A frequent argument made against an increase to Ontario’s minimum wage is the potential impact on small businesses. However, increasingly, it is large firms that...

In 2008, the global financial crisis resulted in the restructuring of markets and prompted unemployment, income inequality and poverty rates to increase both worldwide and...

The purpose of this strategy document is to provide a clear roadmap that the City of Toronto can use - in partnership with other governments,...

As the Employment Insurance program (EI) nears its 70th anniversary, for many workers in Canada—now facing an indefinite recession marked by massive job loss—there is...

In August 2008, the World Health Organization released a groundbreaking study on the social determinants of health – the political, social and economic forces that...

Toronto's young families face serious roadblocks in making a good life for themselves and their children. The rise in non-standard work with its characteristic low...