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Raising Ontario’s minimum wage boosted incomes while employment rose: report
Racialized workers, especially women, saw gains READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—Ontario’s move in 2018 to raise the minimum wage reduced the racialized wage gap,…
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…
Licence sticker fees could hire 12,000 nurses
The Ontario government’s plan to get rid of licence plate sticker fees on household vehicles will cost the treasury $1 billion a year. That’s a…
It’s not the carbon tax that’s driving up gas prices
The solution to high gasoline prices is to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels altogether
Ontario’s rosy revenue picture isn’t helping public services
If new revenues go to tax cuts, not public services, we will all pay the price
Report lays out costed plan to help Ontario school students recover from pandemic disruptions
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—The Ontario government must boost annual education funding by $4.3 billion a year to help elementary and secondary school students…
Catching Up Together
Download 1.16 MB52 pages Two years of the pandemic have disrupted the learning and development of Ontario’s elementary and secondary school students. In particular, households with…
Finding the funding
Remarks to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs regarding the 2022-23 Ontario budget on Jan. 19, 2022
Budget outlook: $5 billion in annual tax cuts weaken Ontario’s case for federal dollars
If the provincial government needs more money—and it certainly does—then why has it been giving so much away?
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