Ed. note: Sorry for this long update – I’m catching up from a very busy few weeks. Apologies for anything important that I might have missed, but it’s pretty long as it is. Happy reading!
Happy Holidays and see you all in 2017!
Top Stories – recent reports
CCPA Ontario: The year as we saw it: 10 charts that defined Ontario in 2016:
http://behindthenumbers.ca/2016/12/15/year-saw-10-charts-defined-ontario-2016/
Anti-poverty groups call on Liberals to make immediate changes to Canada Child Benefit:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/anti-poverty-groups-calls-on-liberals-to-make-immediate-changes-to-child-benefit-1.3174620
- A Road Map to Eradicate Child & Family Poverty: Campaign 2000 2016 National Report Card: http://campaign2000.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Campaign2000NationalReportCard2016Eng.pdf
- Ontario Campaign 2000 report card: http://campaign2000.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ReportCardOntarioNov182016.pdf
- Star editorial: End child poverty:
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2016/11/27/end-child-poverty-editorial.html - Child and family poverty rates undiminished in Nova Scotia: http://www.annapoliscountyspectator.ca/news/local/2016/11/24/child-and-family-poverty-rates-are-undiminished-in-nova-scotia.html
- One in five BC kids lives in poverty: report: http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/one-in-five-b-c-kids-lives-in-poverty-report-2
- Report reaffirms poverty in Cape Breton: http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/local/2016/11/24/report-reaffirms-poverty-in-cape-breton.html
- Analysis: Less talk, more action needed in child poverty fight: http://www.vancourier.com/opinion/analysis-less-talk-more-action-needed-in-child-poverty-fight-1.3377748
Average Canadian family to spend $420 more on food in 2017: Report:
http://globalnews.ca/news/3108159/average-canadian-family-to-spend-420-more-on-food-in-2017-report/
- Canada’s Food Price report: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/management/news-events/canada-s-food-price-report.html
- Who will be hit hardest if Canada’s food prices go up in 2017?
http://globalnews.ca/news/3112686/who-will-be-hit-hardest-if-canadas-food-prices-go-up-in-2017/
Cost of poverty in Toronto pegged at $5.5 billion a year:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/28/cost-of-poverty-in-toronto-pegged-at-55-billion-a-year.html
- Here’s the report: http://openpolicyontario.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Cost-of-Poverty-R10-Final-forweb.pdf
- Op-ed from Dr. Gary Bloch: The cost of poverty affects us all: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2016/12/06/the-cost-of-poverty-affects-us-all.html
Lack of government help drives more to food banks: report:
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/2016/11/15/lack-of-government-help-drives-more-to-food-banks-report.html
- Food Banks Canada: Increasing food bank use shows urgent need for federal action on poverty: http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/increasing-food-bank-use-shows-urgent-need-for-federal-action-on-poverty-601280825.html
- Number of food bank users down in Ontario but still 335,000 a month: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/number-of-food-bank-users-down-in-ontario-but-still-335-000-a-month-report-1.3868783
- Food bank users unable to afford rising hydro rates, group says:
http://www.lfpress.com/2016/11/28/food-bank-users-unable-to-afford-rising-hydro-rates-group-says - We’re not what you’d expect”: Food bank users defy stereotypes: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-food-bank-users-defy-stereotypes-cbc-drive-1.3883499
ISAC’s Annual Report for 2015-2016!:
http://incomesecurity.org/general/isacs-annual-report-2015-2016-rapport-annuel-du-casr/
Top Stories – General
Liberals scrap ‘4-in, 4-out’ rule for temporary foreign workers:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberals-scrap-4-in-4-out-rule-for-temporary-foreign-workers-1.3895110
- Toronto Star article: https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2016/12/13/ottawa-ends-4-in-4-out-rule-for-migrant-workers.html
- Government of Canada press release: http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=1168949&tp=1
- Migrant Workers Alliance for Change: We won! Next step, permanent status for all: http://us10.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dd01196240e04cfc71993a269&id=d9b2a0cd05&e=3185b90ced
- $15 and Fairness: Tell the government: We are all united: http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8e3951a35d48e64f736884ea9&id=6658812710&e=f3bab51a7a
- UFCW applauds changes to Temporary Foreign Worker program: http://ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31323:canada-s-retail-and-food-workers-union-applauds-changes-to-temporary-foreign-worker-program&catid=9802:directions-16-100&Itemid=6&lang=en
Hancock: Governments fail to provide necessaries of life:
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/trevor-hancock-governments-fail-to-provide-necessaries-of-life-1.4472331
If Ontario is to prosper, the government must improve conditions for precarious workers: http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/shared-values/if-ontario-is-to-prosper-the-government-must-improve-conditions-for-precarious-workers
Activists march to get housing recognized as a right:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/18/activists-march-to-get-housing-recognized-as-a-right.html
- Urgent action needed on resolving housing crisis, advocates say: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/22/urgent-action-needed-on-resolving-housing-crisis-advocates-say.html
- Preventing homelessness by preventing eviction: http://homelesshub.ca/blog/preventing-homelessness-preventing-eviction
- Trauma and homelessness: http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/toronto/programs/metromorning/trauma-and-homelessness-1.3874202
- Could this be the key to affordable housing?:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/partners/sponsorcontent/content/article31374948/?prx_t=enICA2ZcKALrMPA - Homelessness viewed as “severe” in Toronto: Poll:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/26/homelessness-viewed-as-severe-in-toronto-poll.html
Toronto Council approves discounted TTC pass for low-income riders:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ttc-low-income-1.3897472
- Star coverage: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/12/14/council-approves-ttc-discounts-for-passengers-on-low-incomes.html
- Report details plans for low-income “Fair Pass Program” for Toronto transit fares:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/24/report-details-plans-for-low-income-toronto-transit-fares.html - Toronto Transit Commission approves 10 cent fare increase:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/21/ttc-approves-10-cent-fare-increase.html - Kingston to give free public transit to people on Ontario Works in 2017: http://www.kingstonregion.com/news-story/6985119-kingston-gives-welfare-recipients-free-public-transit-in-2017/
WSIB mulls reform to rules that deny compensation to some mentally ill workers:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/25/wsib-mulls-reform-to-rules-that-deny-compensation-to-some-mentally-ill-workers.html
Growth Spurt: What skyrocketing child care fees mean for families:
http://behindthenumbers.ca/2016/12/14/growth-spurt-skyrocketing-child-care-fees-mean-families/
The new EI appeals process isn’t working. Here’s why:
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/progressive-economics-forum/2016/12/new-ei-appeals-process-isnt-working-heres-why
Without any mandate, Trudeau pushes privatization:
http://www.torontosun.com/2016/11/18/tom-parkin-without-any-mandate-trudeau-pushes-privatization
Canadians are up to their eyeballs in debt:
http://www.businessinsider.com/canadians-are-up-to-their-eyeballs-in-debt-2016-11?IR=T
- Canadians keep digging themselves deeper into debt: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/canadas-household-debt-rises-in-third-quarter/article33318488/
Can guaranteed basic income work?
http://www.intelligencer.ca/2016/11/18/can-guaranteed-basic-income-work
- PEI legislature passes unanimous motion to develop basic income pilot project: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/12/07/basic-income-pei_n_13496370.html
- OPSEU sounds note of caution on Basic Income Plan: http://www.theprovince.com/business/cnw/release.html?rkey=20161118C1486&filter=4007
- Basic income a solution to food insecurity, says professor: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/programs/metromorning/food-banks-food-insecurity-basic-income-1.3857066
Pegg: We need to reinvent the way we address poverty in Canada:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/shawn-pegg/poverty-in-canada_b_13626916.html
Star editorial: End tax breaks for the rich:
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2016/12/05/end-tax-breaks-for-the-rich-editorial.html
Ontario
Hamilton activists tell Minister Jaczek to raise welfare rates instead of consulting:
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/6981562-minister-told-to-raise-welfare-rates-instead-of-consulting/
- Demonstrators in Sudbury urge province to take immediate action on basic income: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/sudbury-basic-income-meeting-interruption-1.3893757
- Radio: Sudbury anti-poverty activist says action needed on welfare, not more study: http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/831918659937
Rising energy costs and poverty collide in rural Ontario:
http://globalnews.ca/news/3080057/rising-energy-costs-and-extreme-poverty-collide-in-rural-ontario/
- Ontario Energy Group customers facing liens worth thousands of dollars: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/oeg-hvac-lien-1.3879196
- Westario Power disconnects grandmother and single mom: http://globalnews.ca/news/3125765/ontario-utility-westario-power-disconnects-grandmother-and-single-mom/
- Cambridge mom says opening hydro bill “just destroys me inside”: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/cambridge-andrea-horwath-hydro-rates-wynne-1.3896095
- High hydro is forcing more people in Kapuskasing to use the food bank:
http://www.mykapuskasingnow.com/10032/high-hydro-forcing-people-use-food-bank/ - Food bank clients in the northwest and across Ontario worrying more about hydro bills:
https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/food-bank-clients-worrying-more-about-hydro-bills-475779 - CARP launches the Heat of Eat campaign on the impact of rising hydro costs on seniors: http://www.carp.ca/2016/12/09/heat-or-eat/
- Ontario community sees 25% rise in Hydro One customers seeking financial help: http://globalnews.ca/news/3092514/canary-in-the-coal-mine-ontario-community-sees-25-rise-in-hydro-one-customers-seeking-help/
- Column: Aside from the incessant warnings, Ontario’s hydro crisis clearly came out of nowhere: http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/ontario-hydro-bills-1.3862838
New indigenous elders council to advise Ontario on justice issues:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/new-indigenous-elders-council-to-advise-ontario-on-justice-issues/article33090558/
- Government news release: https://news.ontario.ca/mag/en/2016/11/ontario-working-towards-reconciliation-with-indigenous-peoples.html
Ontario coroner calls inquest into deaths of two homeless Toronto men:
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/11/24/ontario-coroner-calls-inquest-into-deaths-of-two-homeless-toronto-men.html
How to get help for mental illness in Ontario:
https://www.thestar.com/life/2016/12/11/how-to-get-help-for-mental-illness-in-ontario.html
Government news release: Ontario helping people facing employment barriers get construction jobs through community benefits declarations:
https://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2016/12/ontario-helping-people-facing-employment-barriers-get-construction-jobs.html
Over a decade later, the Liberals have left more of Harris’s legacy in place than you think:
http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/the-next-ontario/over-a-decade-later-the-liberals-have-left-more-of-harriss-legacy-in-place-than-you-think
As year ends, Ontario’s Kathleen Wynne sees job approval drop to 16%:
http://angusreid.org/premier-approval-dec2016/
Reports, Events, Campaigns and Other Good Things
Support ISAC’s 2017 Ontario Pre-Budget Submission – $1 billion for social assistance:
http://incomesecurity.org/policy-advocacy/1-billion-for-ow-odsp-isacs-2017-pre-budget-submission-1-milliard-de-dollars-pour-ot-le-posph-soumission-prebudgetaire-2017-du-casr/
Tell Premier Wynne you want a 100% renewable Ontario:
http://www.cela.ca/newsevents/announcement/tell-premier-wynne-you-want-100-renewable-ontario
Stats Can: Employment Insurance, Sept 2016:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/161122/dq161122a-eng.htm
Stats Can: Consumer Price Index, October 2016:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/161118/dq161118a-eng.htm
StatsCan: Payroll employment, earnings and hours, September 2016:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/161124/dq161124a-eng.htm
StatsCan: Balancing family & work: Transition to self-employment among new mothers, 2006-2011:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/161125/dq161125b-eng.htm
StatsCan: Labour Force Survey, November 2016:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/161202/dq161202a-eng.htm
Stats Can: Social Policy Simulation Database and Model version 22.3 is now available:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/161205/dq161205d-eng.htm
Stats Can: Annual Household Distribution Tables, estimates of assets, liabilities and net worth, 2012-2015:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/161214/dq161214c-eng.htm
Stats Can: Canadian Megatrends: The fall and rise of Canada’s top income earners:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/161216/dq161216f-eng.htm
Why the left needs experts:
http://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/why-the-left-needs-experts
Around the Province
Northern Ontario lags behind province in well-being report:
https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/northern-ontario-lags-behind-province-in-wellbeing-report-488163
Hamilton cuts emergency housing help for needy residents:
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/6990832-hamilton-cuts-emergency-housing-help-for-needy-residents/
- Hamilton councillors support topping up emergency housing fund: http://www.thespec.com/news-story/7016886-councillors-support-topping-up-emergency-housing-fund/
Northumberland residents asked to help ease dental pain felt by adults and seniors:
http://www.insidebelleville.com/news-story/6960503-residents-asked-to-help-ease-dental-pain-felt-by-adults-and-seniors/
Hidden poverty lurks in basements of Vaughan monster homes, advocates say:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/vaughan-poverty-1.3848094
Brampton mother seeks child support for disabled adult son:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/19/brampton-mother-seeks-child-support-for-disabled-adult-son.html
Sudbury food bank use rising, but donations are down:
http://www.thesudburystar.com/2016/11/29/food-bank-use-rising-but-donations-down
Manitoulin Help Centre calls for food and funds as demand for help rises to almost 800 families:
http://www.manitoulin.ca/2016/11/30/manitoulin-help-centre-calls-food-funds-demand-assistance-rises-almost-800-families/
Providing needed dignity to homeless women in Hamilton, period:
http://www.thespec.com/whatson-story/7012914-providing-needed-dignity-to-homeless-women-period-/#.WE6ol4Iwf48.facebook
Niagara area St. Alban’s expands services for migrant workers:
http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news-story/6995448-st-alban-s-expands-services-for-migrant-workers/
A plea to open federal armouries in Toronto for shelter:
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/cathycrowe/2016/12/open-federal-armouries-shelter
Research project on Parkdale’s rooming house stock in the works:
http://m.insidetoronto.com/news-story/6960433-research-project-on-parkdale-s-rooming-house-stock-in-the-works
Proposed budget cuts will hurt most vulnerable, groups tell Toronto Mayor Tory:
https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2016/11/22/proposed-budget-cuts-will-hurt-citys-most-vulnerable-advisory-groups-tell-mayor-tory.html
Expert panels tells Mayor Tory budget cuts unfairly target the vulnerable: https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2016/12/12/mayor-john-tory-budget-cuts-unfairly-target-vulnerable-city-expert-panel.html
Meet Toronto’s hidden millennial homeless:
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/toronto/millennials-hidden-homeless-toronto-1.3876879
Toronto Licensing and Standards Committee approves tougher rules for landlords:
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/toronto/licensing-committee-landlords-1.3876239
Across the Country
Winnipeg homeless outreach van back on road after woman dies in bitter cold:
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/manitoba/homeless-shelters-cold-weather-death-1.3892677
- Homelessness is killing people in our city: What have you done to help? http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/manitoba/homelessness-call-action-champagne-1.3896822
Frustrated with food prices, NWT woman makes 1,000km grocery trip for Christmas dinner:
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/north/fort-simpson-500km-grocery-shopping-trip-1.3884651
Hay River, NWT, soup kitchen struggles with increase in demand:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/hay-river-nwt-soup-kitchen-demand-1.3864013
Plan to add more subsidized housing for BC’s low-income seniors meets just a fraction of the demand:
http://vancouversun.com/health/seniors/plan-to-add-more-subsidized-housing-for-b-c-s-low-income-seniors-meets-just-fraction-of-demand
BC’s high rental market leaves some seniors on the street or in fear of homelessness:
http://vancouversun.com/health/seniors/growing-economic-pressure-on-elderly-renters-in-greater-vancouver-and-victorias-rising-rental-market
Swanson: City of Vancouver plays whack-a-mole with homeless people:
http://www.straight.com/news/832041/jean-swanson-city-vancouver-plays-whack-mole-homeless
Kelowna, BC moves to ban sidewalk sleeping 24 hours a day:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kelowna-sidewalk-sleeping-ban-50-1.3872388
Girl who recently aged out of government care dies in a tent in Surrey, BC:
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/girl-who-recently-aged-out-of-government-care-dies-in-surrey-tent
Eating healthy is impossible on Nova Scotia’s special diet allowance:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/department-community-services-social-assistance-special-diet-allowance-1.3898959
Finding a home at the food bank in Saskatoon:
http://thestarphoenix.com/life/bridges/finding-a-home-at-the-food-bank
One in four Saskatchewan children live in poverty, and government could fix the problem: Report:
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/family-child/first+nations+child+poverty+rate+astoundingly+high+report/12430129/story.html
Newfoundland and Labrador increasing minimum wage by 50 cents in 2017:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/minimum-wage-newfoundland-increase-2017-1.3865630
Alberta’s minimum wage moving to $15 / hour by 2018:
https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-minimum-wage-changes.aspx
National
Canadians can’t afford poverty:
http://www.businessinsider.com/canada-cost-of-poverty-2016-11
Young people facing drop in job quality, wages, StatCan study finds:
https://www.thestar.com/business/2016/12/05/young-people-facing-drop-in-wages-job-quality-statcan-study-finds.html
- StatsCan: Perspectives on the Youth Labour Market in Canada, 1976 to 2015: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/161205/dq161205a-eng.htm
Conservative critic says Canada Child Benefit should not be indexed, to control government spending:
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/7019413-budget-watchdog-looks-anew-at-child-benefit/
- Parliamentary Budget Office: The fiscal cost of indexing the Canada Child Benefit: http://www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca/web/default/files/Documents/Reports/2016/CCB%20Indexation/CCB_Indexation_EN.pdf
CPP expansion penalizes women and people with disabilities:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cpp-disabled-women-penalize-1.3864498
- Duclos: Changes won’t hurt women in retirement as NDP claims: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/11/28/federal-bill-to-expand-cpp-won-t-hurt-women-in-retirement-minister-says_n_13286212.html
Hungry students flocking to campus food banks:
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/ottawa/campus-food-banks-rising-ottawa-1.3888385
How to sell taxes to Canadians? Show them why they should care:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/how-to-sell-taxes-to-canadians-show-them-why-they-should-care/article33288038/
CRA launches new strategy to crack down on tax havens:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/cra-launches-new-strategy-to-crack-down-on-tax-havens/article33065307/
CCPA: Rewriting the tax bracket shift with income inequality in mind:
http://behindthenumbers.ca/2016/11/28/rewriting-tax-bracket-shift-income-inequality-mind/
Opinion: To all the Canadian employers out there – just give people with disabilities a chance:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/jobs-access-disabilities-1.3875255
75 charts on the economy that every Canadian should watch in 2017:
http://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/75-charts-every-canadian-should-watch-in-2017/
Video: Why are RRSP’s so bad for low-income people?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/video/video-carrick-talks-money-why-are-rrsps-so-bad-for-low-income-people/article32299335/
Radio: Scrapping free trade could make Canada great again:
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/the180/you-re-not-entitled-to-your-own-opinion-the-case-against-free-trade-and-how-snow-can-inform-planning-1.3886400/scrapping-free-trade-could-make-canada-great-again-1.3886421
Amazon’s new product will revolutionize grocery shopping – and eliminate jobs:
https://www.thestar.com/business/2016/12/11/amazons-new-product-will-revolutionize-grocery-shopping-teitel.html
International
Definitive data on what poor people buy when they’re just given cash:
http://qz.com/853651/definitive-data-on-what-poor-people-buy-when-theyre-just-given-cash/
US sees largest protests calling for $15 minimum wage:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/sees-largest-protests-calling-15-minimum-wage-161129164539058.html
Michigan’s effort to drug test welfare recipients catches zero bad actors:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michigan-drug-test-welfare-zero_us_584094aae4b0c68e047fe21f?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013§ion=politics
Using convicts to clear homeless camps: Seattle human-rights panel raises questions:
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-human-rights-panel-questions-using-prisoners-to-clear-homeless-encampments/
Central Texas city offers tax breaks in exchange for $15 minimum wage:
http://www.fox7austin.com/news/local-news/95995908-story
Baltimore area church faces fine for hosting homeless:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/dundalk/bs-md-church-homeless-fine-20161212-story.html
Huge rise in hospital beds in England taken up by people with malnutrition, blamed on rise in poverty:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/nov/25/huge-rise-in-hospital-beds-in-england-taken-up-by-people-with-malnutrition
Growing crisis on UK streets as number of people who are homeless soars:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/04/rough-sleeper-numbers-homeless
Centrelink urged to stop collecting welfare debts after compliance system errors:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/dec/14/centrelink-urged-to-stop-collecting-welfare-debts-after-compliance-system-errors
Number of people sleeping rough in Dublin up more than 50% in a year:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/number-sleeping-rough-in-dublin-up-more-than-50-in-a-year-1.2884388
Denmark deports woman for begging:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/denmark-deports-slovakian-woman-begging-jail-40-days-law-illegal-poverty-a7452391.html
EU to tighten rules on social benefits:
https://euobserver.com/social/136268
Australia’s former PM Tony Abbott slams pensions for people with “bad backs, a bit of depression”:
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-slams-pensions-for-people-with-bad-backs-a-bit-of-depression-20161214-gtasat.html
Study finds seven million Britons in poverty despite being from working families:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/07/study-finds-7m-britons-in-poverty-despite-being-from-working-families
Oxfam names world’s worst tax havens fueling “global race to bottom”:
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/12/12/oxfam-names-worlds-worst-tax-havens-fueling-global-race-bottom
No easy task: Quantifying illicit financial flows:
https://financialtransparency.org/no-easy-task/
Poorer than their parents: What’s gone wrong for this generation?
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/11/there-s-a-generation-growing-up-poorer-than-their-parents-a-new-study-explains-why