Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press

Keith Leslie, The Canadian Press

Education minister: Teachers no sicker than before they lost right to bank sick days

Education Minister Liz Sandals says it looks like Ontario teachers are taking more sick days because they lost the right to bank them and take a cash payout on retirement. “There’s no reason to believe that they’re actually sicker than they were two years ago,” Sandals said with a chuckle as she entered a cabinet […]

  • March 31, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:14

Ontario will test idea of a guaranteed minimum income to ease poverty

A single paragraph buried in the Ontario budget could mean big changes in the lives of some of the province’s most impoverished residents by giving them a guaranteed minimum income. Last month’s provincial budget promised a pilot project to test “that a basic income could build on the success of minimum wage policies and increases […]

  • March 14, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:15