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Addressing challenges facing British Columbians a strong start in new government’s first budget update
VICTORIA–BC’s new government has made a strong start in addressing crucial issues for British Columbians in its first budget update, which is a welcome change…
Yes, Mr. Weston, you can afford a living wage
Loblaw Companies Ltd. chairman and CEO Galen G. Weston recently joined the chorus of business leaders to come out against the Liberal’s proposal to increase…
Half of Ontario families losing ground: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – Ontario is becoming more polarized as the bottom half of Ontario families see their share of…
Losing Ground
Income Inequality in Ontario, 2000–15 Download 820.5 KB32 pages This paper examines 15 years of income inequality for families raising children in Ontario (2000 to…
5 reasons to be skeptical of Keep Ontario Working’s “risk” analysis of Bill 148 and $15 minimum wage
Keep Ontario Working (KOW), a coalition of business groups, has released its analysis of Bill 148, the legislation that will increase the minimum wage in…
Media advisory: Economic experts available to comment on positive impact of minimum wage raise
TORONTO, ONTARIO – With a business lobby-led economic impact assessment on Ontario’s Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, due out this August, economic experts…
What $15 and fairness will mean for Toronto
Ontario’s big business lobbies continue their campaign against the government’s planned minimum wage hike—to $15 an hour by January 1, 2019 from the current rate…
How raising the minimum wage will impact Hamilton
Ontario’s big business lobbies continue their campaign against the government’s planned minimum wage hike—to $15 an hour by January 1, 2019 from the current rate…
How $15 an hour minimum wage will affect Indigenous Ontarians
Ontario announced plans in May to boost the minimum wage to $15 an hour by January 2019. In my recent report, Ontario Needs a Raise,…
Demanding a Fair Share
Protecting Workers’ Rights in the On-Demand Service Economy Download 576.77 KB26 pages In this paper, Fay Faraday explores how to provide workers in the on-demand…
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…
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…
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