Posts Tagged ‘ideology’
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The Trump era demands we rethink Canada’s constitutional ‘nuclear option’
Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
… everything that is happening in the United States, more or less, could happen here in a perfectly constitutional manner,” … thanks to the notwithstanding clause… The question is not whether Section 33 can be used, however, but when and how… In just the past six years, however, various governments have used it nine times… voters have proved generally disinclined to punish political parties who use and abuse the notwithstanding clause.
Tags: ideology, jurisdiction, 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
Posted in Governance Debates | 10 Comments »
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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Protected from voters’ wrath, Doug Ford’s latest budget defies fiscal reality
Friday, March 27th, 2026
Ford’s Tories have slashed traditional revenue sources by billions of dollars in good times — licence plate fees, gas taxes and tolls for drivers — only to drive the government deeper into deficit and debt… In the latest budget, those interest payments are now the Ford government’s fourth-biggest expenditure — after health care (41 per cent), education (16.7 per cent) and social services (8.8 per cent)…
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, jurisdiction, tax
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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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Ford government to end funding for supervised consumption sites, advocates say — including two in Toronto
Thursday, March 19th, 2026
… the province is providing the sites 90 days’ notice “in order to support an orderly transition for clients so they can access other community health services… The sites are being asked to provide a plan for how they will transition clients to other community health services and realign their services to promote rehabilitation.
Tags: ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, pharmaceutical
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Ford’s slashing of student grants holds poor students back and shows why we need a wealth tax
Thursday, March 19th, 2026
Canadians are fair-minded; we want to live in a society where economic rewards are dispensed — at least to some extent — on the basis of merit… We could come closer to being a meritocracy by imposing a wealth tax, which would take a bit from Canada’s grand fortunes so that poorer kids get a chance to live their dreams.
Tags: budget, Education, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, tax, youth
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Ontario got two things right with post-secondary funding — and one thing very wrong
Saturday, February 21st, 2026
Increasing tuition and provincial funding will improve the financial conditions facing colleges and universities. However, shifting OSAP from majority grants to loans will make it harder for students, particularly those most economically disadvantaged, to attend, persist, and graduate. There are other, more equitable pathways forward.
Tags: budget, Education, ideology, jurisdiction, participation
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Getting rid of school board trustees is the right thing to do
Saturday, February 21st, 2026
Calandra’s stated goal is to restore solvency and stability — fiscal and pedagogical — to the system. The minister has catalogued a litany of unauthorized budget deficits, implausible fiscal plans, botched agendas for staff and students, and classroom funding sacrificed for pet projects or fanciful causes. Opposition critics suggest Calandra has a hidden agenda to disempower trustees.
Tags: Education, ideology, jurisdiction, participation
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