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Canada’s labour market: It’s stronger than you think
Last week’s national jobs report may have included some shocking numbers but looking more closely at the data shows that the Canadian labour market has…
Ontario’s Social Assistance Poverty Gap
Download 542.78 KB20 pages This report drills down on one key but complex policy file that is essential to the province meeting its commitment to reduce…
5 lessons from Ontario’s first poverty reduction strategy
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Five lessons from the failing fight against child poverty
Ontario vowed to reduce child poverty by 25 per cent between 2008 and 2013. It came nowhere close. What can we learn from that failure?…
Short-term gain for long-term pain: Ontario’s 2015 Fall Economic Statement
It isn’t easy being a Minister of Finance. Especially when your starting point is: we want to meet the zero deficit target we set 5…
Let’s talk jobs: How does your province compare?
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Making the case for a $15 minimum wage in Ontario
Ontario’s minimum wage is increasing by 25 cents this month — from $11 an hour to $11.25 — as part of the provincial government’s commitment…
Raising the Bar
Revisiting the Benchmark Question for Ontario’s Minimum Wage Download 576.71 KB28 pages The Ontario government has also been under steady pressure to raise the minimum…
Universal Affordable Child Care: don’t scrap it, improve it
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Small taxes, big loopholes
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Canada’s job numbers barely treading water
Job Growth by major industry, first 8 month of 2015 Industry Change since December 2014 Growing Utilities 2.70% Transportation and warehousing 2.80% Finance, insurance, real…
Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy: Still missing a federal partner
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