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Getting the Design Right on the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP)

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Ontario Ministry of Finance consultation, February 13, 2015
Release Date: 
Friday, February 13, 2015
Attached Document Title: 
Getting the Design Right on the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP)
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7 pages
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The Ontario government has been consulting on how to design the province's proposed Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP). This submission to the Ontario Ministry of Finance, by CCPA-Ontario Senior Economist Sheila Block and CCPA-Research Associate Hugh Mackenzie, details how the government can get the pension plan design right for all workers in Ontario.

SaskPower's Carbon Capture Project

Sub Title: 
What Risk? What Reward?
Release Date: 
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Attached Document Title: 
SaskPower's Carbon Capture Project: What Risk? What Reward?
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24 pages
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SaskPower opened its $1.5 billion Boundary Dam Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Facility to much fanfare, with Premier Brad Wall hailing the project as "another Saskatchewan first." However, a new report from the Saskatchewan Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives questions whether the rewards from such an investment outweigh the risks. SaskPower's Carbon Capture Project: What Risk?

Harris-Era Hangovers

Sub Title: 
Toronto School Trustees' Inherited Funding Shortfall
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Release Date: 
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Attached Document Title: 
Harris-Era Hangovers: Toronto School Trustees' Inherited Funding Shortfall
Number of pages in documents: 
38 pages
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Controversy has been swirling around the Toronto District School Board and the province has been putting pressure on the board to cut spending. But what's at the heart of the problem? CCPA Research Associate Hugh Mackenzie has been tracking the flawed provincial funding formula for education since former Premier Mike Harris first implemented it the late-1990s. His detailed report gives an overview of the chronic underfunding that school boards across Ontario, but Toronto in particular, have been struggling to deal with for almost two decades.

What's at the root of Toronto's school board woes?

Controversy has been swirling around the Toronto District School Board and the province has been putting pressure on the board to cut spending. But what's at the heart of the problem? CCPA Research Associate Hugh Mackenzie has been tracking the flawed provincial funding formula for education since former Premier Mike Harris first implemented it the late-1990s. His detailed report gives an overview of the chronic underfunding that school boards across Ontario, but Toronto in particular, have been struggling to deal with for almost two decades.

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Ascent of Giants

Sub Title: 
NAFTA, Corporate Power and the Growing Income Gap
Release Date: 
Monday, February 9, 2015
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Ascent of Giants: NAFTA, Corporate Power and the Growing Income Gap
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64 pages
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This study looks at trade and investment trends, merger and acquisition activity, corporate wealth concentration, GDP growth, and other economic indicators over the past century in order to determine how trade and investment liberalization—the modern free trade era—has affected the Canadian economy. Notably, the study finds a direct link between corporate concentration during this period and today’s income and wealth inequality.

Time to Grow Up

Sub Title: 
Family Policies for the Way We Live Now
Release Date: 
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Attached Document Title: 
Time to Grow Up: Family Policies for the Way We Live Now
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40 pages
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The work and family lives of Canadians have evolved over the past three decades. It's time our family policies grew up, too.

This study finds the current federal government's approach to family policy is falling short of the needs of parents. It makes the case for access to affordable childcare, improved leave for fathers, and tax policies that level the playing field in order to improve the quality of family life in Canada. The study also provides an analysis of the cost and distributional impact of income splitting for families with children under 18.