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Injured workers are routinely cut off WSIB benefits by improper rulings:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/07/21/injured-workers-routinely-cut-off-wsib-by-improper-rulings.html
Canada Child Benefit cheques hit mailboxes and bank accounts this week.
- Trudeau vows CCB will meet poverty reduction targets: http://www.torontosun.com/2016/07/20/trudeau-vows-new-child-benefit-will-meet-poverty-reduction-targets
- CCB is a win for most families: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/household-finances/new-canada-child-benefit-is-a-win-for-most-families/article31017291/
- But many Indigenous children on reserves will miss out on child benefit due to tax filing requirement: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/07/20/indigenous-children-on-reserves-miss-out-on-child-benefit.html
- Half of aboriginal families on reserve could miss out: http://www.lfpress.com/2016/07/19/new-child-benefit-targets-poverty-in-short-term-and-long-term-minister-says
- Five things to know about the new CCB: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-child-benefit-july-rollout-1.3668698?cmp=rss
- Everything you need to know about the new CCB: http://globalnews.ca/news/2833949/canada-child-benefit-everything-you-need-to-know/
- CCB to lift 46,000 Albertan kids out of poverty: http://www.edmontonsun.com/2016/07/20/revamped-child-benefit-program-will-lift-46000-albertan-kids-out-of-poverty-federal-politicians-say
- Edmonton families “grateful”: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-families-grateful-for-new-child-benefit-payments-1.3687836
- CCB a boon to struggling families in Waterloo region: http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6778255-new-child-benefit-a-boon-to-struggling-families-in-waterloo-region/
- A province-by-province look at the effects of the CCB: http://www.metronews.ca/news/canada/2016/07/19/a-look-by-province-at-the-anti-poverty-effects-of-the-new-child-benefit.html
- Here’s hoping new CCB will boost RESPs: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/bruce-sellery/canada-child-benefit_b_11117844.html
- Worth Repeating: Study shows low income-families spend child benefits on basic needs, education and health – and spend less on alcohol and tobacco: http://martinprosperity.org/content/how-do-families-who-receive-the-cctb-and-ncb-spend-the-money/
Three positive steps toward ending poverty in Canada – CCB, GIS top-up and ACB:
http://behindthenumbers.ca/2016/07/20/3-positive-steps-toward-ending-poverty-in-canada/
Meanwhile, child care is becoming a privilege only upper-income Canadians can afford:
http://globalnews.ca/news/2820001/child-care-becoming-privilege-only-upper-income-canadians-can-afford-advocate/
Here’s how many people who are homeless in Canadian cities are also working:
http://homelesshub.ca/blog/how-many-people-experiencing-homelessness-are-employed
Homelessness funding welcome, but question mark remains over national housing strategy:
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/liberals-homeless-funding-announcement-welcomed-but-sub-par-housing-remains-an-issue-says-expert
- Federal government announces support for training and technical assistance on Housing First:
http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=1098889&tp=1
As virtual work grows, social programs may need a revamp, report argues:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/virtual-work-pensions-employment-online-1.3677888
Yalnizyan: Basic income? How about basic services?:
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/07/19/basic-income-how-about-basic-services.html
CPP expansion set back as BC refuses to ratify:
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/6770171-pension-date-reform-set-back/
- BC to conduct public consultations on CPP expansion: http://insurance-journal.ca/article/bc-holding-off-on-cpp-expansion/
- New report gives CPP expansion the thumbs up: http://www.stockhouse.com/news/press-releases/2016/07/15/new-report-gives-the-canada-pension-plan-cpp-expansion-a-thumbs
Supreme Court affirms unjust dismissal protections for non-unionized workers:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/07/16/brampton-whistleblower-wins-legal-battle-against-company-that-fired-him-without-cause.html
Canadians really, really like the census: Early calculations show response rate of 98 per cent:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//news/national/early-calculations-show-increase-in-census-response-rates-statscan/article31062944/?cmpid=rss1&click=sf_globefb
Trudeau’s first broken promise to First Nations is a whopper:
http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/kelly-mcparland-trudeaus-first-broken-promise-to-natives-is-a-whopper-but-wont-be-the-last
Ontario
The basic income pilot should test provision of security, stability and dignity for all:
http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/6768595-security-stability-and-dignity-for-all-canadians/
Attendees at Ontario’s first anti-racism meeting denounce $5 million budget as peanuts:
http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com%2Fnews%2Fcanada%2Fcanadian-politics%2Fattendees-at-ontarios-first-anti-racism-meeting-denounce-provinces-5-million-budget-for-new-directorate-as-peanuts
Migrant workers, who pick our produce but get treated like property, have a friend in him:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/the-food-53-the-faithful/article30925902/
Star editorial: Why road tolls don’t have to be bad for people who are poor:
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2016/07/15/road-tolls-neednt-be-bad-for-the-poor-editorial.html
Report shows Ontario’s new social assistance SAMS computer system is a health and safety disaster:
https://opseu.org/news/sams-health-and-safety-disaster-report
Ontario boosts benefits fund to help US Steel pensioners:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/province-boosts-benefits-fund-to-help-u-s-steel-pensioners-1.3686107
Ontario toughens workplace sexual harassment law:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/ontario-workplace-sexual-harassment-law-1.3685698
Ontario’s economy leads growth in 2016 first quarter:
https://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2016/07/ontario-economy-a-growth-leader-in-first-quarter-of-2016.html
Reports , Events, Campaigns…
Report says Canada should have a nation-to-nation relationship with Métis:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/tom-isaac-metis-rights-report-1.3689123
The federal government is consulting on planned accessibility legislation:
http://www.esdc.gc.ca/en/consultations/disability/legislation/index.page
Around the Province
Toronto mayor John Tory’s leadership on poverty reduction has gone missing:
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/07/20/is-john-tory-breaking-his-poverty-pledge.html
How women facing violence struggle to access safe housing:
http://torontoist.com/2016/07/how-women-facing-violence-struggle-to-access-safe-housing/
Opening doors to affordable housing in Toronto:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/07/16/opening-doors-to-affordable-housing-in-toronto.html
- Worth Repeating: Jean Swanson: Rent supplements or social housing? Which do we need?: http://themainlander.com/2014/06/17/rent-supplements-or-social-housing-which-do-we-need/
Rural Ontarians left in the dark as electricity bills skyrocket:
http://globalnews.ca/news/2796958/rural-ontarians-left-in-the-dark-as-electricity-bills-skyrocket/
Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood just got two free WiFi hotspots for a year:
http://www.blogto.com/city/2016/07/this_toronto_neighbourhood_just_got_free_wifi_for_a_year/
Mississauga library workers on strike for a living wage:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mississauga-library-strike-1.3683592
- After 18 days, they have reached a deal: http://1989.cupe.ca/2016/07/21/day-18-we-have-a-deal/
Ottawa expands ParaTranspo service to people with developmental and mental health disabilities:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-paratranspo-service-extended-1.3677372
Haliburton man on ODSP scammed by fake job ad:
http://www.haliburtonecho.ca/secondary_id/917?id=876
In Northern Ontario, jobs remain unfilled while welfare rolls are up:
http://www.nugget.ca/2016/07/19/welfare-numbers-spike-while-jobs-in-retail-health-arent-filled
Northern Ontario unemployed workers see expansion in EI benefits this month:
http://www.nugget.ca/2016/07/16/its-hoped-ei-extension-will-keep-number-in-check
Number of people on social assistance in Hastings-Quinte dropped in May:
http://www.quintenews.com/2016/07/number-people-social-assistance-drops/122108/
Across the Country
Saint John group calls for federal help to deal with poverty:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-poverty-federal-assistance-1.3683402
Police in Burnaby BC clear out “demoviction” protesters:
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/british-columbia/burnbay-demoviction-arrests-1.3687088
- Protesters continue to fight: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/burnaby-demoviction-affordable-housing-1.3686615
- CRA launches probe of Vancouver housing market: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/vancouver/canada-revenue-agency-launches-vancouver-housing-probe/article30932513/
- The labour movement and the housing crisis: http://rankandfile.ca/2016/07/22/the-labour-movement-and-the-housing-crisis-long-separated-struggles/
- Swanson: Rent supplements subsidize landlords:
http://thevolcano.org/2016/05/16/rent-supplements-subsidize-landlords-by-jean-swanson/
BC claws back $20,000 in CPP death benefits from dad with disabilities after wife’s death:
http://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/stephen-hume-province-claws-back-wifes-death-benefits-from-daddy-bent-legs?platform=hootsuite
BC backing down from charging welfare recipients for methadone:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/b-c-backing-down-from-charging-welfare-recipients-for-methadone-1.2995663
BC research shows once-a-month welfare payments trigger more than 15 preventable deaths a year:
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/research-shows-once-a-month-welfare-payments-trigger-more-than-15-preventable-deaths-a-year-in-b-c
An increase in disability benefits in BC might actually be a reduction:
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters/disabled-allowance-raise-could-be-a-reduction-1.2303478
Northern BC workers receive changes to Employment Insurance as welcome news:
http://www.thenorthernview.com/news/387476021.html
Tax-filing program pays off for people with disabilities in BC:
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016SDSI0036-001288
Slight drop in Saskatchewan EI recipients in May:
http://globalnews.ca/news/2839248/slight-drop-in-saskatchewan-ei-recipients-during-may/
National
Labour market’s move to low paying jobs causing permanent damage to employment prospects:
http://hibusiness.ca/2016/07/18/permanent-damage-to-employment-prospects-in-canada-as-jobs-move-to-low-paying-sectors/
FCM president says every Canadian needs a safe and affordable place to live:
http://theprovince.com/opinion/columnists/every-canadian-needs-a-safe-and-affordable-place-to-live
Low wage earners with graduate degrees on the rise:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/genymoney/low-wage-earners-with-graduate-degrees-on-rise-new-study-shows/article30892835/
- Here’s the report: http://www.csls.ca/reports/csls2016-10.pdf
Government’s delayed employment records are breaking the law:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/phoenix-roe-law-1.3688017
CPP expansion causing pension re-evaluation across the country:
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/cnw/release.html?rkey=20160719C2984&filter=5599
International
Life in photographs through the eyes of people who are homeless:
http://designyoutrust.com/2016/07/100-cameras-were-given-to-the-homeless-and-this-is-what-they-photographed/
Maine governor supports drug testing for welfare recipients:
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/maine-governor-supports-random-drug-testing-welfare-recipients
Japan pension fund to try socially responsible stock picking:
http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Japan-pension-fund-to-try-socially-responsible-stock-picking
8000 Irish young people have their welfare benefits slashed for not seeking work or education:
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/8000-have-welfare-pay-slashed-over-their-failure-to-look-for-work-34900816.html
Number of Irish children in consistent poverty almost doubled during the recession:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/numbers-of-children-in-consistent-poverty-almost-doubles-during-recession-1.2728978
The private rental sector is the “new home of poverty” in the UK:
https://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2016/jul/20/private-rental-sector-poverty-housing-joseph-rowntree
Theresa May is no breath of fresh air on poverty:
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/jul/19/theresa-may-no-breath-fresh-air-poverty
Could a basic income help people in poor countries?:
http://www.basicincome.org/news/2016/07/response-could-a-basic-income-help-poor-countries/
Half of all New Zealand Pacific teenagers are living in poverty:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/82211556/half-of-all-new-zealand-pacific-teenagers-living-in-poverty-study-claims
The return of American hunger:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/the-return-of-american-hunger/492062/
Wall Street follows Main Street in giving low-wage workers a rise:
http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2016/07/13-wall-street-follows-main-street-giving-low-wage-workers-a-raise-burtless
China allocates $10 billion to fight rural poverty:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/China-allocates-10-billion-to-fight-rural-poverty/articleshow/53286020.cms
The end of capitalism has begun:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/17/postcapitalism-end-of-capitalism-begun
