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The upcoming federal budget: The stakes could not be higher
Will the budget put muscle behind the oft-repeated Liberal “real change” mantra?
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What CERB recipients can expect at tax time
The CERB was a critical support for many workers impacted by pandemic closures. For low-wage workers, the benefit funds were likely used to cover critical expenses. As such, it’s unlikely that Canadians living below the poverty line will have money set aside for their pending CERB tax bill.
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Fighting on all fronts
The pandemic has exacerbated the existing crisis that migrants live in as a result of being denied basic rights and protections.
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Investments in the care economy a missed opportunity in Nova Scotia budget
The pandemic has exposed the disastrous result of government cuts to vital investments, especially in health care and long-term care. Does the latest budget undo the damage?
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Are multinational companies owed compensation for COVID-19 emergency measures?
In the context of COVID-19, state restrictions requiring businesses to close, price controls over health equipment, and emergency support programs could all give rise to costly investor–state dispute settlement suits.
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Ontario pandemic school funding: a board-by-board, school-by-school analysis
What’s the true story about what’s happening at Ontario’s schools during the pandemic? Ricardo Tranjan examines funding across the province, school board by school board.
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Ontario budget: Tax hikes are the only sustainable option
Don’t expect any big surprises in the March 24th Ontario budget. The top-line numbers in the document are already well known, more or less, and so is the government that will deliver it.
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Costing the recovery
David Macdonald’s presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance on March 18, 2021 regarding Bill C-14 and COVID-19 spending.
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Canada’s child care sector struggling under weight of COVID-19
Preschool-age fees rise in 27 of 37 large Canadian cities while many sites face existential crisis READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. Full-time licensed child care…
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Women – the real economic shock absorbers in Canada’s economy
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Balanced budget painted Saskatchewan into a corner
Who could have predicted that a pandemic would be so unpredictable?
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Roaring ’20s?
“Charleston dance contest”by Missouri Historical Society is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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