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Ontario’s fiscal plan doesn’t tell it like it is
Post-COVID budgets are built on cuts
How to create a paid sick leave plan for Ontario
It’s not rocket science—a strong provincial sick leave plan can be created quickly by following a few basic principles.
The Day of Mourning is April 28. The time for paid sick leave is now
For labour activists, it’s a sombre occasion—sadness layered over a base of quiet anger. But this year that anger won’t be quiet. Not a chance.
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.
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.
Queen’s Park is still holding back funds that could save lives
You might think that means the provincial government is pulling out all the stops to save lives, but you’d be wrong.
Talk vs. action: Doug Ford’s inadequate response to the second wave of COVID-19
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The best-case scenario for Ontario schools: 1 extra teacher for every 700 students
Ontario schools will soon welcome back more than two million students. In these exceptional times, schools need more educators to help students make up for…
Ontario’s “nearly $900 million” for safe schools is actually much less
An August 26 news release from Ontario’s Ministry of Education reads, “Today’s federal announcement provides $381 million to Ontario, on top of the nearly $900…
Credit where credit is due: Financial literacy and the new Ontario math curriculum
A new mathematics curriculum guide is set to drop this September in Ontario, the first update since 2005. Not only will students be heading back…
The Common Sense Revolution at 25: History has lessons for Ford
Twenty-five years ago today, on June 8, 1995, the people of Ontario elected one Michael Deane Harris as premier. Harris’s program, the “Common Sense Revolution,”…
COVID-19: Nurses need support from next week’s Ontario budget statement
On March 17, Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, mandating the immediate closure of everything—from recreation centres…
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