In a lunch-hour workshop, Ontario Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Randy Robinson, delivered an informative session about underfunding of Ontario Services and how that hits families and the most vulnerable.
Randy went over the sequential series of PC and Liberal Finance Ministers that have eroded the Ontario’s revenue position.
“They’ll tell ya that we’re broke, but this province has money like you wouldn’t believe,” he told the assembled delegates.
“Ontario is a tax cutting jurisdiction and we have been for 20+ years,” said Robinson, outlining how government policies over many years have created a revenue problem in the province.
CCPA pushes out issues on labor market and talking public finances. Looking to reach out to union locals to talk about the books in Ontario. You can watch a video from the CCPA outlining the Ontario CCPA’s research called “Richer than ever.”