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  1. Extending Ontario elementary teacher contracts—at what cost?

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, February 15, 2017 The two-year contract extension with Ontario’s elementary teachers, recently announced by the minister of education, if ratified, most likely eliminates the possibility of teacher labour disruption during the ...

  2. Education spending reform can help address Ontario’s fiscal problems

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, January 11, 2017 It’s widely known that Ontario faces severe fiscal challenges. With a debt burden exceeding $300 billion, the need for action to fix our finances should be clear. But how can the provincial government clean up ...

  3. Teacher compensation and union contract extensions in Ontario

    Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, October 8, 2016 With an eye on the next election, Premier Kathleen Wynne is attempting to secure labour peace in the K-12 education sector in Ontario by proposing an extension of existing teacher contracts. But a recent Fraser ...

  4. Reality check on education spending in Ontario

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, March 16, 2016 There’s a lot to criticize in Ontario's 2016 budget, which was released late last month. Specifically, the province has failed to take adequate steps to rein in overall spending, and as a result the ...

  5. Ontario in no position to increase teacher salaries

    Appeared in National Newswatch, March 12, 2016 The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, one of Ontario’s largest teachers’ unions, wants to bolster its strike fund, apparently readying itself for possible labour action when its current contract ...

  6. Despite lack of funding, parents increasingly choose independent schools in Ontario

    Appeared in the National Post, October 9, 2015 In Ontario, more and more parents are choosing to enroll their children in independent schools. This despite the fact that Ontario, unlike several other provinces, provides no financial assistance to parents ...

  7. Financial Savings: Restructuring Education in Ontario Using the British Columbia Model

    Almost one-fifth (18.7 percent) of Ontario’s budget is spent on JK-12 education. With recurring deficits—the most recent ($11.3 billion) amounting to almost half the entire public JK-12 budget ($23.8 billion in 2013/14)—and provincial net debt of $269.3 ...