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A Very Curable Disease Download 132.15 KB5 pages Toronto-based social policy analyst John Stapleton teaches us a valuable history lesson with his new piece The…

READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—Twenty years after Ontario introduced pay equity, a new study finds the practice is dying on the vine – starving…

The Case for Pay Equity in Ontario Download 307.89 KB 5 pages

A short summary of a budget that’s short on anything new Download 96.48 KB3 pages

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO—Four years after the McGuinty Liberals have been in office, Ontario is still living under the shadow of…

No Time to Lose – An Action Blueprint for Ontario Download 2.07 MB64 pages Attachments Ontario Alternative Budget 2007: Budget in Brief

TORONTO—Despite promises to do more, the Ontario government is spending less than half of what it spent on affordable housing in 2000, says an Ontario…

Ontario Alternative Budget Technical Paper #2 Download 150.05 KB6 pages

READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—Ontario’s finances are in much better shape than Finance Minister Greg Sorbara claims, says an Ontario Alternative Budget (OAB) Technical…

Ontario’s Minister of Finance Prepares for His (Re-)Election Budget Download 110.85 KB8 pages
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