A Disproportionate Burden
COVID-19 labour market impacts on Indigenous and racialized workers in CanadaAuthor(s): Angele AlookSheila BlockGrace-Edward GalabuziDecember 7, 2021Download581.29 KB31 pagesThis report examines the...
View ArticleReport lays out costed plan to help Ontario school students recover from...
February 3, 2022TORONTO—The Ontario government must boost annual education funding by $4.3 billion a year to help elementary and secondary school students recover from two years of pandemic disruptions...
View ArticleCatching Up Together
Author(s): Ricardo TranjanTania OliveiraRandy RobinsonFebruary 3, 2022Download1.16 MB52 pagesTwo years of the pandemic have disrupted the learning and development of Ontario's elementary and secondary...
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Catching up Together
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View ArticleRaising Ontario's minimum wage boosted incomes while employment rose: report
Racialized workers, especially women, saw gainsApril 5, 2022 TORONTO—Ontario’s move in 2018 to raise the minimum wage reduced the racialized wage gap, particularly for women, amid rising employment,...
View ArticleRapport sur la hausse du salaire minimum de l'Ontario : augmentation des...
Les revenus des travailleurs racialisés, en particulier des femmes, se sont améliorésApril 5, 2022TORONTO— La décision de l'Ontario en 2018 d'augmenter le salaire minimum a permis de réduire l'écart...
View ArticleUn pas en avant
Évaluation des répercussions sur le marché du travail de la hausse du salaire minimum en Ontario en 2018Author(s): Sheila BlockGrace-Edward GalabuziApril 5, 2022Download1.08 MB29 pagesCe rapport décrit...
View ArticleOne Step Forward
Assessing the labour market impacts of Ontario’s 2018 minimum wage increaseAuthor(s): Sheila BlockGrace-Edward GalabuziApril 5, 2022Download1.07 MB28 pagesThis report examines the impact of increasing...
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One Step Forward
Increasing Ontario's minimum wage helped workershttps://policyalternatives.ca/onestepforwardOffices: Ontario OfficeSlide Text Background Colour: Pink
View ArticleOntario school board funding fell by $800 per student over four years: CCPA
April 28, 2022TORONTO—Ministry of Education funding for Ontario’s 72 school boards fell by an average of $800 per student from 2017-18 to 2021-22, new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy...
View ArticleOntario school board funding fell by $800 per student over four years: CCPA
A new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives finds that the Ministry of Education funding for Ontario’s 72 school boards fell by an average of $800 per student from 2017-18 to...
View ArticleIs Doug Ford’s government planning to cut taxes next year? Such a move would...
Author(s): Randy RobinsonJune 21, 2021Less than a year out from the next Ontario election, campaign planning is in full swing for all parties.At this stage we know few details of their platforms. But...
View ArticleCOVID-19 didn’t kill neoliberalism; we must do it ourselves
Author(s): Ricardo TranjanNovember 1, 2021Neoliberalism is a broad term used to describe a ruthless variant of economic thinking that weakens a country’s immune system, making its population vulnerable...
View ArticleUnchecked inequality is driving child poverty
Author(s): Randy RobinsonNovember 28, 2021Take a guess: what year was Ontario richest? Was it 1945? 1967? 2002?The correct answer is 2019. That year, inflation-adjusted economic activity per person —...
View ArticleThe Saturday Debate: Is there a made-in-Canada solution to high inflation?
Author(s): Sheila BlockJanuary 1, 2022It’s 2022 and pandemic-weary Canadians are worried about inflation.In November, consumer prices were up 4.7 per cent compared to a year earlier, fuelled by sharp...
View ArticleLicence sticker fees could hire 12,000 nurses
Author(s): Randy RobinsonMarch 7, 2022The Ontario government’s plan to get rid of licence plate sticker fees on household vehicles will cost the treasury $1 billion a year.That’s a big number, but...
View ArticleHow should Ontario fight inflation? By fighting inequality
Author(s): Randy RobinsonApril 11, 2022As pundits puzzle over the problem of inflation, some provincial governments are taking action. Methods differ, but they are all based on the same idea: when...
View ArticleIt’s election time and Ontario still chooses not to eliminate poverty
Author(s): Ricardo TranjanMay 9, 2022My mother grew up in a poor family in the interior of Brazil, and raised four children just a few blocks from one of São Paulo’s largest slums. On her first visit...
View ArticleWell-funded public schools are more important than election giveaways
Author(s): Ricardo TranjanMay 16, 2022With inflation on the rise, the June 2 Ontario election is shaping up to be about affordability and measures that put money back into people’s pocket. This...
View ArticlePoverty in the Midst of COVID-19
A report card on child and family poverty in Ontario in 2020Author(s): Ricardo TranjanRandy RobinsonFebruary 14, 2023Download2.79 MB31 pagesClick here to read the report online.In March 2020, the...
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