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Lowering Our Standards
The right-wing Fraser Institute has released a paper that, if implemented, would dramatically lower our standards for worker pay, workers’ rights and workplace protections. It…
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The answer to Toronto’s $2.5 billion transit question
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO – A new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA-Ontario) lays out a compromise solution to political gridlock over…
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Toronto’s $2.5 Billion Question
GTA and Hamilton Public Transit Expansion Revenue Options Download 575.68 KB38 pages This study lays out a compromise solution to political gridlock over how to…
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Ontario Budget 2013: Four More Years of Austerity
By Hugh Mackenzie and Trish Hennessy All budgets are political in nature, but Ontario’s 2013 budget – tabled by a minority government with a new…
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10 Ways To Close Ontario’s Gender Pay Gap
Download 416.87 KB26 pages This report finds that women in Ontario still earn 28 per cent less than men – despite increased levels of education…
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Infographic: How to close the gender pay gap?
The report, 10 Ways To Close Ontario’s Gender Pay Gap, finds that women in Ontario still earn 28 per cent less than men – despite increased…
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Close pay gap between men and women: report
TORONTO – A new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA-Ontario) report challenges the Ontario government to take 10 steps to close the province’s persistent pay…
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Not your parents’ education: Ontario tuition fact sheet
Students go to university on a promise: get an education and the jobs will come. That worked for many students’ parents, but something shifted. The…
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Austerity doing Ontario more harm than good: report
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT. TORONTO – Ontario’s experiment with austerity in 2012 is contributing to an economic slowdown that demands a different…
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More Harm Than Good
Austerity’s Impact in Ontario Download 558.47 KB36 pages This report shows that Ontario hasn’t returned to pre-recession economic health. Austerity measures are compounding the problem,…
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Repeat After Me: Ontario is not Greece
The Fraser Institute has a new report warning Ontario could become the next Greece or California because of the size of its debt. Of course…
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It’s Time for an Equality Premier
Imagine if Ontario’s incoming Premier – lauded for breaking the inequality barrier on two counts – decided to parlay her victory into a post-austerity focus…
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