News reports suggest that the Ford government is digging in its heels, and re-tabling the April 2022 budget this afternoon. This Budget will only worsen the crisis in the health care system. We outlined why the Budget's health spending was inadequate; Base program spending increasing by an average of 3.3% per year over the next 3 years will not keep up with inflation and population growth with inflation at 2% let alone the current rate of 8%. monitormag.ca/articles/ontar…

Sunday is #IWD2020, and a time to reflect on this #onpoli government’s record on women’s work. #canlab #canfem The @fordnation government had targeted public sector workers. Public sector work is mostly women’s work; women are 62% of public sector workers. @CCPA research shows that the racialized gender pay gap is smaller in the public sector. policyalternatives.ca/publications/r…

Important @onpoli report from @info_FAO on Ontario tax expenditures. They cost the Province $44.4 billion. This is the second largest spending area, next to health care. @info_FAO found that over the past eight years tax expenditures grew faster than program spending, averaging 4.4% as compared to 2.6%.