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Ontario Has Options
Alternative fiscal paths for the 2019 budget Download 538.93 KB 19 pages The Progressive Conservatives are using financial fearmongering as a cover for cutting funding…
Smoke & Mirrors: Gutting social assistance without cutting social assistance rates
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Ontario Economic Update: Financial fearmongering act II
Ontario’s economic update, released today, is Act II of a financial fearmongering stunt. Act I was the line-by-line review that contends public expenditures have grown…
Who benefits from tax cuts in lieu of a $15 minimum wage? Not workers.
Conservative MPPs celebrate after repealing Bill 148. Provinces across Canada are either moving towards a $15 minimum wage or keeping minimum wages low while enhancing…
New job numbers in, still no credible evidence against minimum wage raise
Canada Ontario Employment growth +1.2% +1.2% Unemployment rate +0.3% +0.2% Employment in wholesale and retail trade -2.0% – 1.3% Employment in food and accommodation…
Public and social services jobs: an economic lifeline in communities across Ontario
In Ontario, there is mourning about the loss of manufacturing jobs. There is concern about the growth of precarious service jobs. And there is enthusiasm…
No Safe Harbour
Precarious Work and Economic Insecurity Among Skilled Professionals in Canada Download 821.46 KB 40 pages Based on a national survey of professionals about precarious working…
Poverty Measures: Opportunity or Distraction?
Download 421.87 KB 17 pages Starting in 2004, almost all provinces and territories, several regions and municipalities, and the federal government have released poverty reduction…
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