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Sean Conway on Separate School education in Ontario
Sean Conway served as Minister of Education in the first Peterson government (1985-87), given the task of extending public funding beyond grade 10 to the end of grade 13 to…
December 11, 2025 -
Polling during the Peterson years – When popularity is not enough
It must be a nice feeling to be Premier of Ontario with the opinion polls reporting that your party enjoys the support of almost 50 percent of the population –…
November 5, 2025 -
The battle over Sunday shopping
“Some citizens in Ontario believe that a Sunday shopping law may be inappropriate to the needs of Ontario society in this period of the 21st century. Others feel that Sunday shopping law…
August 12, 2025 -
Sault St. Marie and the French language: A sad beginning; A positive new beginning
During 1989-90 a number of municipalities in Ontario passed resolutions or motions declaring them to be ‘English-only’. This was, in part, a reaction to three key developments at the time. For some,…
August 12, 2025 -
The 1990 question – Why call an election before its time?
The early election call, only three years into a huge majority mandate, led to his Liberal Party’s devastating defeat at the polls. It lost 59 of the 95 seats held at dissolution…
July 15, 2025
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