by Jessica Rapson Code and Dataset https://github.com/UnrequitedReason/Ontario-Taxes Highlights In Ontario, the increase in taxes and decrease in benefits that follow from an income increase substantially depress marginal earnings for low earners, reducing additional income gains by 70% to over 100% These low marginal earnings may disincentivize individual efforts to increase income at lower earning levels…
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Bioharvesting: A Potential Solution for Improving the Toronto Harbour’s Water Quality
Ian T. D. Thomson The Toronto Harbour area is contaminated. Though frequently used for various recreational activities, such as boating, swimming and fishing, since 1986 the federal government has designated it an Area of Concern (AOC) due to issues with water quality and environmental health. The source of these issues? Storm water overflows mixing with…
Why Only Giving Welfare Benefits to the Poor is Unfair… to the Poor
Means-testing benefits hurts the middle class and those who want to join it By Marvin JS Ferrer Many Canadian federal and provincial government social welfare programs are targeted mainly at lower-income individuals and families. The rationale behind this “means-tested” approach to welfare benefits is that people who have higher incomes do not need social assistance….
Metrolinx Weekend GO Expansion Off to a Good Start
Weekend ridership jumps after weekend service is introduced to the Barrie line. But is it enough? Marvin JS Ferrer Metrolinx is engaged in a long-term dramatic expansion of weekday and weekend GO train service in the Greater Toronto Area. In a promising start, at the beginning of 2017 Metrolinx introduced weekend Barrie GO train service,…
A Closer Look at Drug Addiction in Canada.
Harpreet Sahota With the Canadian government planning to legalize marijuana by July 2018, now is an important time to discuss the impact of existing drug policies in Canada. The criminalization of drugs has created a huge burden on the criminal justice system and has contributed to the continual stigmatization of people with drug addictions. The…
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in Ontario: The Case for Race-based Data Collection
Srijoni Rahman “There hasn’t been a time in the last 50 years when we have not marched on the streets of Toronto calling out to put an end to racism,” she exclaimed into the microphone. “And so here we are again. … Here we are many years later doing the same thing, calling attention to…
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