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Immigrants accounted for 63% of Ontario's labour force growth from 2015–2022
The Canadian Equivalent of the "9-of-10 Jobs to Foreign-Born
“**63% of Ontario's labour force growth from 2015–2022**”
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Hamilton's opioid death rate has run roughly 40–45% above the Ontario provincial average for years
How We Got Here: A Field Guide to the Fentanyl Crisis in Can
“Hamilton's opioid death rate has run roughly 40–45% above the Ontario provincial average for years”
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9/44/47-cent tax-dollar split
Anti-SLAPP legislation in Ontario (s. 137.1 Courts of Justice Act) is broadly favourable to public-interest reporting
PASS 4 — The Researchers, The Natural Experiments, and the T
“Anti-SLAPP legislation in Ontario (s. 137.1 *Courts of Justice Act*) is broadly favourable to public-interest reporting;”
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Hamilton's 14.4% one-year increase from 2022 to 2023 was the largest of any Ontario community tracked by SPRC Hamilton
Hamilton's Short-Term Rental Crackdown and the "Demand-Side
“Hamilton's 14.4% one-year increase from 2022 to 2023 was the largest of any Ontario community tracked by SPRC Hamilton”
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Assessment freeze is at January 1, 2016 values
Fact-Check & Gap Analysis: Tax and Regulatory Anatomy of a S
“Frozen at January 1, 2016 values”
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WSIB 2025 premium rates page confirms average premium rate for Ontario businesses in 2025 to $1.25 per $100 of insurable payroll
Fact-Check & Gap Analysis: Tax and Regulatory Anatomy of a S
“We're lowering the average premium rate for Ontario businesses in 2025 to $1.25 per $100 of insurable payroll, the lowest it has been in more than 50 years.”
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Ontario's system is revenue-neutral
EV battery commitments concentrate in Ontario and Quebec
The Stellantis NextStar plant sits in Windsor West
The Canadian Economic Dossier (1994–May 2026)
“The Stellantis NextStar plant sits in Windsor West (Liberal);”
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Ontario was the first to open the online gambling market
Home | The National Post Home Page | National Post
“How Canada's bid to rein in online gambling led to $103B in bets a year, suicides and bankruptcies”
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Ontario was the first to open the online gambling market
Home | The National Post Home Page | National Post
“How Canada's bid to rein in online gambling led to $103B in bets a year, suicides and bankruptcies”
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Disputed — who says what, against what see standalone →
These are things people say about Ontario that aren't settled fact — each one attributed to who's actually claiming it, so a claim never quietly passes as established just because it showed up in a document. Weigh it yourself.
Disputed
"the legislation is problematic"
Asserted by Neighbourhood Group/Kensington Market · stance: critical
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
How We Got Here: A Field Guide to the Fentanyl Crisis in Can ↗
Disputed
"The province delisted OxyContin in March 2012 to save lives"
Unattributed assertion · stance: neutral
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
The Fentanyl Crisis Research Synthesis: Sharpest Evidence fo ↗
Disputed
"Every region of Ontario will benefit with thousands of jobs being created and a stronger economy"
Asserted by Doug Ford · stance: pro
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
Stellantis and LG Energy Solution to Invest Over $5 Billion ↗
Disputed
"A reassessment date announcement will change the picture"
Unattributed assertion · stance: neutral
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
Fact-Check & Gap Analysis: Tax and Regulatory Anatomy of a S ↗
Disputed
"the change in opioid death rate since 2022-2023 is empirically correct"
Unattributed assertion · stance: neutral
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
How We Got Here: A Field Guide to the Fentanyl Crisis in Can ↗
Disputed
"Fatal overdose rates more than doubled since the delisting of OxyContin in 2012"
Asserted by Ontario · stance: critical
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
The Fentanyl Crisis Research Synthesis: Sharpest Evidence fo ↗
Disputed
"Properties that have appreciated faster than the average since 2016 are paying disproportionately less"
Unattributed assertion · stance: neutral
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
Fact-Check & Gap Analysis: Tax and Regulatory Anatomy of a S ↗
Timeline see standalone →
2021
2021
xylazine detection surge
2024
2024
Opioid deaths down 15% in 2024
2024
2024
2024
Toronto–St. Paul's 2024
2025
2025
2016 assessment freeze
2025
Ontario's Community Care and Recovery Act
2025-06
funding cut for additional sites
2025-11
Ontario Fall Economic Statement
2027
2027
2027 Ontario provincial election
2025
April 2025
Closure of five sites hosting the drug-checking service
2026
April 2026
Funding pulled for Ontario's last provincially supported supervised consumption site
2025
June 2025
Funding cut to seven sites
2012
March 2012
delisting of OxyContin
Undated
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Ontario Budget 2026
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Hamilton's opioid death rate exceeded Ontario average
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Announcement of battery manufacturing facility
People
Brian Kingstonfunded