Ontario Budget
Hamilton activists tells the Premier what they think
Spec editorial says Premier and Horwath did the right things
Crunching the “tax the rich” numbers
Ontario uses credit outlook downgrade in negotiations with public sector unions
Other Ontario
Letter to the Editor – On the April 21 protest at Queen’s Park
Around the Province
OW employment programs in Muskoka
Quality of Life survey in Thunder Bay says poverty must be addressed
Across the Country
Will Alison Redford, Alberta’s new PC premier, lead her province to poverty reduction?
The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition says BC and Sask are now the only holdouts
Alberta’s poverty reduction plan may be the most ambitious to date
More on BC’s “hyperlocal” poverty reduction strategy
Living wage required in Metro Vancouver skyrockets
Federal Issues
Cutting the National Council of Welfare makes the poor even poorer
Kevin Page on government budget secrecy
Austerity cutbacks could hurt economy
Feds cut health coverage for refugee claimants
More funding cuts revealed. Didn’t Flaherty say this was “back-end stuff”?
International
The UK’s back into recession – austerity is to blame
And, as Paul Krugman says, there is no “confidence fairy” that will reward austerity