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The answer to Toronto’s $2.5 billion transit question
TORONTO – A new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA-Ontario) lays out a compromise solution to political gridlock over how to pay for the region’s $2.5...
May 23, 2013 | Ontario Office
Close pay gap between men and women: report
TORONTO – A new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA-Ontario) report challenges the Ontario government to take 10 steps to close the province’s persistent pay gap between men and women....
April 9, 2013 | Ontario Office
Austerity doing Ontario more harm than good: report
TORONTO – Ontario’s experiment with austerity in 2012 is contributing to an economic slowdown that demands a different course of action in 2013, says a report by the Canadian Centre for Policy...
March 18, 2013 | Ontario Office
Income inequality spikes in Canada's big cities
OTTAWA—The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ analysis of new data on Canada’s richest 1% shows how much the income gap has been rising in Canada....
January 28, 2013 | National Office, Ontario Office
Toronto libraries popular but underfunded: Report
TORONTO—Toronto’s public libraries are the busiest in North America and second busiest in the world but have suffered from 20 years of chronic underfunding, says a Canadian Centre for Policy...
November 27, 2012 | Ontario Office
CETA Could Throw Ontarians Out of Work: Report
OTTAWA—A trade deal with the European Union (EU) that’s being negotiated behind closed doors could result in as many as 70,000 job losses in Ontario, says a report by the Canadian Centre for...
September 19, 2012 | Ontario Office
University education in Canada becoming less affordable: study
OTTAWA—Average tuition and compulsory fees for Canadian undergraduate students are estimated to rise almost 18% over the next four years, from almost $6,200 in 2011-12 to over $7,300, says a study...
September 11, 2012 | National Office, Ontario Office
Conservative platform’s geometry found faulty
TORONTO—A detailed statistical review of the 13 statistical graphs contained in the Conservative changebook...
September 13, 2011 | Ontario Office
Rising university tuition fee burden squeezing Ontario families: study
OTTAWA—Ontario’s system of financing higher education is becoming less equitable and more regressive for families, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA...
August 31, 2011 | Ontario Office
Ontario’s racialized gap persists: Study
TORONTO – Ontarians from racialized backgrounds are far more likely to live in poverty, face barriers to finding a job, and receive less pay for work, says a study of Census data...
June 2, 2010 | Ontario Office

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