unemployment

Juin 18, 2015 10:00AM

Ontario vs. U.S. Rust Belt: No Excuse for Deficits

Despite the talk of painful austerity, Ontario’s recent budget continues to bleed red ink. Finance Minister Charles Sousa projects a deficit this year of $8.5 billion, and doesn’t predict an actual balancing of the books until 2017-18 fiscal year.

Étiquettes:

ontario debt, ontario deficit, unemployment, Rust belt, Rust belt states, ontario economy

Juin 2, 2015 9:00AM

What’s Wrong with Alberta Aggressively Increasing the Minimum Wage?

Charles Lammam, Jason Clemens

The new NDP government in Alberta has indicated that it will aggressively increase the province’s minimum wage from $10.20 to $15 per hour over the next three years.

Étiquettes:

minimum wage, alberta, NDP government, minimum hourly wage, employment, unemployment, poverty

Novembre 30, 2006 2:00AM