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Is Ontario’s Ensuing Fiscal Squeeze Salvageable?

In Andrew Perez on January 11, 2012 at 10:00 am

Andrew Perez


The Backdrop

Ontario just can’t get a break. Once the economic backbone of Canada, the province was paralyzed by the global economic crisis that ravished the globe three years ago. Fast forward to January 2012: the province is saddled with a $16-billion dollar deficit and a rate of growth that is slower than that of some other provinces. With scarce natural resources to draw upon and a deep reliance on the U.S. economy, Ontario’s fiscal outlook is more severe than that of other provinces.

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More Can be Done to Reduce Medical Errors

In Matt Warwick, Public Policy on November 4, 2011 at 10:00 am

Matt Warwick

Four-year-old Courtney Braund, a recovering leukemia patient in a Halifax hospital, was set to receive her last chemotherapy treatment.

On this particular April day in 1992, she was also scheduled to receive dental surgery due to side effects from the treatment. Her usual chemotherapy drug, vincristine, was a potent medication that is deadly if injected into the spinal cord.

That night, Courtney was very restless while sleeping in her parents bed. She screamed and vomited  the next morning, prompting her parents to take her back to the hospital. Although the error was identified immediately, nothing could be done to change the outcome. Courtney died a week later. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Undergraduate Crisis in Ontario

In John Blattler, Public Policy on November 3, 2011 at 10:00 am

John Blattler

A great deal of hand wringing throughout Canada’s universities has marked 2011.

After decades of topsy-turvy growth, schools are finally assessing the effect of this on undergraduate education. Most do not like what they see. Robert Campbell, president of Mount Allison University, told a conference of his fellow university presidents in March that:

“We all know that the character of undergraduate experience has deteriorated in our lifetimes, especially so in the last decades. And we know in our hearts of hearts that this experience can and should be much better” Read the rest of this entry »

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Time for the not-for-profit sector to lead

In Public Policy, Viola Dessanti on October 31, 2011 at 10:00 am

Viola Dessanti

The Ontario Not-for-Profit sector is vital to Ontario’s economic development and social prosperity. Yet, the sector has been shy of recognizing the knowledge it holds and its capacity for leadership. There are at least three things we can do to address this.

Last summer, Robin Cardozo, CEO of the Ontario Trillium Foundation delivered a speech entitled “Who is going to Address Canada’s Big Issues.” He recognizes that the not-for-profit sector plays a major role in addressing the country’s major issues and he puts out a call to action to the not-for-profit sector: “we may have full plates, tight budgets, limited time and important missions, but we cannot afford to let this opportunity slip … there is no sector better equipped to influence change.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Effect of Rising Tuition on Low to Middle Income Families

In Public Policy, Shranna Jaggernath on October 27, 2011 at 10:00 am

Shranna Jaggernath

If you want a good middle class job, you need to go to university.  That’s what we’ve been told, and we listened.  This past August, the Council of Ontario Universities announced that a record number of 90,000 students had enrolled in Ontario universities for the fall, 2000 more than 2003 when OAC was eliminated and grade 12 and OAC students graduated at the same time.

However, with Ontario’s university students facing the highest tuition fees in the country, lower to middle income families are struggling with the ability to help their child go to university and graduate without debt. Read the rest of this entry »

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