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 5:30 PM Read more >

'We're not freezing anything': Ontario budget projects $9.8B deficit

Opposition leaders said their budgets would’ve spent more on health care, education, social services and 'truly affordable housing'

Mar 26, 2024 4:10 PM Read more >

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

'We're now coming to the point where we own enough land that we can pull this off,' official says

Mar 10, 2024 7:30 AM Read more >

Ford snubs Green bill that would legalize fourplexes provincewide

Opposition parties, YIMBY advocates said government needs to move faster on density

Feb 28, 2024 5:00 PM Read more >

'More is more': Librarians propose provincewide digital library

'Right now, here in Ontario, people don't have access to the same information simply based on where they live,' said official

Jan 13, 2024 5:00 PM Read more >

Ontario ambulance offload delays worse than before pandemic

'Tying up ambulances poses a significant risk for communities, and it is an ongoing challenge,' says official

Dec 8, 2023 1:15 PM Read more >

Highway 413 could expand to 10 lanes by 2041: documents

'We protect the space necessary for 10 lanes in case expansion is needed in the future,' says project team official

Nov 25, 2023 6:00 PM Read more >

NDP volunteers, execs, two former MPPs oppose tossing Jama

'They never want us to speak': At least two former NDP MPPs have spoken out against Jama's removal from caucus

Oct 25, 2023 4:30 PM 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 13, 2023 5:15 PM Read more >

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

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

Rental Housing and Enforcement Unit only investigated 219 out of the 16,394 calls it got in 2022–23 and is known as 'effectively useless' among advocates

Oct 4, 2023 5:30 PM Read more >

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