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The Ontario Alternative Budget was a project of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. The Ontario Alternative Budget Working Group was a coalition of labour, social action, community and church groups which have come together to develop budget alternatives for Ontario.
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The Manager Myth (or How Ernie Balanced Ontario’s Budget One Year in a Row)
Behind the Issues: Ontario 2003 Download 40.79 KB
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Tory cuts ensure “basic needs” hard to meet for Ontario’s most vulnerable
Study READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO–Eight years after the Harris-Eves government cuts to Ontario’s welfare system, Ontario’s poorest are finding it nearly impossible to…
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Targeting the Most Vulnerable
A Decade of Desperation for Ontario’s Welfare Recipients Download 1.24 MB 21 pages
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School’s out!
Ontario government continues to shortchange Rozanski, public schools READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO–The December 2002 release of the Rozanski Report seemed to promise significant…
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Telling Tales Out of School
How the Ontario Government is(n’t) Funding Education Download 605.8 KB20 pages
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The Harris-Eves Health Care Prescription
The Cure is Worse Than What Ails Us Download 586.18 KB14 pages
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The cure is worse than what ails us
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO– Even before the SARS outbreak, our healthcare system was under stress. While workers in the health care…
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Tory policies need reality check, while public services need reality cheque
Ontario Alternative Budget READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO–The Eves budget, released March 27, 2003 is a profound failure, delivering funding that falls far short…
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Coming Home to Roost: Ontario Pre-“budget” Analysis
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This just in: You can’t have it all!
Ontario’s social programs lose out to tax cut commitments–report CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO–Ontario will not be able to afford tax cuts…
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State of the Crisis, 2003
Ontario Housing Policies are De-housing Ontarians Download 447.35 KB14 pages
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Give us shelter!
Ontario housing policies de-house 345,000 Ontarians TORONTO–Government housing policies are de-housing low-income, moderate and even middle-income renter households instead of giving them access to good…
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