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The numbers don’t lie: The housing crisis is not caused by a supply shortage
Financialization, not demographics, caused the cost of housing to explode
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Ontario pandemic school funding: a board-by-board, school-by-school analysis
What’s the true story about what’s happening at Ontario’s schools during the pandemic? Ricardo Tranjan examines funding across the province, school board by school board.
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Ontario budget: Tax hikes are the only sustainable option
Don’t expect any big surprises in the March 24th Ontario budget. The top-line numbers in the document are already well known, more or less, and…
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Making it easier for Ontarians to drink more isn’t a good idea
As 7-Eleven applies to serve beer and wine in 61 stores across Ontario, spare a thought for alcohol policy experts. Around the world, scholars have…
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Costing the recovery
David Macdonald’s presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance on March 18, 2021 regarding Bill C-14 and COVID-19 spending.
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Now is the time for BC to double down on commitment to $10-a-day child care
A year into the pandemic, there is a near-universal realization across Canada that the recovery must include large-scale public investments to build a quality, affordable…
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For-profit infant child care fees 2.6 times higher in Winnipeg than non-profit fees: New study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. WINNIPEG/OTTAWA—Full-time licensed child care in most Canadian cities is struggling under the financial burden of COVID-19—registering a dramatic drop in…
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Some BC child care fee increases among the highest in Canada
Canada’s child care sector struggling under weight of COVID-19 VANCOUVER — Like in many Canadian cities, full-time licensed child care in BC is struggling under…
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Nova Scotia’s Child Care Sector Needs Urgent Investment
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a report today that provides evidence that without urgent investment we risk losing the child care spaces we…
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Le secteur des services de garde à l’enfance au Canada peine sous le poids de la COVID-19
Les frais de garde pour les enfants d’âge préscolaire ont augmenté dans vingt-sept de trente-septgrandes villes canadiennes et de nombreux services degarde font face à…
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Tirer la sonnette d’alarme
Répercussions de la COVID-19 sur le secteur des services de garde à l’enfance au Canada Download 754.5 KB52 pages Chaque année depuis 2014, nous sondons…
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Clarity on Manitoba’s COVID spending
On March 10th, 2021 in the Manitoba Legislature Question Period, Premier Pallister cited a report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and claimed…
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Sounding the Alarm
COVID-19’s impact on Canada’s precarious child care sector Download 718.73 KB45 pages Every year since 2014, the CCPA has surveyed child care fees in order…
