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A bill that would have banned the Canadian province of Ontario’s public institutions from doing business with companies which support an anti-Israel movement was shot down Thursday, reports The Toronto Sun. The bill, co-sponsored by Progressive Conservative MPP Tim Hudak and Liberal MPP Mike Colle, would have prohibited the government from entering into contracts with businesses that support the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. It was defeated by a vote of 18-39, with largely Liberal and NDP MPPs voting against the measure, according to The Sun. Hudak challenged the majority government to adopt the measure and accused Liberal MPPs...

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative leader has announced some of his plans to help fund public transit in the province. And Tim Hudak says, despite what the governing Liberals think – there isn’t a need to boost taxes to get the money to expand transit and ease gridlock in the GTHA. Hudak says instead, the P-C’s would freeze implementation of full-day kindergarten and sell off government buildings such as the L-C-B-O headquarters and the Ontario Power Generation head office in Toronto. The P-C leader says – forget looking at a hike in the gas tax to fund transit: as the Wynne government...