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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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
No Safe Harbour
Precarious Work and Economic Insecurity Among Skilled Professionals in Canada Download 821.46 KB 40 pages Based on a national survey of professionals about precarious working…
More than 1 in 5 Canadian professionals in precarious jobs: report
TORONTO – Despite their high level of education, credentials, skills, and even experience, 22 per cent of Canadian professionals are in precarious jobs, says a…
Poverty Measures: Opportunity or Distraction?
Download 421.87 KB 17 pages Starting in 2004, almost all provinces and territories, several regions and municipalities, and the federal government have released poverty reduction…
The Ford government’s superficial arguments against pharmacare
Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative government is rejigging OHIP+, a modest but promising pharmacare policy introduced by the previous Liberal government, allegedly to make more efficient…
The Next Four Years: An Ontario election post-mortem
Take a deep breath, Ontario: we have reached the conclusion of this bizarre and dramatic election period. We wade now into unchartered territory. Sure, there…
Doing the math on the PC platform
One of the more controversial aspects of Ontario’s 2018 election campaign has been the complicated relationship between Ontario’s PC party, its new leader Doug Ford,…
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