Reading Time: 3 minutes One of every 18 students in the province attend independent schools
Category: Ontario
Band-Aids won’t work long for Ontario’s crumbling schools
Reading Time: 3 minutes $1.2 billion in new funding towards badly needed repairs doesn’t come close to the $15 billion Ontario schools need
Federal carbon tax a cash grab that could damage the economy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Carbon taxes largely function as energy taxes to generate a new source of revenues for cash-hungry governments
Ontario’s Climate Change Action Plan a recipe for failure
Reading Time: 3 minutes Huge cost to Ontarians, with very little benefit to the environment
Ontario’s education file lacks accountability
Reading Time: 3 minutes The education department needs more than a fresh new face; it needs a full review that includes a new way of delivering on public education
Health-care spending increases point to unsustainable future
Reading Time: 3 minutes Provincial governments need to start re-examining how their health-care dollars are spent or implementing meaningful health-care reform now
Balanced budget spin aside, Ontario’s finances are still a mess
Reading Time: 3 minutes In the absence of meaningful policy change, the province’s debt burden will likely hover near its all-time historic high
Ontario’s Climate Action Plan undermines case for cap and trade
Reading Time: 3 minutes Carbon pricing is theoretically the best way to reduce emissions but only if distortive regulations and subsidies are eliminated
Health reform in Ontario must include oral health
Reading Time: 3 minutes Government urged to require its 14 Local Health Integration Networks be responsible for oral health services for vulnerable populations
Energy conservation programs in Ontario waste of time, money
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ontario taxpayers and ratepayers left paying even higher bills because of Ontario’s conservation programs