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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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Policy solutions and political repsonses to fix Ontario rent control
It’s very clear to all honest observers that the rental market in Ontario is brutal for tenants. And despite what landlords and developers—and their pundits—might…
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Resources for tenants to learn about rent control in Ontario
Various tenant groups in Ontario organize to fight rent hikes and evictions, sometimes with help from tenancy advocacy organizations. Below, we have compiled a list…
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Fiscal folly in Ontario: New report reveals a cheapskate province
When it comes to paying for the services people depend on, Ontario is utterly out of step with the rest of the country. That’s an…
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Average rents in Ontario are rising by three times the provincial rent increase guideline, new CCPA report reveals
OTTAWA—Giant loopholes in Ontario’s rent control system mean tenants are paying average rent increases that are three times those allowed under the provincial rent increase…
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Watch your step, buster!
My hometown of Ottawa boasts a pair of scenic and winding roadways on both sides of the Rideau Canal. One of them is the Queen…
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Faster internet as slowly as possible: Ontario’s rural broadband plan
If you live in a city of any size, you might worry about whether you can afford fast Internet service. But you probably don’t worry…
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Here’s a dime, get lost: Ontario’s message to universities and colleges
It’s one of the oldest plays in the right-wing playbook.
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Bleeding the patient: tracking five years of Ontario revenue reductions
With Ontario’s 2024 pre-budget consultations well under way, it’s time to think hard about public services in this province—and how we fund them.
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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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New CCPA report calls for doubling of provincial funding to Ontario universities
TORONTO — The government of Ontario should double its funding to public universities in the province, a new report from the Ontario office of the Canadian…
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Back from the brink
Over the last three decades, no province in Canada has moved more aggressively, or more consistently, to cut public funding to universities than Ontario. Ontario’s…
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