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Jessica Smith Cross

Jessica Smith Cross

Jessica Smith Cross began her career in local news, reporting for Metro newspapers in five Canadian cities, as well as for CTV, the Guelph Mercury and the Turtle Island News. She made the leap to political journalism in 2016 but frequently looks back. Prior to the Trillium, she was the editor-in-chief of iPolitics and Queen's Park Briefing.

Recent Work by Jessica

Landlord group lobbying for backlogged tribunal to skip the hearings in routine evictions

Landlord group lobbying for backlogged tribunal to skip the hearings in routine evictions

A weekly roundup of lobbying registrations in Ontario
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Whistleblower, NDP decry 'sickening' profits for health-care staffing agency

Whistleblower, NDP decry 'sickening' profits for health-care staffing agency

A former insider alleges a staffing agency charges clients three to four times what its nurses and PSWs take home
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What would you do with 4.4-billion health-care dollars?

What would you do with 4.4-billion health-care dollars?

The government has more than adequately budgeted for its projected health-care needs, according to the Financial Accountability Office
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Ford government backtracks on one of two controversies roiling the PC heartland

Ford government backtracks on one of two controversies roiling the PC heartland

The Ford government has backed off a plan that was roiling rural Ontario. Will it change course on another?
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Question Period Highlight: Bingo was the game-O

Question Period Highlight: Bingo was the game-O

B-I-N-G-O!
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How often are special needs kids excluded from school? Ontario won't say

How often are special needs kids excluded from school? Ontario won't say

The Ontario Autism Coalition got 'the runaround' when it asked for data on the exclusion of special needs kids from school
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Lobbyists talk housing, housing, housing in Ontario

Lobbyists talk housing, housing, housing in Ontario

A weekly roundup of lobbying registrations in Ontario
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Public sector needs 'guardrails' on use of artificial intelligence: privacy and human rights commissioners

Public sector needs 'guardrails' on use of artificial intelligence: privacy and human rights commissioners

Artificial intelligence can perpetuate human biases, the Ontario privacy commissioner and human rights commission are warning
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Ford vs. Crombie: 'You can't put your butt on both sides of the fence'

Ford vs. Crombie: 'You can't put your butt on both sides of the fence'

Premier Doug Ford employed some colourful vernacular against potential rival Bonnie Crombie
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'There's something about Bonnie': Crombie shakes up Ontario Liberaland

'There's something about Bonnie': Crombie shakes up Ontario Liberaland

Some Liberals are excited about the prospect of a classic centrist who can bring the fight to Doug Ford
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