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Pages tagged "ontario"


Review: Ontario's Economic Outlook and Fall Fiscal Update 2018

Posted on News & Blogs by Brittany Andrew-Amofah · November 20, 2018 4:58 PM

The Ontario government’s annual Economic Outlook and Fall Fiscal Update arrives on the heels of a controversial first quarter for Premier Doug Ford’s new Progressive Conservative government. Campaigning solely on a message of reversing the legacy of the Ontario Liberals’ time in government — primarily by reducing government spending and making life more “affordable” for Ontarians, Ford’s first five months has largely resulted in service, democratic and economic disruption, instead of actual cost-savings that would benefit average Ontarians.

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Ontario’s Climate Plan and the Promise of Mobilizing Markets and Society

Posted on News & Blogs by Brendan Haley · June 20, 2016 11:51 AM

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Ontario released its much anticipated climate action plan, and the reviews are in. There are accolades and constructive criticisms.

A particularly scathing criticism came from a Globe and Mail editorial that suggests the government could have “simply brought in a carbon price and stopped there”. The Globe claims that price signals could have done the job and left more up to “individual choice”, while achieving emissions reductions at minimum cost. This is a policy based on a narrow and ultra-orthodox reading of neoclassical economics, and it is good that Ontario did not limit itself to carbon pricing.

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New report shines light on dynamics of gender pay gap

Posted on News & Blogs by Angella MacEwen · April 19, 2016 3:06 PM

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Every year, women around the world celebrate (angrily) the day their average full-time, full-year earnings have caught up to men’s average full-time full-year earnings from the year before.

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Good labour relations key to educational achievement

Posted on News & Blogs by Andrew Jackson · June 26, 2015 1:13 AM

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Recent tensions in relationships between provincial governments and teachers, especially in British Columbia and Ontario, deserve to be understood in a wider context. Good labour relations in education and positive working relationships between provincial governments and teacher unions are a critical ingredient in the relative success of our public education system.

Canada's education system is generally recognized to deliver good results compared to most other countries. 

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McGuinty should head back to school for a lesson in democracy

Posted on News & Blogs by Kathleen Monk · October 11, 2012 9:05 AM

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When Ontario’s Bill 115 was first proposed, and then made law, I was perplexed. Are these the kinds of lessons that we should be teaching our children?

Preparing students for active participation in a democratic society is part and parcel of the work educators perform every day. When I was young, teachers taught me what it means to be a good citizen: respect others, stand up for what is right, and play fair. Today my son, in senior kindergarten, learns these same lessons.

But for some reason, Premier Dalton McGuinty seems to be having trouble remembering these lessons.

 

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