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Ontario has underfunded schools by $6.3 billion since 2018
About the authorRicardo TranjanRicardo Tranjan directs the research program for the CCPA-Ontario. Ricardo’s expertise centres on Ontario public finances and the political economy of social…
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Reversing the growing inequality among provinces
The decade long petro-boom has caused major distortions in the Canadian economy, and has driven growing interpersonal and interprovincial inequality. The flood of petro-revenue into…
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Fast Facts: Rite of Passage
Graduating from high school is a rite of passage, but for students at risk, high school can be an oppressive and intimidating place. Programs like…
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Toronto-Centre: Ground Zero for Canada’s Income Inequality Debate
For the first time in Canadian history, an election is being waged on this question: Which political candidate do you trust to reduce income inequality?…
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The Gap Between the Rich and the Rest of Us? We Can Close It.
Two candidates in an upcoming federal by-election have made income inequality the main topic in Toronto-Centre. The CCPA’s growing gap team created a short primer…
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Upstream thinking, healthy society and reviving Canadian democracy
Social factors play a significant role in determining whether we will be healthy or ill. Our health care is but one element of what makes…
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A Canada Without Compassion: A Modest Proposal from the Fraser Institute
The Fraser Institute would like to remove compassion from the policy debate about poverty in Canada. Why? Because, according to the author of this report, Christopher…
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Labour Shortage? Raise Wages!
I have been hard on our new Employment and Social Development Minister, Jason Kenney, for buying into a widespread myth about labour shortages and skill…
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Heinz Plant Closure Throws Leamington into Economic Shock
After more than 100 years of business, Leamington’s Heinz plant is closing, throwing 740 people out of work and sending the community into economic shock.…
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No matter how you slice it, Ontario’s minimum wage doesn’t measure up
It seems everywhere I turn people are talking income inequality. Whether it’s on the pages of the current Globe and Mail series, The Wealth Paradox, or…
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The Ombudsperson’s Report on Seniors Care
A Brief Analysis of the Government’s (Non)Response About the authorsJanine FarrellJanine Farrell is a researcher whose work examines the impact of socio-political, economic, historical, and…
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Making Every Job a Good Job
A Benchmark for Setting Ontario’s Minimum Wage Download 390.72 KB 36 pages In the summer of 2013 — three years after the provincial government froze…
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BC government’s non-response on seniors care
In 2012, the BC Ombudsperson made 140 recommendations to the Ministry of Health to improve seniors care by fixing BC’s home and community health care…
