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Losing Ground
Income Inequality in Ontario, 2000–15 Download 820.5 KB32 pages This paper examines 15 years of income inequality for families raising children in Ontario (2000 to…
Half of Ontario families losing ground: report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT TORONTO – Ontario is becoming more polarized as the bottom half of Ontario families see their share of…
5 reasons to be skeptical of Keep Ontario Working’s “risk” analysis of Bill 148 and $15 minimum wage
Keep Ontario Working (KOW), a coalition of business groups, has released its analysis of Bill 148, the legislation that will increase the minimum wage in…
What $15 and fairness will mean for Toronto
Ontario’s big business lobbies continue their campaign against the government’s planned minimum wage hike—to $15 an hour by January 1, 2019 from the current rate…
How raising the minimum wage will impact Hamilton
Ontario’s big business lobbies continue their campaign against the government’s planned minimum wage hike—to $15 an hour by January 1, 2019 from the current rate…
How $15 an hour minimum wage will affect Indigenous Ontarians
Ontario announced plans in May to boost the minimum wage to $15 an hour by January 2019. In my recent report, Ontario Needs a Raise,…
Demanding a Fair Share
Protecting Workers’ Rights in the On-Demand Service Economy Download 576.77 KB26 pages In this paper, Fay Faraday explores how to provide workers in the on-demand…
Infographic: Who benefits from Ontario’s $15 minimum wage?
The Ontario government has committed to raise its minimum wage to $15 on January 1, 2019. But who in the province will benefit most from…
Study busts myths about who benefits from $15 minimum wage
Ont. boomers as likely to get a raise as teens; retail, food & accommodation workers more likely to work in big box stores than in…
Ontario Needs a Raise
Who Benefits From a $15 Minimum Wage? Download 524.75 KB18 pages The Ontario government has committed to raise its minimum wage to $14 on January…
Outside the echo-chamber of commerce: Why a $15 minimum wage is good for Ontario
Between July 10 and 21, the Ontario government will be holding public consultations across the province to get feedback on its proposed improvements to labour…
How to regulate the rise of short-term rental platforms like Airbnb?
Download 179.17 KB13 pages Many Canadian cities are looking to regulate upstart online platform companies like Airbnb, which offer short-term rentals sometimes at the expense…
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