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Official newsfeed for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' Ontario office: provincial & municipal economic and social justice policy analysis.
Toronto, ON
Joined September 2013
Canada’s federal election in April saw Conservatives take over the suburbs. Here, writer and political economist @ricardo_tranjan considers what it will take for progressives to find their feet again:
thewalrus.ca
Canada’s suburban ridings aren’t just rich enclaves. Many are diverse, working class—and rapidly shifting right
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The theatrical scapegoating of school boards and trustees will do nothing to address the persistent underfunding of Ontario schools. My latest for the @TorontoStar. #onpoli #onted
https://t.co/3wRrHM17r0
thestar.com
Whatever is happening with administrative expenses can neither explain nor solve the serious challenges schools are facing.
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Housing platforms must commit to immediate action, not only sell dreams of the future #cdnpoli My latest for @TorontoStar
https://t.co/BvQLmdmCNF
thestar.com
Any new federal government needs to develop a housing platform that addresses present concerns in housing, not just make promises for the future
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Ontario is asking education workers to do more with less and blaming them for the consequences of funding cuts. Parents need to pick a side. My latest for the @TorontoStar #onpoli #onted
https://t.co/nRtX8O30PU
thestar.com
I wonder how my kid’s teacher is coping with the repeated funding cuts, increased demands on schools, and public attacks from our own provincial government?
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New from @ccpa: The first victims of a proposed 25 per cent tariff will be human beings, not the Canadian or Mexican economies. @CCPA_TIRP #canpoli #cndpoli
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My latest op-ed: A serious debate on how to make rent control effective while mitigating potential downsides would benefit tenants and the many sectors of the economy for whom high rents are bad for businesses. #canpoli #cndpoli
https://t.co/kVsJ29h5Gv
financialpost.com
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On a new ⬅️@PullbackPodcast⬅️ @CCPA_Ont director @RandyFRobinson joins @KristenPue + @KylaHewson to explain how deep provincial funding cuts to Ontario universities reduces research capacity & hollows out communities: https://t.co/CaVnrs0rSi
https://t.co/yRi7iY3QlU 🔶
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Great new report out today from @CCPA_Ont's Carolina Aragão on the need for robust funding for the popular-like-Taylor-Swift @torontolibrary. Check it out! #ImLibraryPeople #topoli
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A great man has left us. An ogimaa, a warrior for his people and for all of Canada. This is the Murray Sinclair I was privileged to know: https://t.co/Rv06lUScjM
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“After 16 months on rent strike, our members at 33 King & 22 John have reached an amicable settlement! We got here because 100s of tenants organized & took action together.” This is just the beginning but we need your help to keep going… https://t.co/XPsyvMEZAj
thestar.com
Tenants had withheld rent for more than a year in protest of above-guideline rent increases.
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US court rules insurance companies don't have to cover legal fees of oil cos sued over climate because "the company was well aware of the environmental risks associated with its operations and products, making damage to the climate entirely foreseeable"
iclg.com
A decision which could reverberate across the US has determined the responsibility of an insurer to fund a policyholder’s defence of a climate-change lawsuit.
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Thinking about that $200 from the #onpoli govt? Check out the latest insights on public finance from @CCPA_Ont's @RandyFRobinson!
Why is Doug Ford planning to send cheques to millionaires? Tony Staffieri, CEO of Rogers, gets $200. RBC boss Dave McKay gets $200. Hockey star Mitch Marner gets $200. This may be good politics but it is terrible policy. #Opinion
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My latest for @TorontoStar. For decades, the prevailing mantra in housing has been that govs must prop up private developers and ask for some breadcrumbs in return. It doesn't have to be this way. https://t.co/R2HZ7721Ps
thestar.com
Non-market housing should be the norm, not the exception
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ICYMI @CCPA_Ont's @ricardo_tranjan spoke on the @cbcradio about Out of Control rents and their impact on low-wage workers: "Right now, it's pretty much everywhere, even places like Halifax have become very unaffordable or places in the Prairies," #canlab
cbc.ca
Toronto renter Jennifer Smith had to dip into her line of credit to get a house for her family, but often has to prioritize paying rent or feeding her kids over repaying that debt. We look at why...
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The rich in Canada are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. @CCPA_Ont director @RandyFRobinson explains why: "Until we make tackling income and wealth inequality part of all our policy discussions, things will stay the way they are." #cdnpoli
theclarion.ca
Randy Robinson - The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer
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Great piece by @ClarrieF about new @ccpa report, Out of Control Rents! More details on report here: https://t.co/NNG9GnmFsh…
@ricardo_tranjan @DavidMacCdn #canlab #cdnpoli
Minimum wage workers in Toronto aren’t earning anywhere close to what’s needed to have affordable rent, and it’s unlikely to ever catch up.
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Minimum wage workers in Toronto aren’t earning anywhere close to what’s needed to have affordable rent, and it’s unlikely to ever catch up.
thestar.com
Even with the coming boost to Ontario's minimum wage, rents are nowhere near affordable, says the report.
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@CCPA's 2023 rental wage report is out. Tonnes of new data. And some old conclusions. Landlords are bleeding workers dry, while provinces refuse to act on rent controls, and the feds design a plan to plan about tenant rights. #cndpoli #canpoli
https://t.co/9owh9DMJO0
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