It’s Budget Day
What the CCPA Ontario is watching for
Hamilton Roundtable’s proposals for Budget 2014
ISAC’s pre-budget submission
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CCPA Ontario report shows impact of recession and post-recession fallout on women
Newfoundland and Labrador’s 2015 budget
Community Benefit Agreements: A new tool to reduce poverty and inequality
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Douglas, Galabuzi and Go: Ontario must bring back mandatory employment equity to even the playing field for all
Ontario plans to increase taxes on upper income earners
Yalnizyan: Flaherty’s legacy? “Ideological, reckless, and just plain lucky”
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CCPA Ontario report released today says Ontario’s job market undergoing a “seismic shift”
Dennis Raphael asks why Canadians aren’t being told the truth about disease
Toby Sanger says, “It’s the distribution of capital, stupid”
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Hennessy’s Index for March – Tax Cuts 101
Tax splitting, sure. But what will expanding Tax Free Savings Accounts cost?
In 2013, the combined net work of the richest 100 Canadians increased by 15%
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New IMF study shows taxing the rich is good for the economy
The top 15 Canadian companies that pay the least tax (as % of income)
Report shows Canadians with disabilities face “staggering barriers to success”
Ontario NDP releases its position on minimum wage (and small business tax cuts)
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New report shows Canadians believe political parties’ focus on winning elections is coming at the expense of hearing their views
CBC Hamilton 5-part Report: Kids, Poverty and Mental Health
Put Food in the Budget finds Premier Wynne “guilty” on social justice
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Does a minimum wage increase hurt workers? The problem is only the smallness of their spoons
Premier Wynne to go “on trial” over social assistance rates
Moving into election, Manitoba’s NDP agrees to hike welfare shelter rates to 75% of the median market rate
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The CCPA’s 2014 Alternative Federal Budget – “Striking a Better Balance”
New study shows Canadians think inequality is increasing and that it’s a problem
The Broadbent Institute has launched a campaign against income splitting
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Hennessy’s Index – Income Splitting: Perks for the Rich
Income splitting: A gift for the affluent
Canadian Taxpayers Federation wants $13 billion cut in this year’s Ontario budget
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1) The minimum wage in Ontario. There’s far too much coverage to list it all here, but here are a few highlights
2) Income Splitting: Who Benefits?
3) It’s Corporate Tax Freedom Day!
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Provincial advisory panel to release report on minimum wage today – reported to recommend annual inflationary increases
“These are people who are working like crazy to support their families, full time, and they just cannot get by”
Dr. Gary Bloch in today’s Globe: “I know why the minimum wage needs to rise”
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