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Cutting crew: What the 10% tuition fee reduction really means for Ontario
by Erika Shaker on January 18, 2019 Wait—a 10% tuition fee reduction, followed by a freeze. In [checks notes] Doug Ford’s Ontario? If you didn’t hear the record scratch after Tuesday’s sneak peek announcement, you...Social impact bonds: Everyone’s profiting, except at-risk Indigenous women
by David Macdonald on January 10, 2019 Social impact bonds…they’re back in case you didn’t get enough of them here or here. This time around they are in Manitoba and it’s a $3 million program that involves doulas...Taking Stock of the Government’s Feminist Policy Agenda: Where to next?
by Katherine Scott on December 19, 2018 PMO photo Last week, the federal government hosted a Roundtable on Women’s Economic Participation in honour of our dear colleague, Kate McInturff. Kate touched many lives with...Rent control can help tenants and get new units built
by Edgardo Sepulveda on December 10, 2018 Rent control changes proposed by the Progressive Conservative government do not better protect current tenants and take away protections for future tenants. Contrary to government...Ten considerations for the next Alberta budget
by Nick Falvo on December 7, 2018 On November 16, I participated in a workshop organized by the Alberta Alternative Budget Working Group. Held at the University of Alberta’s main campus, speakers discussed...
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