Economy

The Ontario Government’s pre-budget consultations are currently underway at Queen’s Park. The Federal budget is set to be released at the beginning of March (that is unless Harper decides for another spontaneous vacation), with the Ontario Budget, and most Provincial budgets, then set to be released by the end of March or beginning of April.

It will, no doubt, be the same tired old routine. Agencies,services,and organizations will line up to sing for their supper in front of the all-party Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. The committee will be sent the same message that the government has gotten and ignored time and time again – that people in this province are suffering,that the people of Ontario cannot handle further cuts to programs or cuts to jobs,that their poverty reduction strategy is failing and that this province desperately needs to see a raise in funding for social assistance,childcare, and education.

Download these comics that explain how aspects of the financial system, economy and capitalism work.

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Introduction by A.J. Withers
Blowing Bubbles by Paul Daniel
Trickle Down Credit by A.J Withers
The Hedge of Reason by A.J. Withers
Eeyore Gets Over Extended AKA Credit Default Swaps by A.J. Withers
Capitalism by A.J. Withers
Back To The Futures by A.J. Withers
How Many Refrigerators Do You Need To Cause A Crisis? by A.J. Withers
Keynes On The Brain by Laura Mac

THE IMMEDIATE AND ONGOING CRISIS OF POVERTY AND FOOD INSECURITY IN ONTARIO: Click here to see a point-by-point breakdown of the attacks on poor and working people by all 3 levels of government over the past decade. From the ending of funding by the Federal government in 1993 for subsidized housing to the dismal welfare rates and growing ranks of people working for low wages in 2005.