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While Ontario struggles, Queen’s Park stashes cash
Ontario’s deficit became a surplus last year. The Ford government couldn’t think of a single thing to spend it on
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Revenue losses now $7.5 billion a year under Ford
If Doug Ford wants to make the case for more federal health funding, throwing away money is not the way to do it
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Online learning means classroom cuts—no matter what students do
Four years of austerity has weakened Ontario’s public education system. COVID-19 and online learning deepen educational inequalities.
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Cars vs. care: comparing the spending priorities of the Ontario parties
The race is on for the June 2 Ontario election. Question is: which issue will voters care more about—cars or care services?
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What do women want? In Ontario, they want change
A government that reflected women’s preferences would take Ontario in a different direction, if the polls are correct.
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Ontario health spending will be too low if the 2022 budget is passed
Provincial underfunding of health care has consequences for all Ontarians
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Ontario election: What’s in it for people who rent?
A look at what the provincial party platforms do for renters
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Well-funded public schools are more important than election giveaways
With inflation on the rise, the June 2 Ontario election is shaping up to be about affordability and measures that put money back into people’s…
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Centralize, digitize, privatize: Unpacking Ontario’s welfare reforms
Changes open the system up to privatization by for-profit multinationals
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It’s election time and Ontario still chooses not to eliminate poverty
My mother grew up in a poor family in the interior of Brazil, and raised four children just a few blocks from one of São…
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Ontario budget falls flat on funding for public services
The Ontario government has tabled its election budget. Public services got short shrift.
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Ontario school board funding fell by $800 per student over four years: CCPA
TORONTO—Ministry of Education funding for Ontario’s 72 school boards fell by an average of $800 per student from 2017-18 to 2021-22, new analysis from the…
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