Posts Tagged ‘featured’
Doug Ford’s push for secrecy is putting the health of Ontarians at risk
Monday, April 13th, 2026
It’s Ontarians who bear the consequences when governments grant themselves the power to be unaccountable. It’s Ontarians who endure longer ER and surgical wait times. It’s Ontarians who are left wondering where their tax dollars have gone — as leaders secretly spend public funds… Here’s what Ontario should be doing: Legislate bans on FOI carve-outs so politicians cannot simply write themselves out of oversight… Secrecy breaks the basic social contract — not only of health care, but of democracy itself.
Tags: featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, rights
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The 2026 Ontario budget neglects core provincial responsibilities
Monday, March 30th, 2026
The 2026 budget—much like previous budgets—fails to address the underfunding of health care, K-12 education, post-secondary education, community and social services, and rental and social housing—the core responsibilities of provincial governments. Despite reports showing that Ontario lags behind most provinces in most of these areas, this year’s budget makes no attempt to close those gaps.
Tags: budget, Education, featured, Health, housing, ideology, jurisdiction, tax
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A small group of Canadians are living it up. The rest of us are struggling. Welcome to the K-shaped economy
Saturday, March 28th, 2026
… Between [1999] and 2023, the top 10 per cent of wealthiest households in Canada have seen their net worth surge by 195 per cent. The bottom 10 per cent… has seen its wealth contract outright, by 43 per cent… We need to get a better grip on how wealth grows, who owns it, where it’s stored and where it’s hidden… And the potentially toxic social effects of such a disparity in possibility continue to fester.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Privacy commissioner challenges Doug Ford’s reasons for changing access-to-information rules
Friday, March 27th, 2026
Information and privacy commissioner Patricia Kosseim has filed a six-point rebuttal to Premier Doug Ford’s “various” reasons for exempting himself, his cabinet ministers and political aides from access-to-information laws… in a response to Ford’s suggestion that only the media and opposition parties use the laws, the commission said that in the 2024 FOI requests, “more than 95 per cent were submitted by “individuals, businesses, researchers, and community organizations.”
Tags: featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, rights
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How the Top One Per Cent Threaten Canada’s Future
Monday, March 23rd, 2026
A modest wealth tax that affects only Canadians with over $10 million in net wealth could raise nearly $40 billion annually. Ninety-nine per cent of Canadians would not pay it. Similar taxes are already in place in Norway, Switzerland and Spain, and California is currently considering a one-time wealth tax on billionaires. Canada is also the only country in the G7 without an inheritance or estate tax.
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, ideology, standard of living, tax
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I’m a doctor. Here are five overlooked ways the Ontario government is making our ERs more crowded, not less
Wednesday, March 18th, 2026
When Doug Ford was elected premier in 2018, he promised to “end hallway medicine.” But by 2024, the problem had doubled to some 2,000 Ontarians lying on stretchers in hospital hallways… Good health is impossible without stable housing… Shutting down all supervised consumption sites… Underfunded nursing… Expanding for‑profit medicine… [and] Neglecting home care and keeping people in hospital beds
Tags: economy, featured, Health, Home Care, housing, privatization
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Ontario lifts tuition freeze, unveils OSAP reforms as it adds billions to university and college funding
Thursday, February 12th, 2026
The province is pouring $6.4 billion into colleges and universities over the next four years, and also lifting its tuition freeze, allowing small increases in the coming years… While the province had boosted post-secondary operating funds for 2025-26 to more than $5 billion — an eight per cent increase over the prior year — it remained the lowest per student of any province.
Tags: budget, Education, featured, jurisdiction, participation
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What Alberta is doing with its health care is a threat to every Canadian
Monday, February 9th, 2026
The Health Statutes Amendment Act will allow physicians to practice in both the public and private system for medically necessary care — meaning that they can both bill the provincial health care plan for some patients and charge other patients out-of-pocket or through private insurance… Dual practice does not address the real problems in health care because it does not involve adding more health care professionals to the system or enable more organized, efficient care.
Tags: featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, privatization
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Provinces need to own their responsibility for expanding low-fee child care
Wednesday, February 4th, 2026
The most recent data shows eight of ten provinces will miss the federal goal of having 5.9 child care spaces per 10 children. Only two provinces have that level of access: Quebec and P.E.I… The rest of the provinces weren’t even paying half the cost of their child care programs—they coasted on federal investments… In fact, many of the provinces who have been loudly complaining that the CWELCC program is “too expensive” are also the ones who are paying the least for it.
Tags: budget, child care, featured, jurisdiction, participation
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Finally Mark Carney delivers a breakthrough for Canadians asking for help. Will it be enough?
Wednesday, February 4th, 2026
The federal government recently announced the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit (CGEB), an income support designed to help Canadians afford the basics of life. For millions of people struggling to put food on the table, this announcement will mean immediate relief… it treats hunger as a policy problem rather than a charitable one… Ultimately, Canada’s food insecurity crisis isn’t caused by a shortage of food; it’s caused by a lack of income.
Tags: featured, ideology, philanthropy, poverty, standard of living
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