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The CCPA’s Ontario Office specializes in provincial and municipal issues. We deliver original, independent, peer-reviewed, non-partisan research.
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Towards an Inclusive Economy
Syncing EI to the Reality of Low-wage Work Download 6.75 MB 33 pages Canada’s Employment Insurance (EI) program is failing to support low-wage and precariously-employed…
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…
A New Revenue Tool
The case for a Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area sales tax Download 282.45 KB8 pages This paper looks at how much revenue could be raised…
The State of Ontario’s Finances
Cutting through the fog ahead of the 2019 budget Download 342.09 KB12 pages In advance of the Ford government’s first Ontario budget, this report examines…
Persistent Inequality
Ontario’s Colour-coded Labour Market Download 656.56 KB 23 pages Ontario’s labour market shows stubborn patterns of employment and income inequality along racial and gender lines. This…
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…
Course Correction
A Blueprint to Fix Ontario’s Education Funding Formula Download 386.28 KB17 pages Twenty years after the Mike Harris Conservative government implemented its education funding formula in…
Demanding a Fair Share
Protecting Workers’ Rights in the On-Demand Service Economy Download 576.77 KB26 pages In this paper, Fay Faraday explores how to provide workers in the on-demand…
How to regulate the rise of short-term rental platforms like Airbnb?
Download 179.17 KB13 pages Many Canadian cities are looking to regulate upstart online platform companies like Airbnb, which offer short-term rentals sometimes at the expense…
Predatory Lending
A Survey of High Interest Alternative Financial Service Users Download 786.1 KB 24 pages Ontario is home to more than 800 payday storefronts — more than…
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