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“Bad news budget” slams the brakes hard on public services: CCPA
TORONTO—Today’s Ontario budget will do serious damage to the public services Ontarians depend on, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Ontario office (CCPA) says. “Cuts…
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A child care policy for the people? Probably not.
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Public education: Its strength is our numbers
When tracking who influences the political agenda, savvy journalists and community groups know to follow the money.
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Back-of-the-napkin budgeting ends April 11
By Sheila Block and Randy Robinson During last year’s election campaign, Ontario voters didn’t get many details about Doug Ford’s plans for the province. The…
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A confident opinion, a looming decision
The compatibility of the CETA Investment Court System with EU law On April 30, 2019, the European Court of Justice (Court) will release its decision…
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If you fall, who will catch you?
Emotions ran high in Hamilton last week as the community celebrated participants who took a leap of faith to join Ontario’s first-ever basic income pilot…
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The chasm between working for a living, and living to work, in the Maritimes
That 55-cent increase to the minimum wage on April 1st undoubtedly felt like an April fools’ joke to some of the province’s lowest paid workers. Nova…
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Fast Facts: Valley of Despair in Manitoba Health Care
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 8, 2019 The overhaul of Manitoba’s health care system has been met with repeated calls to slow…
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Avoid “the siren song of austerity,” Ontario business group says
It’s been about 40 years now that various right-wing politicians and business groups have been telling Canadians that the only way to deal with public…
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