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The CCPA’s Ontario Office specializes in provincial and municipal issues. We deliver original, independent, peer-reviewed, non-partisan research.
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Keeping green energy local and public
The Ontario Green Energy Act was a creative effort to reduce the impacts of climate change and revitalize a faltering provincial economy. Though the Ontario…
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Saying no to the conjurers’ trick of tax cuts
Alex Himelfarb has had an impressive career in public service. A former professor, author and diplomat, he is probably best known for his service as…
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Toronto-Centre: Ground Zero for Canada’s Income Inequality Debate
For the first time in Canadian history, an election is being waged on this question: Which political candidate do you trust to reduce income inequality?…
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Heinz Plant Closure Throws Leamington into Economic Shock
After more than 100 years of business, Leamington’s Heinz plant is closing, throwing 740 people out of work and sending the community into economic shock.…
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No matter how you slice it, Ontario’s minimum wage doesn’t measure up
It seems everywhere I turn people are talking income inequality. Whether it’s on the pages of the current Globe and Mail series, The Wealth Paradox, or…
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Middle class for sale
A leaked Ontario Progressive Conservative document reveals a deep disconnect between ideologically driven wedge politics and the realpolitik of Ontario’s struggling middle class. The document lays out…
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Maintaining Ignorance: The political economy of Ontario’s media
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Ontario Budget 2013: Four More Years of Austerity
By Hugh Mackenzie and Trish Hennessy All budgets are political in nature, but Ontario’s 2013 budget – tabled by a minority government with a new…
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Infographic: How to close the gender pay gap?
The report, 10 Ways To Close Ontario’s Gender Pay Gap, finds that women in Ontario still earn 28 per cent less than men – despite increased…
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Repeat After Me: Ontario is not Greece
The Fraser Institute has a new report warning Ontario could become the next Greece or California because of the size of its debt. Of course…
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It’s Time for an Equality Premier
Imagine if Ontario’s incoming Premier – lauded for breaking the inequality barrier on two counts – decided to parlay her victory into a post-austerity focus…
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Quality assurance in Ontario
The traditional model of quality assurance, where professors and institutional bodies evaluate, approve and improve programs, has always existed in Ontario. However, the centralization and…
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