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Randy Robinson
What’s so bad about growth?
All of us are trained from an early age to be big fans of growth. We want children to grow. We want flowers to grow. We want gardens and trees and crops to grow. Growth is good, that’s the idea.
What do women want? In Ontario, they want change
A government that reflected women’s preferences would take Ontario in a different direction, if the polls are correct.
Ontario budget falls flat on funding for public services
The Ontario government has tabled its election budget. Public services got short shrift.
How should Ontario fight inflation? By fighting inequality
As pundits puzzle over the problem of inflation, some provincial governments are taking action. Methods differ, but they are all based on the same idea:…
Does the Liberal-NDP pact signal a new Pearsonian phase?
What the new agreement gets right—and where there’s room to go bolder
Licence sticker fees could hire 12,000 nurses
The Ontario government’s plan to get rid of licence plate sticker fees on household vehicles will cost the treasury $1 billion a year. That’s a…
It’s not the carbon tax that’s driving up gas prices
The solution to high gasoline prices is to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels altogether
Ontario’s rosy revenue picture isn’t helping public services
If new revenues go to tax cuts, not public services, we will all pay the price
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…
Finding the funding
Remarks to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs regarding the 2022-23 Ontario budget on Jan. 19, 2022
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