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Austerity is bad for your health
January 31, 2012 by
The Ontario government is expected to release the Drummond Commission report shortly. That report that is expected to substantially shape Ontario’s fiscal Continue Reading…
Budget Provides Horwath With Possibilities To Negotiate For Ontario Families
May 2, 2013 by
Kathleen Wynne’s first budget provides concrete progress on social assistance reforms; but there are also missed opportunities to address increasing Continue Reading…
Confronting Inequality In Ontario With A Public Service Budget
April 23, 2013 by
In yesterday’s speech, Finance Minister Sousa pledged to keep taxes at their current levels, and hold government spending growth to 1 percent. This was a Continue Reading…
Getting Past Zero: Maintaining City Services And Balancing Toronto’s Budget
November 29, 2012 by
It has been a week of high political drama with attendant political uncertainty and instability. It is the kind of week where it's easy for other issues to get Continue Reading…
Ontario Budget 2012: Duncan chooses path that hurts the poorest Ontarians
March 27, 2012 by
In the lead up to the Ontario budget, the Wellesley Institute asked whether Minister Duncan would choose a road of fiscal prudence, or whether he would adopt Continue Reading…
Precarious work, health and income inequality
August 15, 2012 by
This morning, the Law Commission of Ontario released draft recommendations on how to reform the Employment Standards Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Continue Reading…
Small steps are good, but services, jobs and equality are best for all
April 23, 2012 by
This afternoon an agreement was reached on the Ontario budget. Three major changes have been made: the introduction of a temporary increase in taxes for Continue Reading…
Studying income inequality and its links to the austerity program
April 8, 2013 by
This month, the federal Finance Committee will begin studying income inequality following up on a motion that was passed in Parliament last year. The motion Continue Reading…
The Alternative Federal Budget: A comprehensive program to reduce poverty and address income inequality
March 15, 2012 by
The Alternative Federal Budget, released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), provides a different vision from the austerity doctrine Continue Reading…
