A lot of AI discourse masks the fact that it is the result of a series of policy choices. Despite the government evoking Margaret Thatcher’s infamous “there is no alternative,” we do have a choice. And we should be serious about what that choice is.
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The Ontario government favours for-profit delivery of surgeries and medical imaging, but the evidence shows this isn’t good health policy

The numbers show that schools and educators in Ontario are being asked to do more with less, and students are paying the price

The playbook frames AI data centres in economic terms, without proper safeguards for the public and the environment.

Chronic underfunding, not financial mismanagement, is the problem in Ontario schools. Year after year they are asked to do more with less.

The Ontario hospital funding crisis is harming patients, especially people living in smaller and rural communities

By hitching the “Northlander Rideshare Pilot” to the Northlander train revival, the province is engaged in a major giveaway to the U.S. taxi app

Violence in classrooms is the result of staffing erosion and the offloading of social crises onto unprepared and underfunded schools

The 2026 budget fails to address the core responsibilities of provincial governments.

Les tests ne sont pas le problème. Il est temps de réduire et de plafonner la taille des classes.

Changes to OSAP will drastically reduce access to post-secondary education in Ontario and force more students to take on a lot more debt

Instead of chasing explanations for low test scores the government should reduce and cap class sizes in Ontario

The education system in Canada is a multi-faceted institution consisting of public, private, religious and independent forms of schooling. Each province adheres to their own…
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