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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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A New Revenue Tool
The case for a Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area sales tax Download 282.45 KB8 pages This paper looks at how much revenue could be raised…
A sales tax could raise $2.5 billion for GTHA: Report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—Cities in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area facing growing demands for public services and infrastructure, and a provincial government…
Cutting crew: What the 10% tuition fee reduction really means for Ontario
Wait—a 10% tuition fee reduction, followed by a freeze. In [checks notes] Doug Ford’s Ontario?
The State of Ontario’s Finances
Cutting through the fog ahead of the 2019 budget Download 342.09 KB12 pages In advance of the Ford government’s first Ontario budget, this report examines…
Persistent Inequality
Ontario’s Colour-coded Labour Market Download 656.56 KB 23 pages Ontario’s labour market shows stubborn patterns of employment and income inequality along racial and gender lines. This…
Persistent inequality in Ontario’s labour market along racial, gender lines largely unchanged since 2006
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—Ontario’s labour market shows stubborn patterns of employment and income inequality along racial and gender lines, according to new research…
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…
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…
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…
Ontario’s cap-and-trade cancellation to leave $3 billion fiscal hole
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