Ontarians are united in our anxiety about the return to school in a year like no other. Despite hopes for a safe September, many parents and education workers expect a second COVID-19 wave this fall, particularly because provincial plans for return to school are so haphazard and inadequate.
The health and economic impacts of COVID-19 have been overwhelming. Governments across the world have
The Ontario government funds its public education system to the tune of approximately $24 billion annually. Despite rising inflation and practices requiring greater accountability between school boards and the provincial government, allotted funding has remained substantially unchanged for two decades.
Each election cycle, Labour Council works to support the election of progressive candidates for city
The City of Toronto serves as the economic heartbeat of Canada, with a wide variety of sectors contributing to the financial health of our country, our province, our city and people who live, work and play here. I
At the end of April, the City of Toronto announced plans to shutter dozens of
After years of pretending that Canada’s largest city can deliver services, maintain aging infrastructure
and tackle the effects of climate change without raising money, a new consensus is emerging on the
need for new sources of city revenue.
Although the Ministry of Education announces that the investment in Ontario’s publicly-funded education system continues
It was hardly a surprise when the top recommendation in the Ontario government’s Final Report and Recommendations of the Gender Wage Gap Strategy Steering Committee stated that “the government should immediately commit to developing an early child care system within a defined time frame.”
The Toronto and York Region Labour Council’s Equity Committee sends its condolences to the family
