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Prominent economists challenge rationale for privatizing Hydro One
(Toronto) In a report released today, three prominent economists throw cold water on the "business case" that the provincial government has offered for privatizing Hydro One. The authors,...
May 31, 2002 | National Office, Ontario Office
No mystery behind crisis in Ontario hospitals
The claim that health spending in Ontario is out of control has no factual basis, according to a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' Ontario Alternative Budget...
May 6, 2002 | Ontario Office
University funding cuts
The Ontario government's operating grants to the province's universities, allowing for inflation and enrolment growth, declined by $348 million, or 17%, between 1995-96 and 2000-01, according to a...
April 29, 2002 | Ontario Office
CCPA report challenges Tory budget deficit fears
A report from the Ontario Alternative Budget Working Group released today challenges the key assumption underlying the Eves Government's claim that the province is on the brink of another fiscal...
April 22, 2002 | Ontario Office
Le gouvernement Harris est l'auteur de sa crise fiscale
Dans une étude publiée aujourd’hui, le Budget alternatif de l’Ontario affirme que les réductions d’impôt du gouvernement Harris sont la seule cause de la crise fiscale...
November 7, 2001 | Ontario Office
Ontario's "made by the Harris government" fiscal crisis
In a study released today the Ontario Alternative Budget says that the Harris Government's tax cuts are the sole reason why Ontario is facing a revenue crisis. The study documents that the...
November 7, 2001 | Ontario Office
Private school funding just the tip of the iceberg in Ontario public education cuts
"The Ontario Government's plan to spend $300 million on a tax credit for private schooling is just a fraction of the total of $2.3 billion cut from public education since Mike Harris was elected...
June 14, 2001 | Ontario Office
New tax cuts, private school vouchers threaten vital public services, Ontario Alternative Budget says
"The Mike Harris Government has its budget priorities all wrong", the Ontario Alternative Budget says. "Instead of pouring more and more money into pointless tax cuts, attacking public...
May 10, 2001 | Ontario Office
Park the ideology and protect the services, says Ontario Alternative Budget Analysis
In its annual pre-budget analysis, the Ontario Alternative Budget Working Group has a simple message for the Harris Government: "Park the ideology and call off the dogs. Put the corporate tax cuts...
May 7, 2001 | Ontario Office
A made-in-Ontario housing crisis
TORONTO--Six years of Harris government housing policy, including massive social housing cuts and growing handouts to private developers, has been a dismal failure, according to a technical report...
May 2, 2001 | Ontario Office

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