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Another bad idea: equal pay for work of equal value
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions/Comments – Another bad idea: equal pay for work of equal value
February 23, 2009. TOM FLANAGAN
Buried in the Conservative government’s enormous Budget Implementation Act (C-10) is an obscure but significant reform – taking public-sector “pay equity” away from the Canadian Human Rights Commission and putting it into the collective bargaining process. To understand what’s going on requires knowing a little history.
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Here’s a stimulus plan: fix the PST
NationalPost.com – FP Comment – Jack Mintz: Here’s a stimulus plan: fix the PST
Posted: February 20, 2009. Jack Mintz, taxation
Ontario’s PST applies not only at the retail stage but at early stages of production, resulting in excessively high tax rates on some final sales. by Jack Mintz
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The Labour Market Trajectories of IT Workers
Connect2Canada.com – Canada Watch/ CPRN – The Labour Market Trajectories of IT Workers
February 6, 2009.
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Ontario in the Creative Age Report
Martin Prosperity Institute – media release – Ontario in the Creative Age
February 5, 2009
The report is presented in response to the request made in March 2008 by Premier Dalton McGuinty to Roger Martin and Richard Florida. Together with our research team, these two undertook a study of the changing composition of Ontario’s economy and workforce and have provided recommendations to the Province on how to ensure our economy and people remain globally competitive and prosperous. This visionary report marks the beginning of a dialog with Ontario.
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CAUT Analysis of Federal Budget 2009
CAUT.ca – Issues & Campaigns – Analysis of Federal Budget 2009
February 2, 2009
[Download the complete document in .pdf format: http://www.caut.ca/uploads/Analysis_FedBudget_2009.pdf ]
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Budget 2009: Canada’s Economic Action Plan
Connect2Canada.com – Canada Watch – Budget 2009: Canada’s Economic Action Plan
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Finance Canada
The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today tabled a comprehensive budget plan to stimulate economic growth, restore confidence and support Canadians and their families during a synchronized global recession.
Read the full story: < http://news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do;jsessionid=ac1b105430d7920edfee9b2d4d4293c9b5f614e0d517.e34Rc3iMbx8Oai0Tbx0SaxeMc390n6jAmljGr0?m=%2Findex&nid=431889 >
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Building a National Health System [Role for the private sector]
Connect2Canada.com – Canada Watch – Building a National Health System
January 23, 2009
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Caring for the Caregivers
Connect2Canada.com – Canada Watch – Caring for the Caregivers
January 16, 2009.
Published in recognition of January as Alzheimer Awareness Month, this commentary by Sherry Torjman of the Caledon Institute of Social Policy asks how, in a world in which education, training and support are in place for nearly every profession, we have managed to overlook the need to gear such programs towards caregivers themselves.
http://www.caledoninst.org/Publications/PDF/739ENG.pdf
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Fairness for temps
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – Fairness for temps
December 11, 2008
Ontario has long had two classes of workers: Those with the benefits and legal protections that come with permanent jobs and those with the misfortune to be called temporary workers.
Queen’s Park is finally bringing relief to many of the 700,000 “temps” who are being denied access to public holidays and severance pay and are being charged fees just to get a job. Legislation introduced Tuesday would end these practices and give people hired through temp agencies many of the same rights as other workers.
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