Jack Hauen

Jack Hauen has been covering Queen’s Park since 2019. Beats near to his heart include housing, transportation, municipalities, health and the environment. He especially enjoys using freedom of information requests to cause problems. Before helping launch the Trillium he worked at Queen’s Park Briefing, the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, and the National Post.

Recent Work by Jack

As private-pay crackdown looms, 'executive health' clinics charge freely

Clinics operate by paywalling primary care physicians behind 'block fees' for non-OHIP-covered services

Apr 15, 2024 4:40 PM Read more >

Ontario budget projects $9.8B deficit, real-dollar social services cuts

The path to balance will require acute financial restraint

Mar 26, 2024 5:12 PM Read more >

Bruce Trail aiming to be thru-hikeable by 2030: CEO

'We're now coming to the point where we own enough land that we can pull this off,' Michael McDonald said.

Mar 8, 2024 11:39 AM Read more >

Ontario ambulance offload delays worse than before pandemic

Ambulance offload delays at Cambridge Memorial Hospital jumped from an average 28 minutes in January 2020 to 47.4 minutes in July 2023

Dec 8, 2023 1:05 PM Read more >

Highway 413 could expand to 10 lanes by 2041: documents

The Ford government has said the highway will have four to six lanes

Nov 23, 2023 6:18 PM Read more >

Developer-owned Greenbelt golf club rezoned for PC appointee

Now-reversed changes were made at the behest of Quinto Annibale, on behalf of a golf course owned by several prominent developers

Nov 1, 2023 10:36 AM Read more >

'They never want us to speak': NDP volunteers, execs, former MPPs oppose tossing Jama

At least two former NDP MPPs have spoken out against Jama's removal from caucus

Oct 25, 2023 9:54 AM Read more >

'Are we developing an Urban Flooding Policy?' emails reveal confusion in minister's office

After a years-long back-and-forth, the government has now convened an urban flooding working group.

Oct 12, 2023 6:54 PM Read more >

$Ontario's rental enforcement unit investigates a fraction of calls received$

Ontario's rental enforcement unit investigates a fraction of calls received

The Rental Housing and Enforcement Unit only investigated 219 out of the 16,394 calls it got in 2022–23

Oct 4, 2023 1:45 PM Read more >

Stiles the latest to call for more investigation into Ford government's land changes

Opposition parties at Queen's Park are still pressing on the Greenbelt, while some city councils are wondering about their boundary expansions

Sep 28, 2023 4:30 PM Read more >

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