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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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Better Child Care for Ontario
In a response to the Ontario Ministry of Education’s consultations on child care and early years strategy, CCPA-Ontario Director Trish Hennessy says that child care…
Ontario job watch: 2016 ends with a whimper
Canada may have ended 2016 with a surprising spurt in job growth last December, but Ontario was not so lucky.Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey ushered…
The year as we saw it: 10 charts that defined Ontario in 2016
The experts at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Ontario office have been tracking economic developments in Ontario throughout the year. Some problems persist: the…
Payday loans and bank double standards
Income inequality is mounting in Canada, making an already inexcusable wealth gulf worse.
Predatory Lending
A Survey of High Interest Alternative Financial Service Users Download 786.1 KB 24 pages Ontario is home to more than 800 payday storefronts — more than…
Payday loans and predatory lending services last resort: survey
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO – A survey of low-income ACORN Canada members who turn to predatory lending services, such as payday lenders and…
The T-word (taxes) finally takes centre stage in Toronto
The City of Toronto’s annual budgetfest debates just got interesting.
Selling Off Toronto Hydro
Private Sector Gain, Consumer Pain Download 483.52 KB16 pages A proposal to partially sell off a long held public asset, Toronto Hydro, could turn the…
Selling Toronto Hydro could create consumer headaches: Report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO – A proposal to partially sell off a long held public asset, Toronto Hydro, could turn the private sector’s…
No more ‘deficit made me do it’ in Ontario?
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Ontario promises housing affordability: symbolic, not necessarily effective
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Popping the hood on Airbnb’s Toronto report: does it add up?
Number of units/listings Number of listings as a per cent of total rental units Number of listings as a per cent of total housing…
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