Mar 7, 2012
Tax relief and the austerity agenda
Michael Laxer
Now, more than ever, we need to fight for real, fair, steeply graded progressive income taxes.
Don Drummond
Feb 24, 2012
McGuinty's austerity agenda will do nothing to create jobs, says CUPE Ont. president
John Bonnar Audio Blog
Listen to an interview with CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn as he talks about the devastating effects cuts to public services and new user fees will have on average Ontarians.
Feb 21, 2012
The world that made Don Drummond
Michael Laxer
In Canada, we can see a neo-liberal ideological shift in many ways. Unlike the U.S. and the U.K., Canada took slightly longer to capitulate in the face of the new hegemony.
Feb 16, 2012
Drummond: The good, the bad and the ugly
Erin Weir
The Ontario government should adopt the good, minimize the bad by reversing corporate tax cuts and permanently restricting HST input tax credits, and forget the ugly, in the Drummond report.
Feb 16, 2012
Drummond report to cut deeper and last longer than Harris reforms of 1990s
Jonah Gindin
Just six weeks before the expected announcement of the Ontario provincial budget, the government has finally released the long-awaited report of the Drummond Commission.
Feb 15, 2012
We can hear the drummin' and the Drummond ain't good
Adrienne Silnicki
I'm writing this blog because I'm anxious about the Drummond report being released today. Two hours left until the launch of what the media is referring to as "D(rummond)-Day."
Feb 15, 2012
Rich have succeeded in keeping tax hikes off the political agenda
Thousands of Ontarians will likely sleep fitfully tonight, knowing their fate is in the hands of Don Drummond. Others will sleep like babies, knowing the powerful ex-banker can do them no harm.
Feb 15, 2012
Recession, deficits and austerity in Ontario
Ontario public service advocates and providers are becoming increasingly and rightfully alarmed about the direction of provincial finances, in the run-up to the public release of the Drummond report.
Feb 13, 2012
The faulty premise for the Drummond Commission
Salimah Valiani
Offering a different approach from the Drummond Commission, "Fixing the Fiscal House: Alternative macroeconomic solutions for Ontario," is a research paper released by the Ontario Nurses' Association.
Feb 13, 2012
Drummond Commission: Taking Ontario out of commission
Lana Goldberg
Premier Dalton McGuinty put a banker, Don Drummond, in charge of examining Ontario's public services and asked him to recommend ways to decrease government spending.
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