Top Stories
“My name is Chonie Anger, I’m 13 years old and I have lived in poverty basically my whole life”:
http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2013/05/22/poverty-is-young-girls-way-of-life
One-third of Canadian households is living paycheque to paycheque:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/household-finances/one-third-of-canadian-households-living-paycheque-to-paycheque/article12056287/#dashboard/follows/
Upcoming Events
May 27 / 28: Right to Housing Charter challenge team asks people to attend court as they argue against federal government’s motion to dismiss:
http://righttohousing.wordpress.com/
- More on the case from Wellesley Institute: http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/housing/feds-seek-to-dismiss-historic-housing-challenge/
May 30: Free webinar for community workers – an overview of workers’ rights under the Employment Standards Act:
http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b32b33961fd1e65272919d8a6&id=fc16179d8a&e=57233317cf
June 1: Injured Workers’ Day 30th Anniversary Event:
http://www.injuredworkersonline.org/Documents/June_1_2013_Toronto_flyer.pdf
June 10: Wellesley Institute hosts Making The Connections: Our City, Our Society, Our Health:
http://ourcityourhealth.eventbrite.com/
Other Ontario
The politics of Ontario’s minority government:
http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2013/05/23/how_kathleen_wynne_kickstarted_her_first_100_days_in_power_cohn.html
Response from the Windsor Star to Wynne’s social assistance reforms announcement on Wednesday:
http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/05/22/welfare-for-horses/
Linda Chamberlain’s scrapbook is out!:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/05/22/linda_chamberlains_story_of_torontos_mean_streets_is_inspiring_healing.html
Various aspects of the provincial budget and how they will roll out:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Ontario+budget+items+will+take+time+roll/8421147/story.html
OMERS considering big cuts to pension payouts:
http://business.financialpost.com/2013/05/23/omers-considering-proposal-to-reduce-pension-payouts/
Around the Province
CCPA-Ontario’s study
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/05/23/who_benefits_from_the_answer_to_torontos_25_billion_transit_question.html
Across the Country
The federal court has dismissed the legal challenge against the federal government and a BC mining company that hired temporary foreign workers:
http://www.oyetimes.com/news/canada/42887-court-upholds-b-c-mining-company-decision-to-hire-chinese-miners
National
Canada has a rental housing disaster that Ottawa must address:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/the-rental-housing-shortage-is-now-a-national-disaster-it-needs-ottawas-help/article12056150/
Stats Can figures show Employment Insurance recipient numbers continue to trend downward:
http://www.thestar.com/business/2013/05/23/employment_insurance_recepients_drop_for_fifth_straight_month_statistics_canada.html
International
The UK government’s “capacity to work” assessment system for people with disabilities receiving benefits is a boondoggle – and could doom their reforms:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10076095/Why-the-Right-could-doom-welfare-reform.html
Other UK government welfare reforms will see the burden on charities increase:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/voluntary-sector-network/2013/may/23/welfare-reforms-affect-charities
Again from the UK, one in five people retiring this year will be retiring into poverty:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/may/22/one-five-poverty-line-state-pension
City workers in Philadelphia see their poverty rates double:
http://www.phillyrecord.com/2013/05/city-workers-in-poverty-double-under-mayor-nutter/
Poverty levels soar in Italy as the recession there rages on:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/italy-poverty-recession_n_3317567.html