Field Trip on July 20: Queen's Park

On Tuesday, July 20, we'll be making a trip to see Queen's Park and Ontario's Legislative Assembly, located in Downtown Toronto. Since the MPPs are on holiday, crowded scenes like the above can safely be ignored.

Those who wish can meet on the Southbound Platform of Sheppard Yonge Subway Station, where we will be leaving at 10 a.m. Hopefully, the "mainly sunny" forecast will hold up; but you may wish to bring an umbrella just in case. We meet for our hour-long tour of the Legislative Building at 10:50.





The location of MicroSkills Language Program places it under the Don Valley East riding of David Caplan, Lib.

UPDATE: The Toronto Star reports that "OPP’s anti-rackets branch executed search warrants and raided government ministries in the Macdonald Block near the Ontario Legislature on Thursday."

Elaborates the CTV News:

Lynda Cranney, an OPP media relations official, said the forces anti-racket branch is conducting the investigation.

"There is an investigation with the branch involving the ministries and some vendors."
Cranney said the investigation involves irregular transactions between government ministries and outside vendors.

Hmm, why does the saying "The fish rots from the head" come to mind? Anyway, just in time for our next field trip as well as our new weekly theme, on "business networking"! It might be worth (followed by a gerund!) walking by those government offices en route the Legislature on Tuesday and taking a whiff of what might be coming out of them. Bring your cameras and gas masks!


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