Ricardo Tranjan

Ontario government shows up late and brings little to post-secondary education crisis - CCPA Ontario is spending less on education than in 2018, despite "historical" new funding from the provincial government.

Ontario's post-secondary education plan announced today is better than nothing, but not much better than anything else.

The claim that the plan represents a "historical investment" is, once again, rather disingenuous.

Detailed analysis below.

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BC residents have shrinking access to family doctors, despite more doctors - CCPA Primary care access is declining in BC. With a new provincial budget on the way, how has spending on doctors affected it?

BC's new payment model for family doctors increased pay and drew more doctors to the province. But there's one problem—access to family doctors has actually declined. By @alonghurst.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca
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The numbers don’t lie: The housing crisis is not caused by a supply shortage - CCPA Financialization, not demographics, caused the cost of housing to explode

In this latest @policyalternatives.ca analysis, our external contributor @nikoblock.bsky.social challenges the trickle-down logic that progressives consistently oppose on every policy issue, except housing. Clear charts & easy-to-cite figures.

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In Ontario, it’s a time of plenty for private health care while public hospitals starve - CCPA Ontario public hospitals face large deficits even as the provincial government doles out more cash to for-profit providers.

Ontario has the lowest per-capita hospital spending in the country. Expanding private care will worsen access. By @alonghurst.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #onpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Donald Trump wants to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes. Should Canada do the same? The federal NDP says it could help but it needs to focus on rental housing, blaming corporations and real-estate investment trusts or REITs for purchasing low-cost units, evicting tenants for renovati...

"Economist @ricardotranjan.bsky.social said it’s short-sighted to focus only on adding units without considering the impact of corporate ownership, comparing it to trickle-down economics." Corporations will purchase cheaper units, renovict tenants to maximize profits www.ipolitics.ca/2026/01/13/d...

Public Utilities Board approves 4 per cent rate hike, higher than Manitoba Hydro requested The Public Utilities Board said it had no choice but to approve a higher general rate increase than Manitoba Hydro had requested because the Crown utility is in a financial bind thanks to prolonged dr...

ICYMI: Niall Harney, a senior researcher at @ccpamb.bsky.social, said Hydro rate increases are unavoidable. But he supports the Consumers Coalition’s call for a program to [help] low-income Manitobans. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Welcome to CCPA's Chartapolooza 2025. First up is
@ccpa-on.bsky.social: The numbers behind #Ontario's school board takeovers: How can boards balance budgets when the funds are not there? Chec out the original post by
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Opinion: Hydro staffing must remain the focus Over the last year, the provincial government and Manitoba Hydro have announced several projects that follow through on the province’s Affordable Energy Strategy, including Bipoles I and II refurbishm...

#Manitoba Hydro is under pressure to keep costs down as it begins a cycle of expansion. It must not push cost-cutting measures onto frontline staff. This only increase costs in the long term. By Niall Harney @ccpamb.bsky.social #canlab

Algoma Steel layoffs signal it’s time for Canada to up its game on trade and industrial policy - CCPA Algoma Steel’s announcement that it will lay off more than 1,000 workers in Sault Ste Marie is just the latest in a string of bad news from President Trump‘s trade war. Canada needs to respond quickly...

Industrial transformation and renewal is essential if Canada wants to weather Trump’s economic warfare—but we cannot afford to be so haphazard with public funds. By @marclee.bsky.social and Stuart Trew @policyalternatives.ca
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Canada needs a generational investment in non-market and public housing Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-12-05 · 18m

POD DROP! Marc Lee reports back on Elbows Up: A Practical Program for Canadian Sovereignty and the need for a generational investment in non-market housing. @policyalternatives.ca @marclee.bsky.social @ricardotranjan.bsky.social tiny.cc/c62w001 #canPoli #housing

L’Ontario a besoin d’un plan pour recruter des enseignantes et des enseignants - CCPA Dans son énoncé économique de l’automne cette année, le gouvernement de l’Ontario a répété sans cesse son intention de protéger l’économie et la population de l’Ontario « pour des décennies à venir »....

La main-d’œuvre en enseignement prend de l’âge, mais les jeunes travailleuses et travailleurs se tiennent à l’écart des salles de classe. La situation peut et devrait changer. @ricardotranjan.bsky.social @carolinaaragao.bsky.social
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L’Ontario a besoin d’un plan pour recruter des enseignantes et des enseignants - CCPA Dans son énoncé économique de l’automne cette année, le gouvernement de l’Ontario a répété sans cesse son intention de protéger l’économie et la population de l’Ontario « pour des décennies à venir »....

Durant l’année scolaire 2002-2003, 15,5 pour cent des enseignant-e-s en Ontario étaient dans la vingtaine. Vingt ans plus tard, ce pourcentage a chuté à 4,9 pour cent!

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Ontario urgently needs a teacher recruitment plan: the workforce is aging quickly, and younger workers appear uninterested in the profession. #onpoli #onted

@ccpa-on.bsky.social full analysis and revealing charts:
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The Buy Ontario Act is a rebrand with little new to offer - CCPA On November 20, the government of Ontario announced  the Buy Ontario Act. This is a follow up to a 2022 policy—the Building Ontario Businesses Initiative Act—that favoured Ontarian suppliers within pu...

Governments should indeed be using their procurement powers to encourage local contracts. The new Buy Ontario Act falls short in important ways. By @noahfry.bsky.social #onpoli
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New from NHAs' blog: our analysis of Ontario's Bill 60.

Bill 60, as proposed, will make it easier & faster to evict tenants.

We explore 6 proposed changes, showing how they will erode tenants protections & further fuel Ontario's homelessness crisis 👇🧵
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Ontario Fall Economic Statement: No help on the way - CCPA Last May, CCPA’s detailed analysis of the Ontario budget argued that it failed to address years-long funding shortfalls, leaving the province vulnerable to the economic storm on the horizon.

The real message Ontario's fall economic statement delivered is that there is no help on the way for Ontario families and communities by @ricardotranjan.bsky.social
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Post-election budget could plunge Canada into another federal election - CCPA With so much on the line, the newly elected federal government has tabled a budget that, in many ways, could pass as a Conservative budget.

#Budget2025 analysis from @policyalternatives.ca: Major military spending will come at a huge cost to vital public programs and services. Which parties will support the minority government on this one? By @davidmaccdn.bsky.social @hadrianmk.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Oil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budget The budget makes clear that fossil fuel production for export is a central pillar of this government’s economic strategy — and that it won’t let climate measures get in the way.

Oil and gas trumps climate action in brutal federal budget. By senior @policyalternatives.ca researcher @hadrianmk.bsky.social #budget2025 #cdnpoli #ClimateCrisis www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/04/o...

Ricardo Tranjan: Think Doug Ford has walked back his war on tenants? There’s more to come. Here’s how it should be fought. Last week, the Ontario government introduced Bill 60, Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act. It includes many troubling legislative changes, but popular outcry so far has focused on the direct attack

Bill 60 is a vicious, one-sided tenancy legislation. It will cause widespread suffering and loss of life. Anyone who stays neutral is complicit. In this @thestar.com article, I focus on why mayors should fight it.

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Mark Carney and Doug Ford keep serving Big Landlords ⋆ The Breach Economist Ricardo Tranjan joins Desmond Cole to discuss how Ford and Carney’s housing policies heavily favours corporate landlords

Doug Ford and Mark Carney are making big moves on housing — but tenant groups and housing experts are raising an alarm.

@ricardotranjan.bsky.social joins @desmondcole.bsky.social to discuss how the emerging policy heavily favours corporate landlords. breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-...

Budgets are meant to be good news docs. This one will downplay all that will be lost with 15% cuts in most depts. We've scoured dept docs to identify programs likely to be "sunset" and the 52 depts likely to use this strategy @policyalternatives.ca 🧵👇👇👇

Doug Ford government proposes to allow tenant evictions when leases are up in new bill Currently, tenants are protected from eviction unless there is a legal reason — such as unpaid rent or the landlord wants to move in — even after their lease expires.

www.thestar.com/real-estate/... “It’s a straightforward attack on tenant protections in Ontario,” said @ricardotranjan.bsky.social, political economist at the @policyalternatives.ca

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The rationale for Ontario’s Bill 60 does not hold up - CCPA Yesterday, the Ontario government introduced Bill 60, Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025, which contains many disconcerting, proposed changes to the Residential Tenancy Act.

When introducing Bill 60, the Ontario government said the bill would unlock tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of new units but the numbers don't add up by @ricardo_tranjan www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

“Throughout Canadian history, private developers and landlords took advantage of various crises to enrich themselves. The property-owning class’s impetus to exploit the universal need for shelter is a constant.” @ricardotranjan.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca

Que peut Projet Montréal face à la crise du logement? – Pivot Le nouveau chef Luc Rabouin a le défi de donner plus de mordant aux politiques parfois insuffisantes héritées de l’administration Plante.

« Les gouvernements [doivent] reprendre l’initiative et avoir les moyens de construire plus de logements à l’écart du marché », a déclaré @ricardotranjan.bsky.social. @policyalternatives.ca pivot.quebec/2025/10/23/q...

Canada set a poverty reduction goal. We’re falling behind. - CCPA Canada vowed to end poverty by 2030, yet progress has stalled. The government can’t wait any longer to deliver real solutions.

Canada vowed to end #poverty by 2030, yet progress has stalled. The government can’t wait any longer to deliver real solutions. By Jasmine Ramze Rezaee and Leila Sarangi @policyalternatives.ca #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Cuts will impact women and racialized public servants disproportionately, new analysis says An estimated 59 per cent of the workers cut will be women, according to a new analysis by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

“...[W]e can expect wider employment gaps, wider pay gaps and the erosion of access to critical employment benefits,” explain @policyalternatives.ca senior economist @davidmaccdn.bsky.social and senior researcher @kjscott.bsky.social #cdnpoli ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...

November 2 – Errol Black Chair Fundraising Brunch 2025 - CCPA Keynote Speaker Peggy Nash, CCPA Executive Director Sunday November 2,

Join the CCPA for the annual Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues Fundraising Brunch honouring The National Farmers Union in Manitoba. With keynote speaker, CCPA ED Peggy Nash. Nov.2 at 10 AM at Hotel Fort Garry in Winnipeg! www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Linda McQuaig: There’s much talk about building a stronger Canada, but silence about the one strategy that actually worked If we’re truly interested in bold ideas, Canada should free ourselves from the notion that the only way to build a country is to cater to corporate titans.

It was public--not private--enterprise that built this country: CNR, Ontario Hydro, the crown corporation that led to the Avro Arrow. Too bad we've forgotten. #cdnpoli #canlab
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