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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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Ontario health spending will be too low if the 2022 budget is passed
Provincial underfunding of health care has consequences for all Ontarians
Ontario election: What’s in it for people who rent?
A look at what the provincial party platforms do for renters
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…
Centralize, digitize, privatize: Unpacking Ontario’s welfare reforms
Changes open the system up to privatization by for-profit multinationals
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…
Ontario budget falls flat on funding for public services
The Ontario government has tabled its election budget. Public services got short shrift.
Ontario school board funding fell by $800 per student over four years: CCPA
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—Ministry of Education funding for Ontario’s 72 school boards fell by an average of $800 per student from 2017-18 to…
The straight answer: Education funding in Ontario has dropped since 2018
A strong public education system that allows all children to recover from these difficult years is possible
How should Ontario fight inflation? By fighting inequality
As pundits puzzle over the problem of inflation, some provincial governments are taking action. Methods differ, but they are all based on the same idea:…
Un pas en avant
Évaluation des répercussions sur le marché du travail de la hausse du salaire minimum en Ontario en 2018 Download 1.08 MB29 pages Ce rapport décrit…
One Step Forward
Assessing the labour market impacts of Ontario’s 2018 minimum wage increase Download 1.07 MB28 pages This report examines the impact of increasing Ontario’s minimum wage…
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