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Canada’s labour market: It’s stronger than you think
Last week’s national jobs report may have included some shocking numbers but looking more closely at the data shows that the Canadian labour market has…
Zero Credit: The rise of precarity on Ontario’s campuses
As if we needed more evidence of growing workforce precarity, the 2016 census recently pointed to the “broader shift from full-time, full-year employment to part-time,…
12 arguments for the $15 minimum wage debate
Discussions about raising the minimum wage for workers often generate maximum rage from business. But is there any truth to the arguments and fear mongering?…
Racialized Canadians continue to face barriers to decent work
Census data released by Statistics Canada today show us that racialized Canadians are more than willing to work but the barriers to finding employment that…
Ontario PC convention: Will it shed light on Patrick Brown’s agenda?
In 2015 Patrick Brown won the leadership of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives (PC) on a promise of party renewal and provincial change, but since then he…
Canada’s population is changing but income inequality remains a problem
New 2016 Census data shows an increasing share of the population comprises racialized, immigrant, and Indigenous people in Canada but the income gap between them…
Don’t bank on TD’s $15 minimum wage impact forecast
Business in skewed economic assessments of Ontario’s move to a $15 per hour minimum wage has been brisk this week.
Higher learning, lower earning? The state of employment on Ontario campuses
It’s no secret that university and college revenues are shifting, with the public component of funding largely in decline. It’s also no secret—or coincidence—that the…
Skewed TD Bank assessment of $15 minimum wage relies on outdated analysis
Another week, another skewed economic assessment of Ontario’s move to a $15 per hour minimum wage.This time, it’s TD Bank making dire predictions about job…
They huff and they puff: More overblown claims about a $15 minimum wage
Another week, another business lobby report that exaggerates the potential negative impact of Ontario’s plan to increase the minimum wage to $15 by 2019. Actually,…
Fraser Institute cries wolf over Ontario’s $15 minimum wage
By Sheila Block and Michal Rozworski Each week, it seems, we see a new report that exaggerates the potential negative impact of Ontario’s plan to…
Canada’s 1% still flying high
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