TORONTO—The Ontario government must boost annual education funding by $4.3 billion a year to help elementary and secondary school students recover from two years of pandemic disruptions to their learning and development, a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) says.
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The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is planning to implement tuition fee increases and funding cuts to Memorial University as part of its strategy to reduce the province’s deficit.
This report analyzes the economic impact of that public policy decision on students, prospective students, and on the quality of university education.
OTTAWA—Planned tuition fee hikes and funding cuts at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) will erode the school’s ability to attract students and download a disproportionate amount of the province’s deficit onto learners, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
OTTAWA—Today’s fall economic statement shows that the federal government still has significant room to spend in the fight against COVID-19 and move ambitiously toward a public-led recovery for all Canadians, says the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
The report tracks which level of government picked up the tab for any COVID-19 program announced in each government’s 2021 spring budget, and also analyzes how the provinces are spending their share of federal transfers. Compared to the beginning of this year, provincial governments have kicked in more money to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and are sitting on less unspent federal money.
OTTAWA—Compared to the beginning of this year, provincial governments have kicked in more money to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and are sitting on less unspent federal money, according to a new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press Friday June 18, 2021
VANCOUVER — The BC government made some needed investments in its 2021 budget for COVID-19 recovery, but there is scarce new funding for major priorities like child care, housing and climate action says the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
The public relations team in Ontario Finance Minister Vic Fedeli’s office must have been high-fiving and smiling when they saw the news coverage of their boss’s first budget last week.
“There are no savage cuts in the first Ford-Fedeli budget,” one columnist said. Another called the budget “centrist.” If you only cast a quick glance at mainstream news coverage — and that’s all many of us do — you might think the 2019 Ontario budget is a moderate one that “strikes a reasonable balance,” as one bank economist wrote.
In this submission, we highlight several key policy areas that demand immediate attention in Budget 2021, including investing in the care economy, implementing permanent Employment Insurance reform and moving ahead with a national decarbonization strategy, among other important issues. Major federal investments will be required to get through the next year, and the hopefully successful roll-out of a mass vaccination program.