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Category: Taxes and Benefits
With budget date known, confidence countdown begins
The government could face a confidence motion as soon as Wednesday, May 7, just a day before Laura Miller's potentially damaging gas-plants testimony. ...
Sousa has unlikely ally in bid for more business invesment
Fraser report warns that Ontario business is lagging the national average on job-growing investments, which not only is hurting the provincial economy but is a drag on the Canadian economy as well. ...
Tories call out Liberals for Teahen’s place on the Sunshine List
PC MPP Monte McNaughton accused the Grits today of playing games to hide the salary of Premier Kathleen Wynne's chief of staff. ...
Happening: Jean Turmel new chair at Teachers plan
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Public sector workers enjoy pension largesse
OPTrust, the pension fund of OPSEU, grew 11.7 per cent to $16 billion in 2013, thanks to healthy stock market returns and investments in real estate, infrastructure and commodities. ...
Purchase: In politics, the long run is for losers
Columnist Bryne Purchase says short-term politics are ruining Ontario's chance to make a long-term plan. ...
Older workers and immigration issues pose economic challenges to Ontario to 2035
The Long-Term Report on the Economy released by the Ministry of Finance says the province's aging population isn't being replaced by immigrants moving into high-productivity jobs. ...
The Funding Portal: Who got funded – week of March 17
Each week, the Funding Portal crunches the numbers on who got funding from where. ...
Wynne: Commitment to public transit ‘unshakable’
Despite taking HST and gas taxes off the table, the premier says there are other possible revenue sources to allow for a 'dedicated fund for transit.' ...