Between February 2020 and July 2022, public-sector employment increased by 366,800 jobs compared to 56,100 jobs in the private sector.
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September 22, 2022
9:01AM
Canada's real GDP declined by 11 per cent in the second quarter of 2020.
September 20, 2022
11:57AM
The pipeline carries 540,000 barrels of oil and natural gas liquids per day to Ontario’s four operating refineries in Sarnia.
September 14, 2022
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Between 2018 and 2024, the Ford government will increase debt by a forecasted average of $20.7 billion annually.
September 13, 2022
4:00AM
The national employment rate in 2022 was 0.2 percentage points below the rate in 2019.
September 8, 2022
9:10AM
In the region, on a per-person basis, Toronto spent the least on waste disposal, sewer systems and other environmental infrastructure.
September 7, 2022
10:56AM
Twenty-two GTHA municipalities increased per-person spending between 2009 and 2019.
September 2, 2022
10:40AM
Burnaby allocated the highest share of spending to parks and recreation.
September 1, 2022
8:28AM
From 2008/09 to 2020/21, the province's net financial position deteriorated by almost $100 billion.
August 27, 2022
5:00AM
Nineteen of the region's 26 municipalities spent more than 60 per cent of their budgets on employee compensation and contracted services.
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