Reading Time: 3 minutes The smarter alternative would be to just bite the bullet and abandon the pretence of abiding by the flawed Paris agreement
Category: Ontario
How Oshawa’s displaced workers can land on their feet
Reading Time: 3 minutes Auto workers in Oshawa have learned the hard way that there’s no security, or future, in yesterday’s jobs
Time to rethink the federal transfers system
Reading Time: 4 minutes Atlantic Canada enjoys a level of public spending that far outreaches that of the provinces that contribute most to equalization payments
Two fiscal statements, a common debt problem
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal and Ontario governments need to present deficit-reduction plans with a credible target dates now
Independent schools should be encouraged, funded in Ontario
Reading Time: 3 minutes A survey shows that independent school graduates are much more likely to work for the common good. How can that be bad?
Turning the sex ed clock back to 1998 puts our youth at risk
Reading Time: 3 minutes LGBTQ youth face additional mental health pressures associated with stigma and discrimination
Doug Ford’s abuse of power for petty personal gain
Reading Time: 3 minutes The premier is ignoring very real problems across Ontario in order to settle a personal vendetta with Toronto city council
For beer fairness, end price controls and corporate welfare
Reading Time: 3 minutes If government believes it should discourage alcohol consumption, why does it subsidize the beer and wine industries?
Key piece of international basic income analysis has been eliminated
Reading Time: 3 minutes An open letter to Premier Doug Ford and Minister Lisa MacLeod concerning the cancellation of the Ontario basic income pilot
Ontario workers have little to celebrate this Labour Day
Reading Time: 3 minutes The problems are widespread: a low private-sector employment rate, too many part-time jobs, below average productivity