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Bit mysterious why some unions support a PC govt whose policy failure is killing their members’ jobs?
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Bit mysterious why some unions support a PC govt whose policy failure is killing their members’ jobs?
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But in Quebec and Atlantic Canada, which escaped the bubble, price reached new peaks this summer
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But in Quebec and Atlantic Canada, which escaped the bubble, price reached new peaks this summer
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Murder and other major crime is dramatically and suddenly down in Toronto, police data shows
What accounts for the sudden drop?
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Murder and other major crime is dramatically and suddenly down in Toronto, police data shows
What accounts for the sudden drop?
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There’s strong electoral and democratic reasons Marit Stiles’ NDP should counter-attack Ford’s bail deflections
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There’s strong electoral and democratic reasons Marit Stiles’ NDP should counter-attack Ford’s bail deflections
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Though workplace deaths have increased, court prosecutions under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act has dropped by half under PCs
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Though workplace deaths have increased, court prosecutions under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act has dropped by half under PCs
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- 14,700 full-time jobs cut
- 20.7 million fewer hours worked
The unemployment rate decline was completely due to a big increase in part-time work
He is an unaffordable jobs disaster
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- 14,700 full-time jobs cut
- 20.7 million fewer hours worked
The unemployment rate decline was completely due to a big increase in part-time work
He is an unaffordable jobs disaster
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Saw mill and steel mill workers lose jobs and billions in subsidies pay to counter Trump’s economic force against Canada
But in August, $1.2B in lumber and steel was imported
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Saw mill and steel mill workers lose jobs and billions in subsidies pay to counter Trump’s economic force against Canada
But in August, $1.2B in lumber and steel was imported
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Where is urgency for the 1.5 million Canadians unemployed today?
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Where is urgency for the 1.5 million Canadians unemployed today?
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A new federal leader who is an asset to them — defeating Danielle Smith along the way — makes them allies in building the federal NDP
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A new federal leader who is an asset to them — defeating Danielle Smith along the way — makes them allies in building the federal NDP
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But you can’t fight feelings with facts
Can that feeling be displaced with social solidarity? Do demands for jobs and growth create feelings of unity in diversity?
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But you can’t fight feelings with facts
Can that feeling be displaced with social solidarity? Do demands for jobs and growth create feelings of unity in diversity?
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47,000 Ontario jobs vanish in September and unemployment rate continues its two year rise hitting 7.9%
Workers are leaving the labour market as jobs in manufacturing, construction and retail shrink
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47,000 Ontario jobs vanish in September and unemployment rate continues its two year rise hitting 7.9%
Workers are leaving the labour market as jobs in manufacturing, construction and retail shrink
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42% of stunt driving charges got dropped. 32% of charges for driving with a suspended licence dropped
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42% of stunt driving charges got dropped. 32% of charges for driving with a suspended licence dropped
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In fact, there were 22,100 fewer unemployed young workers at the end of Notley’s term than at its beginning
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In fact, there were 22,100 fewer unemployed young workers at the end of Notley’s term than at its beginning
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And Ontarians pay the price with money, emissions, and an uncertain electricity supply
Ask yourself, how much should you pay for Doug Ford’s messes?
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And Ontarians pay the price with money, emissions, and an uncertain electricity supply
Ask yourself, how much should you pay for Doug Ford’s messes?
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And many still working are paying the price with reduced shift hours
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And many still working are paying the price with reduced shift hours
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Given the PCs’ high polling levels, that goal requires attacking PC strengths. Stiles’ new emphasis on Ford’s poor record on jobs is an early test of how that can done
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Given the PCs’ high polling levels, that goal requires attacking PC strengths. Stiles’ new emphasis on Ford’s poor record on jobs is an early test of how that can done
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Jobs are down 10%, but there hasn’t been much public complaint, likely because PC political meddling in the Skills Development Fund has raised fears
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Jobs are down 10%, but there hasn’t been much public complaint, likely because PC political meddling in the Skills Development Fund has raised fears
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Parties seeking their support need to sharpen focus on creating and protecting jobs
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Parties seeking their support need to sharpen focus on creating and protecting jobs
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There are now 800,000 unemployed in Ontario, and StatsCan yesterday reported in Q2 2025 there were only 179,000 job openings
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There are now 800,000 unemployed in Ontario, and StatsCan yesterday reported in Q2 2025 there were only 179,000 job openings
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Ford is a tough opponent, and bringing him down will require unity around a story of what’s wrong with Ontario and why it doesn’t get fixed
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Ford is a tough opponent, and bringing him down will require unity around a story of what’s wrong with Ontario and why it doesn’t get fixed
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The NDP giving a platform and its membership list to members of a fringe self-defined Trotskyist communist group hostile to the NDP is probably a bad idea
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The NDP giving a platform and its membership list to members of a fringe self-defined Trotskyist communist group hostile to the NDP is probably a bad idea
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Doug Ford’s TV stunts and media complacency is how we lose a country. Fortunately some pro-jobs groups and politicians are stirring up action
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Doug Ford’s TV stunts and media complacency is how we lose a country. Fortunately some pro-jobs groups and politicians are stirring up action
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Opposite to the theory, house prices surged when in-migration to Canada was at historic lows; when in-migration was at highs, house prices were falling
Here’s what the data shows
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Opposite to the theory, house prices surged when in-migration to Canada was at historic lows; when in-migration was at highs, house prices were falling
Here’s what the data shows
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