Tuition cuts come with steep cost for students and education: OPSEU
“Ford just slammed the door on low income families who want to send their kids to college." — Warren (Smokey) Thomas, OPSEU President
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How to make the rich pay their fair share of taxes: Canadians for Tax Fairness:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's proposed top tax rates are also consistent with those recently proposed by one of Canada’s most prominent economists.
CEO pay still near historic levels at 197 times more than the average worker's
A report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) finds that the gap between Canada's corporate elite and the average worker is still immense. The study also finds a significant disparity based on gender at all levels of employment.
Protecting pensions must be priority in insolvency proceedings
Given that workers and retirees worked decades to earn their pensions, they should not be left at the back of the line.
Will it be social finance or anti-social finance?
When social finance is used to privatize public services, costs go up. In addition to investor profits, using social finance to privatize public services means new layers of bureaucracy.
Ottawa (03 Dec. 2018) — Depending on how it’s used, the newly announced Social Finance Fund will either be a useful tool for economic development or a hefty subsidy for a new form of privatization.
Keep Churcill's Liquor Mart public: Sign the petition
Let's continue to put the health of our communities and public safety before profits. Let’s keep Churchill’s Liquor Mart public! Please sign the petition.
Francophone cuts expose cracks in Conservative caucus
"It’s all part of a bigger plan to pay for whopping tax cuts for his friends on the backs of minorities and the most vulnerable people in our province." — Hervé Cavanagh, Chair of OPSEU’s Francophone Committee.
Ford government a ‘Super Bowl Halftime Con Show’: OPSEU
Despite the government’s rhetoric that improved labour laws were “job killers,” Thomas pointed to the latest Statistics Canada data that shows employment in Ontario increased by 1.2 per cent since last October.
Auditor General report confirms CRA more lenient with corporations and offshore account holders: Canadians for Tax Fairness
Canadians for Tax Fairness has continually advocated for the CRA to crack down on large tax avoidance operations, larger corporations and the wealthy and to stop being so heavy handed with less wealthy individuals, charities, and small businesses.
Use of private firefighters and inmates in California wildfires raises serious questions
There is good reason to fear that the growing use of private firefighters and inmates could be seen as a way to avoid funding public services at the level required to respond to climate change.