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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Ontario’s Precariat Hennessy’s Index is a listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. For other…

TORONTO –The low-wage workforce in Ontario grew by 94 per cent over the past 17 years, vastly outstripping the growth in total employment which grew…

A cautionary tale of two telcos At a time when the Ontario Liberal government is planning to privatize Hydro One and other provincial governments are…

The link between unionization and the middle class Did you know that the loss of private sector union jobs in Canada is putting a squeeze…

OTTAWA—The share of unionized workers in Canada has dropped by only two percent over the past generation, but union representation dramatically affects workers’ ability to…

The Experience of Build Download 1.17 MB 20 pages This report weaves together findings from data gathered through two other research reports published by the…

As part of an ongoing overhaul of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) the federal government imposed what is referred to as the “four and…

Download 1006.5 KB3 pages Are wages in Canada stagnant or growing? The short answer is another question: do you live in an oil boom province?…

Each day Canadian newspapers carry a version of the same story: working Canadians are not prepared for retirement. Statisticians and economists who look at the…

An Affirmation of Workers’ Constitutional Rights The January 30, 2015 decision by the Supreme Court of Canada was a very significant one for the labour…

Manitoba’s Worker Recruitment and Protection Act Download 318.72 KB4 pages Recent attention to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) has raised questions about how these…
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