Amid speculation that Doug Ford may call an early election in Ontario, there are several issues that should amount to a moment of deep political vulnerability for his government.
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Censure might occasionally be necessary to preserve the integrity of a parliament, but using it to punish members for their personal views threatens the foundations of democracy.
The response to Sarah Jama’s comments on Gaza highlights the anti-Black and Islamophobic sentiments within Canadian politics.
Doug Ford’s Ontario government is running up major long-term economic and environmental costs and liabilities, eroding the province’s capacity to deal with future challenges.
Ontario’s new policy on youth leaving care comes into effect April 1. While the policy provides welcomed support for youth, there are still gaps that need to be addressed.
The right to disconnect can be the catalyst an organization needs to review its workplace policies. But what’s really needed is a cultural shift that gives workers more control over how they work.
CERB was a lifeline but no paradise, highlighting the struggles of social assistance recipients to get by on much less.
The pandemic’s third wave has brought Ontario to the brink of catastrophe. The best options for controlling the situation are well understood, so why won’t the provincial government implement them?
Digital health can improve care, but in Ontario, health data are still fragmented, despite billions of dollars spent over the last two decades to enable fast and secure exchange of health information.
Is Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s mishandling of the second wave of COVID-19 a byproduct of his pro-business sympathies?
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has presented an image of deep concern and empathy for the victims of COVID-19. But he’s flailing when it comes to delivering proactive measures to fight the pandemic.
A truly new approach to combating bullying would investigate the factors that make bullying attractive, rewarding and legitimized in the first place, both in schools and beyond.
Despite the Doug Ford government’s claim that it’s now listening to ‘the people,’ there’s little evidence anything has changed.
Proposed new legislation in Ontario will make it much harder to sue the provincial government for its negligence or bad faith.
Low-income, less-educated parents with non-standard work schedules rely most on home child-care providers whose rules would be relaxed under proposed legislation.
Ontario’s Conservative government, despite its “for the people” slogan, is repealing basic protections for the province’s most vulnerable workers.
It is vital that Ontario’s child-care reforms reach all families, and that the province learns from mistakes made in Quebec.
Canadian governments aren’t completely selling off major public works, but their embrace of public-private “partnerships” is giving private financiers control of major infrastructure projects.
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Professor, Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
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Urban law and governance, infrastructure researcher; professor of socio-legal studies, University of Toronto
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Professor of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, McMaster University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Social Science, York University, Canada
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Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor, Sociology, Trent University
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Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor Emeritus, Economics, University of Toronto
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Assistant Researcher, Perlman Lab, Ontario Institute for the Studies of Education, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, McMaster University
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Professor and Dean, Faculty of Law, Western University
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McMaster University
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Assistant Professor, Professional Communication, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor, Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
