Ontario Economic Development Society

12/22/2017

Hello Everyone! The Basic Income Pilot endorsed by the Ontario government has been launched and is in full effect as of November 29, 2017. Please see the links below for more information on basic income and how to register for the pilot in the designated areas of Hamilton, Brantford, Brant County, Lindsay and Thunder Bay.

OntarioEDS wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year!

https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-basic-income-pilot

https://twitter.com/Kathleen_Wynne/status/944007654925656066

“The holidays, for some, are a particularly difficult time of year. This year we launched a Basic Income pilot to help people who have fallen on hard times get back on their feet. Everyone deserves the chance to share in Ontario’s growing economy.”

05/30/2017

"Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has announced a plan to increase the provincial minimum wage to $15 an hour by Jan. 1, 2019.

The increase would be phased in over the next 18 months, rising to $14 an hour on Jan. 1, 2018, and then to $15 the following January."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-minimum-wage-announcement-1.4137339

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has announced a plan to increase the provincial minimum wage to $15 an hour by Jan. 1, 2019.

01/08/2017

OntarioEDS is currently working on a policy & research report in response to Nestlé’s water-taking permit as issued by Premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne. Residents in Guelph Ont. are challenging Nestlé’s renewal application “to take up to 3.6 million litres a day from its well in nearby Aberfoyle”.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/kathleen-wynne-agrees-to-public-consultation-on-ontario-s-water-taking-permit-review-1.3789019

Premier Kathleen Wynne said today there is "absolutely a place" for public consultation as her government plans to make changes to how water-taking permits are granted in Ontario.

07/13/2016

Our main concerns are obviously the & housing markets

In 1997, there was a famous cover story in the Economist about American stockmarkets entitled “Crash Dammit!” Frustrated analysts just couldn’t understand why massively overpriced shares kept on ri…

06/30/2016

Canada & the US are the world’s largest trading partners with over $670B in goods & services traded in 2015 http://bit.ly/MAU7Hk

06/24/2016

Expect a policy & research project release from OntarioEDS on the Guaranteed Minimum Income in November / December after our 2016 Medicinal & Recreational Ma*****na Regulation policy project is released in October

06/20/2016

Elon Musk has advice for young entrepreneurs http://entm.ag/28J5H2l

After several years and lots of hard work, Elon Musk finally found succes.

06/14/2016

Congratulations to Yasir Naqvi for his new appointment as Attorney General of Ontario

I am incredibly honoured and humbled to be appointed the Attorney General of Ontario, and continue to serve as Government House Leader. Also, proud to be a part of a strong team that is building Ontario up by investing historic amounts in infrastructure, making college and university more affordable and accessible, leading the fight against climate change, and building retirement security for workers. The new cabinet is a blend of continuity, experience and new ideas and energy. I am particularly proud of the Premier’s steps to achieving gender parity with women now making up 40% of our cabinet, and 50 per cent of the key Priorities, Delivery and Growth cabinet committee. With that, today marks a historic day for politics in Ontario. I am eager to get to work with my fellow Cabinet members and all caucus colleagues as we implement our four-part plan over the next two years. And lastly, thank you to my community for the trust and faith they have placed in me to serve Ottawa Centre.

06/13/2016

What's the best pathway to legalization, if that's what we want?
http://on.thestar.com/24K31D9

NDP motion calls on the House of Commons to recognize there’s a contradiction in giving people criminal records for something the government has said should not be a crime.

06/12/2016

Andrew Coyne - can a Guaranteed Minimum Income work in Canada? http://bit.ly/1Y5GoZN

Ensuring no one goes without, while restoring work incentives and granting greater choice in public services, would seem one of the best uses of public funds imaginable

06/10/2016

A -based paralegal is suing the City of Toronto for $1M for limiting his access to illegal dispensaries by shutting them down & thereby restricting his source of medicinal ma*****na. http://bit.ly/1YbKPlK *****na

A medical ma*****na patient is taking on the City of Toronto in a $1-million lawsuit after pot shops closest to him were shut down by the Project Claudia raids.