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Remembering Ken Battle - Maytree Ken Battle, who died on November 18, 2024, was deeply serious about his social policy work and his commitment to helping people.

Obituary: Remembering Ken Battle, founder of the Caledon Institute of Social Policy, and a pre-eminent social policy analyst and writer in Canada’s history, by Alan Broadbent maytree.com/publications...

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Torontonians need to make $26 an hour to cover living costs: report Though minimum wage just increased, it is still not enough to be considered a living wage, according to a new report.

Report from @policyalternatives.bsky.social shows the “rental wage” — the hourly wage needed to make rent while working 40 hours a week and spending less than 30 per cent gross income on housing — was $33.62 per hour for a 1-br apartment in Toronto. #canlab www.cp24.com/local/toront...

Cuts to Toronto Schools Are Carving into Bone | The Walrus Mice and rat infestations, leaky roofs, a lack of staff and class supplies. Inside the gradual erosion of public education in Ontario

“The problem is that the holes that were dug in the system twenty years ago have never been filled,” said Hugh Mackenzie, researcher on education funding in Ontario and contributing researcher to @policyalternatives.bsky.social. #onted thewalrus.ca/cuts-to-toro...

Privatizing Universities with Randy Robinson — Pullback Podcast Universities have faced steep and sustained public funding cutbacks and have adapted by changing the way that they operate. What are the consequences of the de facto privatization of universities for ...

On a recent Pullback Podcast @ccpa-on.bsky.social director @RandyFRobinson joins @KristenPue + @KylaHewson to explain how deep provincial funding cuts to Ontario universities reduces research capacity and hollows out communities: www.pullback.org/episode-note... #onpoli @harbingermedia.bsky.social

The Monitor | Much more than books The CCPA's quarterly policy and current affairs magazine, covering issues of critical importance to social, economic and environmental justice.

"When it comes to attracting fans in Toronto, only one performer comes close to Taylor Swift: the Toronto Public Library." New @ccpa-on.bsky.social report lays out the case for more funding for the highest-circulation library system in North America: #topoli #onpoli monitormag.ca/reports/much...

Why it's time for a serious debate about rent control in Canada Ricardo Tranjan: Economic costs of soaring rents are too high to ignore potential benefits of some rent control options. Find out more here.

My latest op-ed: A serious debate on how to make rent control effective while mitigating potential downsides would benefit tenants and the many sectors of the economy for whom high rents are bad for businesses.
financialpost.com/real-estate/...