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Basic Income in Canada – Using the Ontario model would would cost between $76.0 billion and $79.5 billion
The total annual estimated gross cost of the defined GBI would range between $76.0 billion and $79.5 billion for the period 2018-2023. The guaranteed income for disability would range between $3.2 billion and $3.5 billion. PBO forecasts that more than 7.5 million people would benefit from the basic cost of GBI. Thus, on a per capita basis, the annual cost … Continue reading
ICT Immigrants in Ontario – Prioritized under a new strategy implemented for the week beginning June 26
Candidates in the Express Entry pool for immigration to Canada with work experience in the Information and Communications Technology Sector (ICT) are being prioritized for immigration by the province of Ontario, under a new strategy implemented for the week beginning June 26. The update to the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) concerns the Human Capital … Continue reading
Ontario – Le salaire minimum à 15$ l’heure d’ici 2019
L’Ontario fera passer son salaire minimum à 15$ l’heure d’ici 2019 dans le cadre d’une réforme des lois du travail, qui élargira également le droit à des congés payés en plus d’abolir l’écart de rémunération entre employés à temps plein et à temps partiel. La première ministre Kathleen Wynne en a fait l’annonce mardi, dans … Continue reading
Regulated Professions in Ontario – Labour Market Trends and Outlooks
A key differentiating factor is the marked difference in the proportion of graduates from professional programs who become licensed members and practise in their respective profession. A large proportion of graduates from education, health and law programs pursue licensure, although many law and education graduates work in unrelated occupations. The rates of engineering and architecture … Continue reading
Higher Education in Ontario – College transfer students earned fewer credits each year, had lower GPAs, and were less able to earn credits from course attempts
Increasing the rate of student transfers from college to university has become a prior- ity in Ontario in recent years and increasing numbers of Ontario postsecondary students have been transferring. However, little research has examined how the college students perform academically upon arriving at university . Given the emphasis on increasing migration from college to … Continue reading
Ontario – An experiment with basic income buried away in Ontario’s 2016 budget
Buried away in Ontario’s 2016 budget documents are unspecific plans for the Canadian government to start giving a guaranteed, unconditional salary away to a few people just for being alive. “The pilot project will test a growing view at home and abroad that a basic income could build on the success of minimum wage policies and increases in … Continue reading
Budget 2016 en Ontario – Université gratuite pour les moins nantis grâce au remaniement des fonds existants
Les étudiants ontariens au baccalauréat se plaignent depuis des années de payer les droits de scolarité les plus élevés au pays. Selon le ministre des Finances Charles Sousa, grâce au nouveau programme : Plus de 50 % des étudiants postsecondaires dont le revenu familial est de 83 000 $ ou moins ne paieront pas de droits de scolarité. 90 … Continue reading
Skills Gap in Ontario – In a groundbreaking pilot project by the Higher Education Quality Council
Executives in 20 recent employer surveys said they look to hire people with so-called “soft” or “essential skills” — communicating, problem-solving, critical thinking, teamwork — “yet this is where they see students being deficient,” said Harvey Weingarten, president of Ontario’s higher education think-tank. If these skills are so important, it’s time to actually test students … Continue reading
Ontario pension plan benefits indexed to inflation: Wynne
It won’t be launched for another year, but details of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) were unveiled Tuesday, and it includes benefits indexed to inflation. Last April, Ontario passed legislation to create a provincial pension for the more than 3.5 million people who do not have a workplace pension. The ORPP will be phased … Continue reading
Immigration in Ontario – Two New Express Entry Provincial Nominee Streams
Background: Ontario’s Provincial Nominee Program and Express Entry The Provincial Nominee Program was established to allow provinces the ability to nominate qualified workers, professionals and international students who wish to become Canadian permanent residents according to the economic needs of each province. Each year, the federal government decides on the number of provincial nominees each … Continue reading
Canada – Youth heading west
It’s no news that young skilled workers are flocking to the Western provinces in search of opportunities. But a new study found a link between high employment rates and private sector investment. The report by the Fraser Institute says that jobs are booming in Alberta and Saskatchewan, while Quebec, Ontario and Atlantic provinces are losing young … Continue reading
Mining Supply and Services in Ontario – Sustaining 68,000 direct and indirect jobs study finds
In 2011, Ontario’s mining supply and services sector contributed $3.9 billion to the province’sgross domestic product, and sustained around 68,000 direct and indirect jobs, according to to a new study published by the Canadian Association of Mining Equipment and Services for Export (CAMESE). CAMESE managing director Jon Baird said the study’s finding are historic, because … Continue reading
Canada – Weak job creation in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic provinces is a big risk to the economy
Finance Minister Joe Oliver was warned in a meeting Monday with top Bay Street economists that Canadas economy is at risk unless there is more job creation in central and eastern Canada. One of those economists, Douglas Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets, told reporters after their meeting with Oliver that Alberta alone has … Continue reading
Ontario – How would the Retirement Pension Plan work ?
Often considered an issue that only engages politics at the federal level, pensions have dominated much of the early debate so far in the Ontario provincial election. The reason is a proposal put forward by Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne to create a made-in-Ontario pension called the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) to supplement the Canada … Continue reading
Manufacturing in Ontario / Some 300,000 jobs lost over the past decade
Ontario’s manufacturing sector was once the bedrock of the province’s economy. But over the past decade the sector has lost some 300,000 jobs and its share of GDP has declined sharply. Whereas in 2002 the sector accounted for 8.9 per cent of Canada’s GDP and 21.7 per cent of Ontario’s, it now accounts for just … Continue reading
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