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Media & Policy News: 4 February 2014

February 4, 2014

Top Stories

Hennessy’s Index – Income Splitting: Perks for the Rich
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/facts-infographics/hennessys-index-february-2014

Income splitting: A gift for the affluent:
http://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/en/blog/income-splitting-tax-gift-affluent

Canadian Taxpayers Federation wants $13 billion cut in this year’s Ontario budget:
http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2014/02/03/taxpayers_group_urges_radical_cuts_to_pay_off_ontario_deficit.html

But that won’t solve the real deficit – CCPA’s Hugh Mackenzie says it’s a public services deficit:
http://behindthenumbers.ca/2014/02/03/tackling-ontario-public-services-deficit/

Upcoming Events and Other Good Stuff

Rally for a $14 minimum wage on February 15:
https://www.facebook.com/events/250371015134526/?ref=5&source=1

From Maytree: Feb 19 Five Good Ideas session with Armine Yalnizyan on how to tackle income inequality (and check the other great info):
http://www.mailoutinteractive.com/Industry/View.aspx?id=527448&print=1&q=690642232&qz=64daeb

Making Ends Meet: The latest in CPJ’s “Poverty Trends” Scorecard:
http://www.cpj.ca/making-ends-meet

A new video on the state of homelessness in Canada in 2013:
http://vimeo.com/83631173

CPAs start their free tax clinics for Ontarians with low incomes mid-February:

  • Locations: http://www.cpaontario.ca/Public/apps/TaxClinics/taxclinics.aspx
  • Information: http://www.cpaontario.ca/Public/FreeTaxClinics/1007page1057.aspx

Ontario

Which way will Ontario go on pension reform? Could know sooner than later:
http://www.thestar.com/about/2014/02/01/massive_ontario_pension_scheme_at_decision_point_cohn.html

An undocumented Canadian is denied status in life, and dignity in death:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/02/02/ontario_denies_dignity_in_death.html

Deficit Games: There is no structural deficit, just overinflated projections:
http://behindthenumbers.ca/2014/01/29/the-staying-power-of-ontarios-deficit-games/

Farm group says higher minimum wage will lead to agriculture job losses:
http://www.betterfarming.com/comment/11662

Andrew Coyne posits a sharp divide between minimum income and minimum wage:
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/01/27/andrew-coyne-raising-minimum-wage-wont-help-end-poverty-but-giving-the-poor-more-money-will/

Around the Province

Making sure poverty reduction is a priority in Niagara by-election:
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2014/02/02/press-politicians-to-keep-up-fight-against-poverty

Another Niagara group pushes by-election contenders on poverty in Ontario:
http://www.forterietimes.ca/2014/02/03/community-group-promotes-poverty-free-ontario

Sudbury refuses to consider using City Hall as an emergency warming shelter:
http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/story/no-new-options-people-sudburys-icy-streets/20911

Across the Country

New report says the annual cost of poverty in Saskatchewan is $3.8 billion:

  • http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/Cost+poverty+Sask/9461693/story.html
  • http://www.paherald.sk.ca/News/Local/2014-02-03/article-3601720/Poverty-carries-a-significant-price-tag/1 

National

Temporary Foreign Workers face challenges in Canada:
http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2014/02/temporary-foreign-workers-face-challenges-in-canada/

International

The latest international data on economic inequality, mapped:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/09/27/map-how-the-worlds-countries-compare-on-income-inequality-the-u-s-ranks-below-nigeria/

Who are the real job creators? A venture capitalist says replace “trickle-down” with “middle-out”:
http://www.upworthy.com/when-they-say-cutting-taxes-on-the-rich-means-job-creation-theyre-lying-just-ask-this-rich-guy

NYT: Just ask business – the middle class is steadily eroding:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/03/business/the-middle-class-is-steadily-eroding-just-ask-the-business-world.html?_r=0

8 ways it’s too expensive to be poor:
http://www.salon.com/2014/02/03/8_surprising_ways_poverty_is_unbearably_expensive_partner/

New York Mayor deBlasio takes on “corporate welfare queens” over taxpayer-subsidized low wages:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/03/de-blasio-living-wage_n_4718350.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

Homelessness and poverty getting worse in France:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/02/02/348830/france-homelessness-getting-worse/

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