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Not a Tax Grab After All
A Second Look At Ontario’s HST Download 484.06 KB18 pages This in-depth analysis of Ontario’s proposed Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) shows the tax is virtually…
Ontario’s school funding is falling behind: study
TORONTO–Ontario’s per student school funding places the province far behind most peer jurisdictions in North America, according to a comprehensive study released today by the…
No Time For Complacency
Education Funding Reality Check Download 717.76 KB50 pages
Déjà vu: Ontario’s recession and the 1930s
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – One year after the Crash of October 2008, Ontario’s recession is looking eerily like the Great…
The ‘Ball’ or the ‘Bridge’
The stark choice for social assistance reform in Ontario Download 242.76 KB5 pages
Ontario delivers a ‘hit and miss’ budget
Ontario’s 2009-10 budget is a substantial, complex budget. In some places the budget was bold, in some places it merely did what it had to…
Hit and Miss
Ontario’s 2009-10 Budget Download 188.43 KB3 pages
Ontario budget must fill federal void
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – The province’s upcoming budget needs to make up for the federal government’s failed response to the…
Ontario Alternative Budget 2009
No Choice But to Lead: Filling the Federal Budget Void Download 215.51 KB6 pages
The Silence of the Lines
Poverty reduction strategies and the crash of 2008 Download 135.14 KB5 pages
Depression-era hardship could await Ontarians
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – Without government action, the lack of adequate income security programs could plunge Ontarians suffering the worst…
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