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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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CCPA’s favourite graphs of 2023
From every office – CCPA researchers picked their favourite graphs of the past year.
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Ontario is dead last in program spending—again
For every dollar per person spent on programs in other provinces, Ontario spent 75 cents
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Fall update: Ontario’s projected deficit is an accounting fiction
Ontario government is squirreling money away while public services suffer
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How much is $8.28 billion? Greenbelt giveaway is a gold mine
With that kind of money, developers could buy 60,000 brand new Cadillacs — or 100 high-end private jets
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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
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Ontario cut real per capita spending by 3.6 per cent last year
“All sectors spent less than planned,” Financial Accountability Office says.
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How much do I need to earn to afford an apartment in my neighbourhood?
Tenants across the country are feeling the pinch from landlords. Just how bad is it where you live?
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CCPA Summer Reads
Here’s what CCPA staff are reading this summer
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Toronto’s new mayor’s $1 billion problem
Toronto’s new progressive mayor Olivia Chow will be facing an immediate $1 billion deficit—and there’s no simple solution.
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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.
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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.
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Balanced budget leaves Ontarians behind
It bears repeating—properly funded public services do more to improve Ontarians’ lives than deficit reduction.
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