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Inside the making of Canada’s first pay equity legislation
Friday, November 13th, 2026
75 years ago, post-war Ontario women finally got equal pay in the workplace… Leslie Frost believed that anti-discriminatory legislation signalled a democracy’s strength… that “some day historians will record these days in which we live as days of great and fundamental changes in the thinking of mankind.”… Efforts to address the wage gap between men and women had a long history in Ontario… Finally, modern pay equity became enshrined in Ontario law with the enactment of the Pay Equity Act in 1987.
Tags: economy, ideology, jurisdiction, standard of living, women
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‘The greatest Machiavellian fraud’: Ontario’s bitter fight over what became OHIP
Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
… the provincial government kept sending signals that it wanted no part of the federal medicare plan scheduled to begin in mid-1968. In November 1967, provincial treasurer Charles MacNaughton mused about opting out and using federal medicare contributions to tackle issues the Robarts government felt were more pressing, such as education and housing. A combination of OMSIP and existing private plans, many believed, was good enough for Ontarians.
Tags: Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, privatization
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