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Ricardo Tranjan
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Balanced budget leaves Ontarians behind
It bears repeating—properly funded public services do more to improve Ontarians’ lives than deficit reduction.
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Poverty in the Midst of COVID-19
In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the shutdown of large sections of the Ontario economy. In a few short months, total economic activity in…
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Poverty in the Midst of COVID-19
For policy-makers, perhaps the most obvious lesson of the pandemic is that poverty, including child poverty, can be reduced much more quickly than Ontario has done in recent years. Timid policies that unfold incrementally over decades are of no use to children who will be grown up before we finally get around to taking action.
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Educators are parents. Parents are workers. And facts are facts.
Ontario’s political rhetoric creates divisions where, in reality, none exist.
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Predatory lending and housing insecurity, an obvious link worth stressing
There is so much talk about housing insecurity in this country. Yet governments allow payday lenders to set up shop in neighbourhoods where high rents perpetuate financial insecurity.
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Ontario election: What’s in it for people who rent?
A look at what the provincial party platforms do for renters
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Well-funded public schools are more important than election giveaways
With inflation on the rise, the June 2 Ontario election is shaping up to be about affordability and measures that put money back into people’s…
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It’s election time and Ontario still chooses not to eliminate poverty
My mother grew up in a poor family in the interior of Brazil, and raised four children just a few blocks from one of São…
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The straight answer: Education funding in Ontario has dropped since 2018
A strong public education system that allows all children to recover from these difficult years is possible
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Does the Liberal-NDP pact signal a new Pearsonian phase?
What the new agreement gets right—and where there’s room to go bolder
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Catching Up Together
Download 1.16 MB52 pages Two years of the pandemic have disrupted the learning and development of Ontario’s elementary and secondary school students. In particular, households with…
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