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Greenbelt scandal: What does “accountability” mean?
There’s no sign that anybody will face real consequences for the $10 billion giveaway
Ontario cut real per capita spending by 3.6 per cent last year
“All sectors spent less than planned,” Financial Accountability Office says.
A rising tide does not lift all boats
Ontario’s labour market saw dramatic shifts over the past few years. How did those changes affect racialized workers?
Ontario’s Bill 28 is dead. Now what?
Laura Walton talks organizing, leadership, and the future of the labour movement.
This is a class struggle, not a housing crisis—and it’s time to pick a side
Ricardo Tranjan’s latest book, The Tenant Class, asks you to pick a side. Do you stand in solidarity with the rising tenant class, or will you uphold the exploitative status quo?
Le financement des écoles ajusté à l’inflation a chuté de 1 200 $ par élève en Ontario
Le programme idéologique dirigé contre l’éducation publique se déploie à plein régime — les compressions financières se conjuguant à des changements de structures de gouvernance.
Inflation-adjusted school funding is down $1,200 per student since the Ford government came to power
The ideological agenda against public education is in high gear—with funding cuts coupled with structural governance changes.
Balanced budget leaves Ontarians behind
It bears repeating—properly funded public services do more to improve Ontarians’ lives than deficit reduction.
Ontario: Brutal underfunding punishes health and education
The government of Ontario is deliberately starving public services.
No strings attached
As emergency rooms are overwhelmed, surgery wait times continue to lengthen, and under-resourced childrens’ hospitals face surges related to viral infections like COVID, the provincial…
Poverty in the Midst of COVID-19
In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the shutdown of large sections of the Ontario economy. In a few short months, total economic activity in…
Poverty in the Midst of COVID-19
For policy-makers, perhaps the most obvious lesson of the pandemic is that poverty, including child poverty, can be reduced much more quickly than Ontario has done in recent years. Timid policies that unfold incrementally over decades are of no use to children who will be grown up before we finally get around to taking action.
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