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Ontario Needs a Raise
Who Benefits From a $15 Minimum Wage? Download 524.75 KB18 pages The Ontario government has committed to raise its minimum wage to $14 on January…
Study busts myths about who benefits from $15 minimum wage
Ont. boomers as likely to get a raise as teens; retail, food & accommodation workers more likely to work in big box stores than in…
Infographic: Who benefits from Ontario’s $15 minimum wage?
The Ontario government has committed to raise its minimum wage to $15 on January 1, 2019. But who in the province will benefit most from…
Social Impact Bonds and the Financing of Child Welfare
Download 802.78 KB28 pages Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) are a relatively new way of financing social services in Canada. They differ from the normal way…
Debunking the Fraser Institute’s latest scaremongering on Indigenous rights
In a particularly repugnant move, the Fraser Institute chose National Aboriginal Day (June 21) to release a report by Tom Flanagan claiming that a sharp…
The Monitor, July/August 2017
Summer Reading Download 5.95 MB This expanded version of the Monitor summer reading guide takes a break from frenetic social media feeds to assess the…
Canada 150: Reconciling who we are with who we want to be
We all want to feel good about what Canada stands for. From progress on LGBTQ rights, to communities coming together to support new immigrants, to…
A Family Living Wage for Manitoba
2016-17 Update Download 407.39 KB 10 pages Families who work for low wages face impossilbe choices–buy food or heat the house, feed the children or…
The energy industry’s insatiable thirst for water threatens First Nations’ rights
In early May, evidence emerged that natural gas companies had built dozens of large dams during a poorly regulated building spree. As many as 60…
Infographic: The fracking industry is guzzling water, BC First Nations are paying the price
Our latest report looks at the growing concerns that First Nations in British Columbia have with the fossil fuel industry’s increasing need for large volumes…
Time to rethink the approval process for fossil fuel industry developments in BC’s northeast
When the provincial government created the Oil and Gas Commission in 1998, it did much more than open a “one stop shop” for speedy oil…
Fracking, First Nations and Water
Respecting Indigenous rights and better protecting our shared resources Download 769.66 KB32 pages This paper looks at the growing concerns that First Nations in British…
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