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What if the minimum wage was a living wage?
Increasingly, leadership for policy change comes from outside of government, not from within. It’s why many Ontarians who are focused on reducing and eliminating poverty…
Seth Klein on BC’s Living Wage
Seth Klein, Director of the BC office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, speaks about his experiences with a living wage policy. Recorded October…
Enhancing Democratic Citizenship, Deepening Distributive Justice
The Living Wage Movement Download 1.06 MB 52 pages This report looks at the history of the minimum wage and living wage in Ontario and…
A Living Wage As a Human Right
Download 432.43 KB18 pages In Canada, many workers do not earn a living wage because of discrimination. Women workers and those who are racialized, immigrant,…
Straightjacket
CETA’s Constraining Effects on Ontario This report details the ways in which the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) could accelerate Ontario’s industrial decline and…
CETA Could Throw Ontarians Out of Work: Report
OTTAWA—A trade deal with the European Union (EU) that’s being negotiated behind closed doors could result in as many as 70,000 job losses in Ontario,…
The Path to Better Child Care in Ontario
Download 2.9 MB8 pages This primer on child care in Ontario, co-authored by child care expert Martha Friendly and CCPA Ontario Director Trish Hennessy, makes the…
Ontario’s Tuition Problem
At a time when Ontario’s government is promising a transformation of the province’s postsecondary education system, it would be wise to focus on a problem it…
Eduflation and the High Cost of Learning
Download 1.52 MB42 pages This study looks at trends in tuition and compulsory fees in Canada since 1990, projects fees for each province for the…
University education in Canada becoming less affordable: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Average tuition and compulsory fees for Canadian undergraduate students are estimated to rise almost 18% over the next…
Infographic: Take a Hike!
Eduflation and the High Cost of Learning Which provincial governments are ensuring university education is more affordable for median and low-income families, and which governments…
Completing the job started by Mike Harris
The crowning irony of Premier Dalton McGuinty’s ninth budget is that it completes the job of cutting government down to size started by the Mike…
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