Only one in three working Canadians receives workplace training today.And, according to the latest Conference Board of Canada report, Canadian businesses invest less than $700 per employee per year compared to more than a $1,000 in the US. By Marc ...
Read More »Lefties smack Sun’s Harperite TV channel
SomeOfUs.org hopes CRTC will punish the Sun network owner Quebecor by denying it a presence on basic cable channels By Angus Wong – The Conservative propaganda machine, Sun News, has been accused of biased reporting in favor of the Harper ...
Read More »Right-wing think tank endorses union membership benefits
Fraser Institute is the same ‘think tank’ than includes dim-witted Mike Harris as one of its deep thinkers By Sid Ryan – Ontario Federation of Labour President Sid Ryan thanked the Fraser Institute – a right-wing think tank – for ...
Read More »Should illegal immigrants have automatic status?
Rally at city hall aims to promote regular government services and benefits to anyone who is here By Syed Hussan – Over one hundred Torontonians, including undocumented immigrants denied city services, are expected to be in City Hall dressed in ...
Read More »Fat and sugar tax in Canada?
Not if the Danes and Canadian Taxpayers Federation can help it. By Scott Hennig – On the heels of groups like the Ontario Medical Association, Coalition Poids, the Alberta Policy Coalition and even the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal calling for fat ...
Read More »Paul Godfrey lives in North York, not in Toronto
It’s no surprise that North York socialite and gambling campaigner Paul Godfrey thinks nobody lives Downtown. He doesn’t. He lives far away in another city that has sadly and wrongly been lumped in with Toronto when we were forcibly amalgamated. ...
Read More »Laneway animation study is available
Two reports are available for download on study results and recommendations about making the city’s laneways safer, more exciting By Jayme Turney – Toronto Public Space Initiative Completes Research and Guidelines On Laneway Animation Over 2012 and 2013 Toronto Public ...
Read More »Transformation Through Participation – Internship Matching Launch
Program matches 20 qualified candidates with 9 select community projects, and ends April 2013 By Jayme Turney – This pilot project, Transformation Through Participation, developed by planning consultants (Josephine Cusumano and Justin Shin) and our own TPSI staff, matches senior ...
Read More »CUPE to leaflet at subways
In advance of the provincial Throne Speech By Craig Saunders – Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will leaflet at subway stations surrounding Queen’s Park on Tuesday, in advance of the provincial Throne Speech. “Collective bargaining and ...
Read More »Report card on Toronto elementary schools is coming
By Peter Cowley – The Fraser Institute’s Report Card on Ontario’s Elementary Schools 2013, the go-to source for measuring school improvement, will be released Sunday, February 17 at 6:30 a.m. (Eastern). The report card provides parents with information they can’t ...
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