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L’Ontario a perdu 5 000 enseignants depuis 2018
Depuis un certain temps, le financement de l’éducation en Ontario ressemble au jeu des gobelets. En 2019, le gouvernement a annoncé que la taille moyenne…
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Le financement principal de l’éducation de l’Ontario a chuté de 1 500 $ par élève depuis 2018
Les dépenses gouvernementales consacrées aux services publics régressent en Ontario. La transparence aussi. Je ne parle pas ici des transactions foncières obscures de la Ceinture…
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Conflict as the result of intolerable pain
The disastrous human losses in Israel and Gaza are not the consequences of justifiable war or unjustifiable terrorism. They are the inevitable outcome of generations…
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Ontario has lost 5,000 classroom educators since 2018
Education funding in Ontario has been a bit of a shell game for some time. Back in 2019, the government announced that the average class…
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Ontario’s Core Education Funding has dropped by $1,500 per student since 2018
Government spending on public services is on the decline in Ontario. And so is transparency. I’m not referring to the murky Greenbelt land deals that…
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Sarah Jama is fighting for more than just the keffiyeh
On March 7, 2024, Ontario Speaker of the House Ted Arnott unilaterally banned the Palestinian keffiyeh in the legislative assembly as a “political statement,” a…
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Six Questions About the Future of Portage Place
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 29, 2024
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What is rent control, anyway?
The term rent control refers to regulations that limit rent increases. In Canada, it is officially the job of provincial governments to create and enforce these rules.…
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Rent control in Ontario is full of loopholes
Every June, the Ontario government announces the rent increase guideline for the following year. In theory, most rents cannot go up by more than this guideline. In…
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Above-guideline rent increases are out of control
Ontario’s rent control regime has many flaws. But there is one piece that stands out above the others: above-guideline increases, or AGIs.
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Arguments against rent control don’t hold up to scrutiny
During the 1969-1974 pre-rent control period for which we have data, there were on average 32,704 unassisted rental starts per year, or about 30 per…
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Policy solutions and political repsonses to fix Ontario rent control
It’s very clear to all honest observers that the rental market in Ontario is brutal for tenants. And despite what landlords and developers—and their pundits—might…
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