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What if First Nations (and their poverty) were counted?
Kudos to the Globe and Mail for their front page story on Jan 23rd highlighting the fact that the official unemployment rate does not count First Nations reserves. You heard that right: First Nations...
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Who gets paid more?
The Fraser Institute is really concerned that public sector employees might be making more than private sector employees. What is notable about the recent Fraser Institute report on public and private...
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Women’s roller coaster ride in Ontario’s labour market
In anticipation of International Women’s Day (this Sunday), let’s look at how women are faring in Ontario’s labour market. Here’s a shocker: in terms of Ontario’s employment rate, women have made no...
View ArticleSolutions to precarious work in Ontario: new report
Toronto’s Workers’ Action Centre released a new report today, Still Living on the Edge: Building Decent Jobs from the Ground Up, which addresses cultural, legal, and social issues facing Ontario’s...
View ArticleWe don’t need a surplus, we need jobs
Call me naïve. Going into the 2015 budget lockup I figured the sale of Canada’s GM shares (that could have been used as leverage to keep GM jobs in Canada, but I digress) would go toward a new...
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Ontario job watch: 2016 ends with a whimper
Canada may have ended 2016 with a surprising spurt in job growth last December, but Ontario was not so lucky. Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey ushered in employment numbers for the last month of...
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You must be kidding: Confronting key myths about Quebec’s childcare system
Eighteen months into the federal government’s mandate, with several provincial elections approaching, child care is once again a topic of debate. And, inevitably, Quebec’s system of providing and...
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Ontario’s blame game: financial literacy and the inadequate status quo
As public opinion polls confirm, the wheels seem to have come off the Ford Fiesta. After months of fallout from cuts to education, hundreds of educators across Ontario receiving redundancy notices, and...
View ArticleWhat should be next for BC workers and families after the initial federal...
The federal government’s newly announced COVID-19 economic relief measures are a good start to aiding people and businesses whose livelihoods have been disrupted by the ongoing public health crisis. It...
View ArticleSome of our most undervalued workers now among our most valuable as pandemic...
In any public emergency, like the COVID-19 pandemic, society naturally turns to tried-and-true public service professionals for advice, protection and care. First and foremost, we depend on health-care...
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