a result, officials are ​ ​ preparing a plan to deal with possible “local spread.” ○ The man wasn’t on the trip and is therefore the province’s first case of human-to-human transmission. ○ The couple is in their 60s and at home in Toronto in self-isolation.

● Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator forecasts emissions will almost triple ​ over the next decade.

● The government is moving ahead with a policy to switch drug coverage from biologic to cheaper biosimilar prescription medications, according to the Globe and Mail. The Globe ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ previously pointed out a fleet of Ford-connected lobbyists were fighting the move. ​ ○ and also recently made moves towards the switch.

● The PCs are eyeing changes to the way batteries are recycled in the province as part of the shift toward “full producer responsibility” and private oversight of the blue-box program. The Globe’s got the jump. ​ ​ ​

● The Conference Board of Canada projects Ontario’s real GDP will grow by 1.8 per cent in both 2020 and 2021. “That is roughly in line with the province’s growth in 2019, but well below the 2.4 per cent average between 2014 and 2018,” per the forecast, which blames the stagnation on tampered wage and employment gains, as well as public sector austerity.

Appointments and employments Orders of Ontario 2018 ● After a much-delayed selection process, the province’s highest honourees for 2018 have been unveiled. Ex-Liberal “Premier Dad” Dalton McGuinty; first Black woman MP Jean ​ ​ ​

Augustine; media heavyweight Ed Greenspon; boxing hall-of-famer Charles “Spider” ​ ​ ​ ​ Jones; and the colorectal surgeon who led the late Rob Ford’s medical team Dr. Zane ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Cohen are among the 21 recipients of the Order of Ontario. ​ ​ ​ ○ Queen’s Park Today first reported a lag in the Orders of Ontario last March. At ​ ​ the time, government sources said it was because the PCs had yet to appoint new members to the selection committee. ○ Since then, Paul Godfrey, Julian Fantino, Isabel Bassett, Alis Kennedy and ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Rahul Singh have been named to the advisory committee. ​ ○ Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell will bestow the 2018 honours at the ​ ​ Pink Palace on March 11.

Question period NDP lead-off COVID-19 ● Official Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath led Thursday’s debate with a throwback to ​ ​ her earlier question about restoring future funding cuts to local units amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.

● Health Minister Christine Elliott noted the PCs backtracked on retroactive public health ​ ​ cuts and that future changes will ensure no local unit incurs more than 10 per cent in additional expenses.

Class size consultations ● Horwath moved on to a class size consultation redux. She wanted to know why Premier Doug Ford maintains parents back the government’s move to increase average class ​ sizes when its own consultations showed “virtually no support.”

● Her framing of the question allowed Ford to double down on his claim. “I had a stack that thick on my desk about the parents saying, ‘Make sure you focus on keeping the kids in the classroom,” Ford said and gestured. (To which Ethics critic heckled: ​ ​ “Table them!”) ○ Ford also took a shot at labour brass amid rocky contract talks, saying, “the unions have just lost track. It’s all about lining their pockets.”

Fedcap’s ‘terrible track record’ ● NDP MPP pointed to reports showing Fedcap, the New York-based ​ ​ non-profit enlisted for Ontario’s employment services pilot, “lacks capacity to fulfill its contractual obligations.” ○ According to Burch, Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services found Fedcap’s program had poor customer service and professionalism and “was unresponsive to participants’ needs.” Only 10 per cent of participants were

placed in a skills training program, while 48 per cent lost social assistance benefits without securing a job. ○ A New York state investigation also found Fedcap “shorted benefits and illegally collected fees from their employees’ paycheques,” NDP MPP said. ​ ​ ○ The government’s three-pronged employment services pilot also includes a for-profit firm, as first reported by QPT. ​ ​ ​

● Labour Minister Monte McNaughton said the status quo in Ontario wasn’t cutting it, ​ ​ noting the Auditor General found one per cent of Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support recipients are able to find work on a monthly basis.

New Democrats also asked about ditching public-private partnerships when it comes to building transit (in light of Ottawa LRT woes), shuttering Hamilton’s forensic pathology unit, and Pickering nuclear plant’s false alarm.

Independent questions E-learning fail ● Liberal MPP wanted to know why the government is moving ahead ​ ​ with mandatory e-learning without testing it first and despite a lack of support from parents and students. ○ “The government cannot point to one jurisdiction where such a policy has increased the likelihood of graduation or improved the learning environment for students, particularly those students most at risk of not graduating,” Wynne said.

● In response, Education Minister Stephen Lecce stuck to his talking points and education ​ ​ budget highlights.

Perma-moratorium on water-bottling ● Green Leader Mike Schreiner asked if the government would make the current ​ ​ moratorium on permits for water-bottling extractions permanent. “That does not provide permanent protection to communities whose water is under threat because they are in competition with commercial water bottling operations. There are only so many straws you can put into an aquifer before it goes dry,” he said. ○ Schreiner also made the call at a presser that morning alongside Save Our Water, a group opposed to companies like Nestlé extracting groundwater.

● The PCs have extended the current moratorium to October 1, Environment Minister Jeff ​ Yurek said, “because we just weren’t ready to act on the issue at this point.” ​ ○ Yurek said data from a third-party review will be released “in the next few weeks” and the PC’s plan will ensure “a balanced approach to a healthy economy and a healthy environment.” ○ He added the Tories are “strong advocates of listening to science on this side of the house” — and was met with much heckling from the other side of the aisle.

PC friendly questions Tory backbenchers asked their ministers about the 15th anniversary of the Greenbelt’s protected designation (the Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation and the Greenbelt Foundation announced a merger this week ahead of the occasion); support for the forestry and tourism ​ industries; the new home and community care legislation; and clearing 20 per cent of the backlog of cases at the revamped Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.

Lobbyist registrations

If you are looking for further information on any lobbying registry, it is all public and easily searchable here. ​ ​

Consultants who registered as lobbyists from February 14 to 27, 2020

● Michael Richmond, McMillan LLP ​ o Clients: Aphria Inc., Nation Rise Wind Farm Limited Partnership

● Michael Coates, Rubicon Strategy Inc. ​ o Clients: Medical Pharmacies Group Limited

● Michael Diamond, Upstream Strategy Group ​ o Clients: Antler Kitchen and Bar

● Lisa Kirbie, Blackbird Strategies Ltd ​ o Clients: The Unbalanced Paddleboarder

● Ginny Movat, Crestview Strategy ​ o Clients: Lyft, Capital Power Corporation

● Alex Chreston, Crestview Strategy ​ o Clients: Tilray Inc, Superior Propane, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

● Gabriela Gonzalez, Crestview Strategy ​ o Clients: Junior Achievement Central Ontario, Intact Financial Corporation, Canadian Solar Industries Association, McKellar Structured Settlements Inc., Capital Power

● Marc-André Deschenes, TESLA RP ​ o Clients: Maritime Employers Association

● William Dempster, 3Sixty Public Affairs ​ o Clients: RAREi - The Canadian Forum for Rare Disease Innovators

● Richard Mullin, Impact Public Affairs ​ o Clients: Fontem Ventures

● Rita Rahmati, Impact Public Affairs ​ o Clients: First Nations Technical Institute

● Jodie Kiss, 3Sixty Public Affairs Inc. ​ o Clients: Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders

● Christian von Donat, Impact Public Affairs ​ o Clients: Toronto Insurance Council, Chamber of Digital Commerce Canada

● Keith Adams, Keith Adams, P.E. ​ o Clients: Air Products Canada, Ltd.

● John Duffy, StrategyCorp Inc. ​ o Clients: 2429590 Ontario Ltd & 2125980 Ontario Ltd.

● Don Gracey, CG Management & Communications Inc. ​ o Clients: Ontario Physiotherapy Association, Lape Holdings Corp

● Chris Holz, Campbell Strategies ​ o Clients: Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited

● Shane Buckingham, Earnscliffe Strategy Group ​ o Clients: Stewardship Ontario, Canadian Beverage Association

● Shakir Chambers, Navigator Limited ​ o Clients: Airbnb, Severn Aggregates Limited Partnership

● Chris Benedetti, Sussex Strategy Group ​ o Clients: Electronic Products Recycling Association, Electronic Product Stewardship of Canada

● Robyn Gray, Sussex Strategy Group ​ o Clients: Rayonier Advanced Materials and EDF Renewables

● Manny Sousa, Sutherland Corporation Limited ​ o Clients: Conduent Transportation

● Fraser Macdonald, Stosic & Associates ​ o Clients: Omni Health Care

● Jonathan Sampson, Enterprise Canada ​ o Clients: Ontario Pharmacists Association

● Peter Curtis, Pathway Group Inc. ​

o Clients: Ontario Provincial Police Association

● Jim Burnett, Pathway Group Inc. ​ o Clients: Catholic Cemeteries & Funeral Services

● Jeffrey Bangs, Pathway Group Inc. ​ o Clients: Coach Canada

● Leanna Karremans, Pathway Group Inc. ​ o Clients: Archdiocese of Toronto, Coach Canada, SYKES Assistance Services Corporation, Parks and Recreation Ontario, Covenant Canadian Reformed Teachers College

● Lindsay Maskell, Lindsay Maskell ​ o Clients: Iron Workers Local 736

● Jennifer Mossop, Mossop Media/JFM Productions Inc. ​ o Clients: Ontario Association of Speech Pathologists and Audiologists

● Daniel Matthew Boudreau, Hill+Knowlton Strategies ​ o Clients: Express Scripts Canada, Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario (WeRPN), Seqirus Canada Inc.

● Stephanie Dunlop, Hill+Knowlton Strategies ​ o Clients: SICPA, Leafly, TerrAscend

● Sarah Dickson, Hill+Knowlton Strategies ​ o Clients: Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario

● Monika Bujalska, Sutherland Corporation Ltd. ​ o Clients: Strada Aggregates, Empire Communities Ltd.

● Jill Wilson, Loyalist Public Affairs ​ o Clients: 2465855 Ontario Limited

● Stephanie Gawur, Devan Sommerville, Jaskiran Shoker, Charles Beer and Caroline ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Pinto, Counsel Public Affairs Inc. ​ o Clients: Ontario Agencies Supporting Individuals with Special Needs (OASIS)

● Devan Sommerville, Counsel Public Affairs Inc. ​ o Clients: Community Living Toronto

● Jaskiran Shoker, Caroline Pinto and Devan Sommerville, Counsel Public Affairs Inc. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ o Clients: Mediagrif Interactive Technologies

● Stephanie Gawur, Devan Sommerville and Caroline Pinto, Counsel Public Affairs Inc. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ o Clients: Batay Reena

● Caroline Pinto and Devan Sommerville, Counsel Public Affairs Inc. ​ ​ ​ o Clients: Teva Canada Ltd.

● Philip Dewan and Caroline Pinto, Counsel Public Affairs Inc. ​ ​ ​ o Clients: Domtar Inc.

● Stephanie Gawur and Devan Sommerville, Counsel Public Affairs Inc. ​ ​ ​ o Clients: Envision SQ Inc.

● Ali Salam, NATIONAL Public Relations ​ o Clients: Red Hat Canada Ltd.

● Thomas Blackmore, Edelman ​ o Clients: Novolex

● Ikram Farah, Edelman ​ o Clients: ServiceNow

● Trisha Rinneard, Wellington Advocacy ​ o Clients: Terrestrial Energy Inc

● Yan Plante, TACT Intelligence-conseil ​ o Clients: Gazoduq Inc

● Rob Leone, Earnscliffe Ontario Inc ​ o Clients: Private Career Education Council (Ontario)

● Matt Hiraishi, Afterimage Strategies ​ o Clients: Ontario Water Centre, Travelers Canada, VON Canada

● Manny Sousa, Sousa Strategies ​ o Clients: GIMME360

● Maureen Shuell, RendezVous Communications ​ o Clients: MTB Transit Solutions

● Yaron Gersh, The CCS Group ​ o Clients: Nimkee Nupigawagan Healing Center, Sheshegwaning First Nation, Chronic Pain - Ontario Medical Association, Munsee Delaware First Nation

● Rick Roth and Sophia Koukoulas, Global Public Affairs ​ ​ ​ o Clients: Family Service Ontario

● Natalia Lasakova, Global Public Affairs Inc. ​ o Clients: Ontario Sewer & Watermain Construction Association

● Alanna Sokic, Global Public Affairs Inc. ​ o Clients: Kindred Partners Inc., Clients: Truss Limited Partnership

● Reema Gill, Global Public Affairs Inc. ​ o Clients: GE Healthcare Canada, Intercept Pharma Canada Inc., BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

● Reema Gill and Andrew Retfalvi, Global Public Affairs Inc. ​ ​ ​ o Clients: Knight Therapeutics Inc.

● Chris McCluskey, Proof Strategies ​ o Clients: StubHub

● Lauren McDonald, Proof Strategies ​ o Clients: Maritime Employers Association

● Phil Trinh, Maple Leaf Strategies Inc. ​ o Clients: REEL Canada, Samsung Electronics Canada Inc.

● Leah Mulholland and Shakir Chambers, Navigator Ltd. ​ ​ ​ o Clients: First Work

● Saad Baig, Carly Luis and John Matheson, StrategyCorp Inc. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ o Clients: Federation of Rental-Housing Providers of Ontario

● John Perenack, StrategyCorp Inc. ​ o Clients: 7-Eleven, Inc.

● John Penner, StrategyCorp Inc. ​ o Clients: Canadian Wind Energy Association

● Erik De Lorenzi, StrategyCorp Inc. ​ o Clients: Ambershaw Metallics

● Byron Turner, Limestone Partners Canada Inc. ​ o Clients: Edhaptic Inc.

● Puneet Luthra, P S Luthra Consulting Inc. ​ o Clients: Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation

● Matthew Henley, Wellington Dupont ​ o Clients: Progress for Mental Health, Reliq Health

● Dan Mader and Jill Wilson, Loyalist Public Affairs ​ ​ ​ o Clients: Uber Canada, Inc., HR Ottawa L.P., Redeemer University College

● Maryanne Sheehy, Public Affairs Advisors ​ o Clients: Canadian Prepaid Providers Organization

● Paul Christie, M.L. Christie Consulting Ltd. ​

o Clients: Redflex Traffic Systems Canada Ltd.

● and Paul Brown, Campbell Strategies ​ ​ ​ o Clients: EnerCare Inc.

● Andrew Pask, AP Public Affairs ​ o Clients: CIMA Canada Inc.

● Brian Facey and Fraser Malcolm, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP ​ ​ ​ o Clients: Labatt Brewing Company Limited

● Noble Chummar, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP ​ o Clients: ROI Capital and Brookfield Homes

● Amir Remtulla, Amir Remtulla Inc. ​ o Clients: First Capital Realty

● Aaron Scheewe, The Capital Hill Group Inc. ​ o Clients: Canada's Outdoor Farm Show

● Kenneth Stewart, Aaron Scheewe and Nathan Scheewe, The Capital Hill Group Inc. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ o Clients: Optiv

● Nathan Scheewe, The Capital Hill Group ​ o Clients: Canadian Council of the Blind, Palo Alto Networks Inc

● David Angus, The Capital Hill Group Inc. ​ o Clients: Otsuka-Lundbeck Alliance, SailPoint Technologies, Inc., Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co., BMC Software, G4S Canada, Forrester Research, Inc.

● Kenneth Stewart, The Capital Hill Group Inc. ​ o Clients: Maximus Canada

● Maddy Stieva, The Capital Hill Group ​ o Clients: Access Copyright

● Nathan Scheewe and Kenneth Stewart, The Capital Hill Group ​ ​ ​ o Clients: Infosys Public Services, UiPath

● Steven Megannety, Niagara Luminaire Inc. ​ o Clients: Agriber Ontario Inc

● Lily Mesh, Santis Health ​ o Clients: Hologic Canada ULC

● Samuel Gauthier, Aide juridique Ontario ​ o Clients: Fédération des Associations du Barreau de l'Ontario

● Stephen McKersie, Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP ​ o Clients: Molson Canada 2005

● Scott Munnoch, Temple Scott Associates Inc. ​ o Clients: Drivers History Information Sales LLC

● Ryan Singh, Temple Scott Associates Inc. ​ o Clients: Drivers History Information Sales LLC

● Katie Robinette, Winette Strategies ​ o Clients: Federation of Ontario Law Associations

● Peter Van Loan, Aird & Berlis ​ o Clients: TACC Developments

● Michelle Mackenzie, Michelle Mackenzie Consulting Inc. ​ o Clients: Decorators & Designers Association of Canada

Organizations that registered in-house lobbyists from February 14 to 27

● Ovarian Cancer Canada ● Trillium Automobile Dealers Association ● Ontario Federation of Agriculture ● Central 1 Credit Union ● Ontario Physiotherapy Association (OPA) ● Ontario Home Builders’ Association ● Canadian Federation of Independent Business ● De Beers ● OMERS Administration Corporation ● Toronto Financial Services Alliance ● Yves Landry Foundation ● Ontario Nature ● Winery & Grower Alliance of Ontario ● Ontario Dental Association ● Electricity Distributors Association ● Ontario Traffic Council ● Progressive Contractors Association of Canada ● Animal Justice ● Ontario General Contractors Association ● Association of Power Producers of Ontario ● Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation ● Ontario Waterpower Association ● Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association ● Greater Toronto Hotel Association ● Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss Association ● Canadian Beverage Association ● College of Massage Therapists of Ontario

● Mitacs ● The Society of Energy Professionals ● Ontario Private Campground Association ● George Brown College ● Frontier College ● Baking Association of Canada ● Schizophrenia Society of Ontario ● Colleges Ontario ● Air Transport Association of Canada ● The Toronto Humane Society ● Gilead Sciences Canada Inc. ● ● Darta Fleet Solutions ● Greater Toronto Airports Authority ● NRStor Incorporated ● SNC-Lavalin Inc. ● CMHA Toronto Branch ● OMERS Infrastructure Management Inc. ● Suncor Energy Inc. ● Molson Canada 2005 ● Pfizer Canada Inc. ● Trans Union of Canada Inc. ● Zendelity ● Uber Canada Inc. ● Eli Lilly Canada Inc. ● First Capital Realty Inc. ● Mylan Pharmaceuticals ULC ● Lundbeck Canada Inc. ● Aecon Group Inc. ● Abbott Laboratories Co. ● ArcelorMittal Dofasco GP ● Allstate Insurance Company of Canada ● TC Energy Corporation ● LinkedIn Technology Canada Inc ● Red Bull Canada ● Aurora Cannabis Inc.

Queen's Park Today is written by Sabrina Nanji, reporting from the Queen's Park press gallery.

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