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Remarks to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs regarding the 2022-23 Ontario budget on Jan. 19, 2022

If the provincial government needs more money—and it certainly does—then why has it been giving so much away?

It’s 2022 and pandemic-weary Canadians are worried about inflation. In November, consumer prices were up 4.7 per cent compared to a year earlier, fuelled by…

COVID-19 labour market impacts on Indigenous and racialized workers in Canada Download 581.29 KB31 pages This report examines the racial and gender lines in Canada’s…

Répercussions de la COVID-19 sur le marché du travail des autochtones et des personnes racialisées au Canada Download 1.08 MB35 pages Ce rapport analyse les…

TORONTO—Selon un nouveau rapport du Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA), les travailleurs autochtones et racialisés ont été plus nombreux, tout au long de la…

READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—Throughout the pandemic, a larger share of racialized and Indigenous workers have been in jobs that put them in close…

Take a guess: what year was Ontario richest? Was it 1945? 1967? 2002? The correct answer is 2019. That year, inflation-adjusted economic activity per person…

Rapport sur la pauvreté des enfants et des familles en Ontario Download 774.47 KB44 pages L’Ontario est une province riche dans un pays riche et…
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