Bills, bills, bills

Plus: Brown's in, Rima's out, staffing up at Environment, lofty transit plans, school boards' mask ask

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FROM THE FRONT TO BACK BENCH — MPPs are back in their ridings for a constituency week break, so we’re taking the opportunity to catch you up on all the legislative happenings of the spring session so far. Check out the latest instalment of Bills On The Table — a handy status tracker with everything you need to know about government legislation and private members’ bills — including what status it’s at, who voted which way, and what the bill is all about.

HE’S IN — PATRICK BROWN has entered the federal fray. The Brampton Mayor and erstwhile PC Leader will make it official at 11 a.m. on Sunday at the local Queen’s Manor Event Centre. Invite.

JEAN CHAREST, the only declared contender who doesn’t hail from Ontario, is also in — and his camp denied a bombshell report about a pact with Brown that could see one of them snatch the top job in Toryland from frontrunner PIERRE POILIEVRE. Still, that report revived an inimitable image: