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One Step Forward
Assessing the labour market impacts of Ontario’s 2018 minimum wage increase Download 1.07 MB28 pages This report examines the impact of increasing Ontario’s minimum wage…
Report lays out costed plan to help Ontario school students recover from pandemic disruptions
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—The Ontario government must boost annual education funding by $4.3 billion a year to help elementary and secondary school students…
Catching Up Together
Download 1.16 MB52 pages Two years of the pandemic have disrupted the learning and development of Ontario’s elementary and secondary school students. In particular, households with…
Un fardeau disproportionné
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…
A Disproportionate Burden
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…
Poverty in the Midst of Plenty
A report card on child and family poverty in Ontario Download 752.36 KB 44 pages Ontario is a wealthy province in a wealthy country, yet…
La pauvreté au coeur de l’abondance
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…
Decline and crisis in Ontario’s Northern universities and Arts education
System failures, declining enrolment and funding troubles Download 1.67 MB82 pages The enrolment and related funding conditions facing Northern universities and Faculties of Arts raise…
What Does it Cost to Care?
Improving wages and staffing levels in Ontario’s long-term care facilities Download 343.78 KB 12 pages The COVID-19 pandemic has made the holes in our social…
The Bank of Canada and Crisis Management
COVID-19 and Beyond Download 409.69 KB17 pages The COVID-19 crisis has caused a tectonic shift in Canada’s public finances. On April 1, the Bank of…
Swimming with the sharks
Poverty, pandemics, and payday lenders Download 424.67 KB16 pages As COVID-19-related layoffs affect workers across the country, Canada’s payday loan companies will see windfall profits…
The Rent Is Due Soon
Financial Insecurity and COVID-19 Download 418.65 KB13 pages This report examines the financial situation of the 3.4 million households who rent and whose primary source…
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