“We need the CCPA to remind us that our dreams of a decent, egalitarian society are reasonable — indeed that with a little work, they are practical. And I love that practicality, that protection of the dream of the possible.”
— Naomi Klein
Ontario Office | Update
November 30, 2011
As the City of Toronto considers a budget proposal that would result in drastic public sector job cuts, economist Hugh Mackenzie weighs in with a sobering observation: between October 2010 and October 2011, the entire Toronto Census Metropolitan Area lost 8,500 jobs. Mayor Rob Ford's intent to eliminate 2,300 public sector jobs in one year could make things dramatically worse for Toronto's post-recession recovery efforts.
Read Hugh Mackenzie's full blog post, Political Paralysis and Disaster Budgeting: Lessons from Toronto.