Changes made in committee give concessions to both workers and employers. ...
Category: Government Finance and the Economy
Ticketmaster ‘at war’ with bots, but sees friendly fire in a bill to combat them
Ontario has pledged to get tough on digital scalpers with a new law that would ban ticket bots and cap the resale price of tickets at 50 per cent above their face value. ...
Minimum wage hike a guaranteed issue in spring election, with positions staked out and potshots fired
NDP ad attacking PC plan to phase in the wage bump over four years arrives 24 hours after Tory announcement. ...
Progressive Conservatives vow to push back $15-an-hour minimum wage to 2022
The PCs are promising to keep the minimum wage lower than the government has promised, if they win the 2018 election. ...
Ontario small business corporate income tax cut announced in fall economic statement
A rate to 3.5 per cent from 4.5 per cent comes as update forecasts Ontario's real GDP growth at 2.8 per cent in 2017, higher than the 2.3 per cent forecast in the 2017-18 budget as well as an increase in revenue. ...
Wynne acknowledges “malaise” among those not feeling Ontario’s prosperity
At economic forum, premier slams Donald Trump for not understanding his own NAFTA demands. ...
Horwath presses for more paid leave, vacation and protections for workers
The NDP Leader unveiled a dozen demands she plans to make around labour legislation in committee next Tuesday. ...
In brief: An autumn economic teaser and union outrage over colleges
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
Municipalities to decide how close pot shops can be to schools
Finance minister says location rules will vary by city, but province needs bigger slice of federal tax pie for pot launch. ...
Job numbers keep perking up, but northern Ontario suffers
New Fraser Institute report shows net job losses across the north and other regions, a fact buried by growth in Toronto and Ottawa. ...
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