@MoiraWelsh

Toronto Star journalist covering politics at the Queen’s Park bureau. Author. Mom of sardonic boys.

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Robert Benzie@robertbenzieOct 26
After a 21-week recess, MPPs return to Queen’s Park tomorrow for a 23-day legislative session. thestar.com/politics/provinc…

Doug Ford and Ontario MPPs return to the legislature after a 21-week break

Ford promises support for tariff-affected workers during the legislative session.

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Robert Benzie@robertbenzieOct 13
Wondering who you should vote for in Ontario’s municipal elections? Check out the @TorontoStar Vote Compass, an online tool developed by Vox Pop Labs. votecompass.thestar.com

Vote Compass — Ontario Municipal Elections 2026 — Toronto Star

Take a short survey to calculate how your views align with the candidates for mayor and councillor in the 2026 Ontario municipal elections.

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Robert Benzie@robertbenzieOct 5
One year after the Skills Development Fund scandal erupted, Premier Doug Ford’s Tories insist they have fixed the problems. @MoiraWelsh with the story. thestar.com/politics/provinc…

Ford government says it’s tightened rules for next round of skills development funding

A year after the auditor general excoriated Premier Doug Ford's Skills Development Fund, his government says the program increasingly targets "high paid" manufacturing and construction jobs.

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I am incredibly honoured to be among the nominees for the 2026 #BalsilliePrize for Public Policy with authors Dennis Molinaro, Rick Westhead, Tim Wu and Jesse Winter. All of the books look fascinating - I’ve got a lot of reading to do!
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Announcing finalists for the 2026 #BalsilliePrize for Public Policy — congratulations to Dennis Molinaro, Moira Welsh, Rick Westhead, Jesse Winter, and Tim Wu. The $70K winner will be announced November 24 at a live event in Toronto writerstrust.com/BalsilliePr…
2026 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy finalists: Dennis Molinaro for Under Assault: Interference and Espionage in China’s Secret War Against Canada, Moira Welsh for The Astonishing Lives of Older Women: How to Create Pleasure Over Peril in Peak Longevity, Rick Westhead for We Breed Lions: Confronting Canada’s Troubled Hockey Culture, Jesse Winter for Wild Fire: Dispatches from a Country Ablaze, Tim Wu for The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity.

ALT 2026 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy finalists: Dennis Molinaro for Under Assault: Interference and Espionage in China’s Secret War Against Canada, Moira Welsh for The Astonishing Lives of Older Women: How to Create Pleasure Over Peril in Peak Longevity, Rick Westhead for We Breed Lions: Confronting Canada’s Troubled Hockey Culture, Jesse Winter for Wild Fire: Dispatches from a Country Ablaze, Tim Wu for The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity.

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Starting Friday in @TorontoStar chief investigative reporter @_kevindonovan launches his crime series Grand Theft Toronto: Home invasions, car jackings, hotel heists. Inside the escalating war for the city's vehicles thestar.com/news/investigati… via @torontostar

Grand Theft Toronto: Home invasions, car jackings, hotel heists. Inside the escalating war for the...

The nature of the crime is changing and auto thefts are getting much more violent.

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Robert Benzie@robertbenzieAug 25
Dolly Parton donated 270 million books to children all over the world through her Imagination Library initiative. #RIP imaginationlibrary.com/over-…
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A war of words may be emotionally satisfying, but it is economically irrelevant, Martin Regg Cohn writes. thestar.com/politics/politic…

Martin Regg Cohn: Never mind the insults. It’s time for Canada to hit the U.S. where it really hurts

A war of words may be emotionally satisfying, but it is economically irrelevant, Martin Regg Cohn writes.

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A scoop : Longtime Liberal MP Shaun Chen is running for city council in his home riding thestar.com/news/gta/city-ha… via @torontostar

Longtime Liberal MP Shaun Chen is running for city council in his home riding

After resigning his seat in the House of Commons earlier this month, the local politician now seeks office closer to home.

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Robert Benzie@robertbenzieAug 17
From the the front page of the @TorontoStar, @MoiraWelsh on Premier Doug Ford’s biggest spending cabinet ministers. thestar.com/politics/provinc…

What $3,400 oyster dinners and luxury beef bills reveal about spending by some Ontario PC riding...

The expenses by the riding associations of some of Doug Ford’s ministers, which include nearly $15,000 for organic grass-fed premium beef, are detailed in Elections Ontario filings, and are funded by...

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Martin Regg Cohn@reggcohnJul 11
Heads up: MPP @stephaniebowman tells me she's thinking of a Liberal leadership run after @RobCerjanec exited: "I'm being encouraged to run." With ex-MP @NavdeepSBains facing MPP @LFairclo, "People think it'd be good to have 2 MPPs in the race." And an economics expert. Stay tuned
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Robert Benzie@robertbenzieJul 7
NEW: The @TorontoStar’s @MoiraWelsh on @MaritStiles’ challenges to gain traction for the @OntarioNDP. thestar.com/politics/provinc…

Marit Stiles says out loud what many Ontarians are thinking. So why won’t they vote for her?

Polling suggests that efforts by the New Democratic Party leader to call out Premier Doug Ford could be creating voter traction — for the Liberals.

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Marit Stiles says out loud what many Ontarians are thinking. So why won't they vote for her? thestar.com/politics/provinc… via @torontostar

Marit Stiles says out loud what many Ontarians are thinking. So why won’t they vote for her?

Polling suggests that efforts by the New Democratic Party leader to call out Premier Doug Ford could be creating voter traction — for the Liberals.

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I roughed it in the woods of the Bruce Trail as a teen — today's kids should get to experience that thestar.com/initiatives/fres… via @torontostar

Camping under the stars and scaling boulders is an experience all kids should have

Camping with friends creates memories for a lifetime, which is what the Star's Fresh Air Fund helps thousands of kids do.

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Kristin Rushowy@krushowyMay 26
City councillors could be removed from office for serious misconduct under just-passed Ontario law #onpoli thestar.com/politics/city-co… via @torontostar

Ontario passes law that means municipal councillors can lose jobs over misconduct

Elected officials found guilty of serious breaches of codes of conduct by integrity commissioners can be removed by a unanimous vote of council.

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Martin Regg Cohn@reggcohnMay 23
Change has come to Ontario’s legislature--not in the premier’s chair, but the Speaker’s chair. After 158 years, a woman presides over proceedings in the chamber, the halls of power alongside it and the grounds outside it. Today's column on @SpeakerSkelly thestar.com/politics/politic…

Martin Regg Cohn: Ontario legislature’s first female Speaker rules with a firm hand

Donna Skelly's word isn’t quite law, but the lawmakers can’t make a move — or move a motion — without her, Martin Regg Cohn writes.

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Robert Benzie@robertbenzieMay 9
The @TorontoStar’s @robferguson1 on a provincial political earthquake after perhaps the most closely watched nomination Queen’s Park has seen since 1999 when the reduction in seats led to incumbents running against one another. thestar.com/politics/provinc…

Liberal leadership hopeful Nate Erskine-Smith delivered a blow in Scarborough nomination loss

Businessman Ahsanul Hafiz won the Scarborough Southwest nomination on Saturday, complicating Erskine-Smith’s second bid to head the provincial party.

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Martin Regg Cohn@reggcohnMay 8
Like every education minister before him, @PaulCalandra is always under attack. Unlike his predecessors, he’s unfazed by the blowback. My wknd column on his talk at the TMU Democracy Forum @TorontoMet. thestar.com/politics/politic…

Martin Regg Cohn: Doug Ford’s education minister doesn’t pull any punches

Paul Calandra is unapologetic about rattling school board trustees and ruffling union feathers, Martin Regg Cohn writes.

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Robert Benzie@robertbenzieMay 8
NEW: And then there were two. A second candidate has officially entered the @OntLiberal leadership race: Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Lee Fairclough. thestar.com/politics/provinc…

Toronto MPP jumps into Ontario Liberal leadership race

When Lee Fairclough officially registers Friday, she will become the first member of the Ontario legislature to join the race to replace Bonnie Crombie, who resigned as Liberal leader in

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Robert Benzie@robertbenzieMay 7
The @OntLiberal nomination in Scarborough Southwest the day after tomorrow just keeps getting messier. thestar.com/politics/provinc…

Nate Erskine-Smith fires back as Liberal nomination race heats up

Nate Erskine-Smith is accusing Liberal staff from the Ontario legislature of working for a key rival in a heated race for the party's nomination to run in an upcoming Scarborough

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Robert Benzie@robertbenzieMay 7
NEW: From the front page of the @TorontoStar, @MoiraWelsh reveals the latest controversy swirling around Premier Doug Ford’s third-term government. thestar.com/politics/provinc…

Ford government’s internal surveys expose failures in disability job training program

Premier Doug Ford’s controversial plan to get Ontarians off social assistance and into jobs is failing those with complex physical and intellectual disabilities, according to the province’s own...

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