QUEEN’S PARK, ON – According to October’s Labour Force Survey, Ontario gained 83,000 jobs on a year-over-year basis. NDP Employment, Jobs, Research and Innovation critic Catherine Fife said that exposes Doug Ford’s repeated claim that a higher minimum wage and paid sick days for [Read more]
Last week I began my column by mentioning the fascinating art of sleight of hand. Those of you who are fascinated by observing the sleight of hand magic tricks have been exposed to a real treat on the nightly news lately; watching the Liberal masters of this art. The thing is, we all know that [Read more]
When political news breaks on a Friday afternoon, it usually isn’t for good-news stories. More often this is when a government will make embarrassing admissions in an attempt to bury stories as people are focused on the weekend ahead. Of course, there can always be exceptions, and that was [Read more]
Are we in a recession or not? That has been at the forefront of news reports this week as the government exercises damage control in the one area they don’t want to show weakness in, the economy. A recession is defined as two back-to-back quarters of declining growth. We have already seen the [Read more]
Today (December 5th), the Statistics Canada Stats numbers were released. They are showing 34,000 people have lost their jobs, clearly this is just more evidence that the Liberals have failed to address the province’s jobs crisis and their austerity budget will only make matters worse. These [Read more]
Ontario’s New Democrats, vowed to fight the privatization of Ontario’s hydro system and campaign against the sell-off of public assets by the Liberals. The Liberal Government of Ontario is currently reviewing proposals to sell off a significant amount of our shared public assets. This [Read more]
NIAGARA FALLS, ON – NDP Economic Development critic Wayne Gates says that today’s Statistics Canada jobs numbers show the jobs crisis in Ontario continues to deepen as the province’s unemployment rate remains above the national average. “Families across the province are struggling to [Read more]
Recent data indicate that Canadians are saving more. Statistics Canada reports that the Household Savings Rate is currently 5.4%, a 0.4% increase from the previous year. Likewise, a recent BMO Bank of Montreal study found that 48% of Canadians are now investing in Tax-Free Savings Accounts [Read more]
**From the Editor of OntarioNewsNorth.com – with all Letters to the Editor, it is your responsibility as a reader to verify the facts and form your own opinion. OntarioNewsNorth.com chooses the Letters to the Editor it publishes based on their clarity of opinion (is the writer’s point [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – New Democrat National Revenue Critic, Carol Hughes (Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing), rose in the House of Commons today calling on Stephen Harper to put his money where his mouth is when it comes to getting tough on tax evasion. “Billions of dollars are sent offshore to sunny [Read more]
June 22, 2010 9:00 AM McGuinty Government Protects Tenants From Excessive Rent Increases Ontario’s rent increase guideline for the year 2011 will be 0.7 per cent, the lowest guideline in the 35-year history of rent regulation in Ontario. The rent increase guideline is the maximum amount by [Read more]
