Top Stories
Poverty reduction consultations started August 6 in Windsor:
http://www.windsorstar.com/business/Piruzza+kicks+offchild+poverty+discussions/8756731/story.html
Coverage of London’s poverty reduction consultation, held last Friday:
http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/news-story/4036416-province-updating-poverty-strategy/
Having the adult conversations about the $12 to $14 billion lost in tax cuts in Ontario – and what that money could do:
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/michael-laxer/2013/08/its-still-time-adult-conversation-about-taxes
And if we were to raise corporate taxes by one percentage point nationally, what would that be worth?:
http://www.progressive-economics.ca/2013/08/13/whats-a-point-of-corporate-tax-worth/
Ontario
Dealing with “consultation fatigue” around poverty reduction:
http://vibrantcanada.ca/blogs/lori-kleinsmith/next-ontario-poverty-reduction-strategy-dealing-consultation-fatigue
Did you know? When people on assistance win lawsuits or reach settlements (like for injury compensation, etc.), they can only keep a portion and retain eligibility – $100K for ODSP and $25K for OW. The rest is clawed back:
http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201308123382/headline-news/another-kick-to-wronged-plaintiffs
A Law Times editorial calling for increased lawsuit caps:
http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201308193391/commentary/editorial-raise-lawsuit-caps
Great op-ed on why increasing the minimum wage makes economic sense:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/08/13/raising_ontarios_minimum_wage_makes_good_economic_sense.html
Coverage of the August 14 Day of Action for a minimum wage increase:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Anti+poverty+group+calls+minimum+wage+increase+hour/8789843/story.html
Around the Province
From living in her car to a great new place that’s all hers, in Niagara:
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2013/08/13/lorraine-dillon-lived-in-her-car-for-six-weeks
Across the Country
Federal subsidies for co-op housing coming to an end (ed note: not only in PEI):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2013/08/15/pei-cmhc-co-op-housing-low-income-584.html
National
Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin says the most pressing issue facing Canadians is access to justice – and hardest hit are those who can’t afford it:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/story/2013/08/17/skn-annual-canadian-bar-meeting-access-to-justice.html
More coverage: “access to justice abysmal”:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/08/18/access_to_justice_in_canada_abysmal_cba_report.html
Jobless numbers don’t tell the real story:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/08/16/canadas_job_numbers_dont_tell_the_real_story_goar.html
International
“Liberal California discourages eligible people from signing up for food stamps”:
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-california-food-stamps-20130818,0,3317166.story?track=lat-pick
The UK government’s welfare reforms will only download costs to local councils:
http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/aug/17/welfare-reform-pressure-on-councils
In Peterborough, UK, these local losses could lead to “civil unrest”:
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/business/welfare-reforms-may-leave-peterborough-facing-35m-shortfall-1-5391935