Dalton Days for Ontario Public Service Employees?

Just how fast can the Ontario Government completely reverse its position on a particular course of action?  Apparently, it takes just a few months.

After declaring in February 2009 that the governing Liberal Party of Ontario would not be instituting “Dalton Days”, Premier Dalton McGuinty has been gradually preparing the public service to concede that they will be mandating some form of vacation-without-pay scenario.
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The Welfare Debit Card

By initiating new discussion about using debit cards to administer welfare benefits in the province, Ontario is merely attempting to follow the lead of the United States – and the world, for that matter.  In order to play catch-up, debit cards are slowly being marketed to the public as a suggested means for welfare recipients to retain their dignity while in receipt of Ontario Works benefits.
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