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Former WSIB chair says Ontario’s workers’ compensation system is under attack from within
A letter to the editor outlines more problems in the WSIB system
Ontario’s housing crisis is also a health crisis
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International Monetary Fund report issues stark warning to corporate and individual tax cheats
Here’s the IMF press release and link to the report
Great piece on why people who are poor can’t just “get a job”
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“It’s nuts” that social assistance programs across Canada don’t provide enough for healthy food
Thousands denied federal disability benefits waiting more than a year for new federal tribunal appeal hearings
Changes to temporary foreign worker program announced today
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Special Section: Ontario Election 2014
Poverty is missing in the provincial election campaign
Greg DeGroot-Maggetti says the campaign cannot overlook poverty reduction
ISAC’s Ontario Election 2014 materials – Election Kit, Candidate Questions, etc
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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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