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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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Rent control can help tenants and get new units built
Rent control changes proposed by the Progressive Conservative government do not better protect current tenants and take away protections for future tenants. Contrary to government…
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Smoke & Mirrors: Gutting social assistance without cutting social assistance rates
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Ontario Economic Update: Financial fearmongering act II
Ontario’s economic update, released today, is Act II of a financial fearmongering stunt. Act I was the line-by-line review that contends public expenditures have grown…
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Lesson Plans: Ontario’s ‘unprecedented’ education consultation
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Who benefits from tax cuts in lieu of a $15 minimum wage? Not workers.
Conservative MPPs celebrate after repealing Bill 148. Provinces across Canada are either moving towards a $15 minimum wage or keeping minimum wages low while enhancing…
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Ontario’s cap-and-trade cancellation to leave $3 billion fiscal hole
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New job numbers in, still no credible evidence against minimum wage raise
Canada Ontario Employment growth +1.2% +1.2% Unemployment rate +0.3% +0.2% Employment in wholesale and retail trade -2.0% – 1.3% Employment in food and accommodation…
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Frame job: Ontario’s review of the books is an ideological exercise
The Ontario government’s attempt to discredit the former Liberal government by ordering a line-by-line review of the books has yielded its desired consequence: framing the…
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Forced perspective: Fedeli’s framing sets the stage for deep cuts
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100 hours on the line
We spent five weeks on the picket line–100 hours–during the longest strike in the 50-year history of Ontario community colleges. Was it worth it? Absolutely.…
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Ontario vs. Toronto: Democracy on trial
Not even three full months into his reign as Ontario premier, the battle lines between Doug Ford and the City of Toronto have been drawn…
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Public and social services jobs: an economic lifeline in communities across Ontario
In Ontario, there is mourning about the loss of manufacturing jobs. There is concern about the growth of precarious service jobs. And there is enthusiasm…
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