Top Story
Ontario leads on inequality and poverty, says new report by Ontario Common Front:
- Star: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1248577–ontario-worst-province-in-terms-of-inequality-poverty-and-funding-for-public-services
- CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2012/08/29/toronto-ontario-poverty.html
- The Spec: http://www.thespec.com/news/ontario/article/789327–ontario-named-worst-for-social-indicators-and-services
- NewsTalk 1010: http://www.newstalk1010.com/News/localnews/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10420687
- CTV: http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-worst-in-social-services-reports-suggests-1.934558
- CityTV News: http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/222045–ontario-is-canada-s-worst-province-in-social-indicators-and-services
- Ottawa Citizen:http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Ontario+Canada+worst+province+social+indicators+services+report/7161636/story.html
- And the CP story got picked up by about 28 other major media outlets across the country.
Here’s the press release: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/ontario-leads-poverty-increases-dead-last-social-program-funding-new-report-says-ontario-1695601.htm
Here’s the report: http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2012/08/29/toronto-ontario-poverty.html
Other Top Stories
Warning bells ringing on the Social Assistance Review’s final report:
http://basicsnews.ca/2012/08/shedding-light-on-the-ontario-social-assistance-review/
It’s been a tough year for people who are poor:
http://consider-this.ca/?p=2727
Ontario Politics
Op-ed: Don’t overlook poverty in the K-W byelection:
- Record: http://www.therecord.com/opinion/editorial/article/786759–poverty-mustn-t-be-overlooked
- Guelph Mercury: http://www.guelphmercury.com/opinion/editorial/article/786762–poverty-mustn-t-be-overlooked
Walkom: McGuinty’s attack on teachers is an attack on the middle class:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1248285–walkom-mcguinty-teacher-gambit-attacks-the-middle-class
Around the Province
Peel’s quiet crisis – the longest wait for social housing:
http://www.mississauga.com/opinion/editorial/article/1493423–quiet-crisis-grows
Workers’ salaries under siege while corporations hoard cash:
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1247823–though-business-sits-on-500-billion-workers-salaries-are-under-seige
Across the Country
A reminder from Surrey BC: as they go back to school, be aware of child poverty:
http://www.surreyleader.com/opinion/167616545.html
From BC – single parent families increasingly live out of poverty, but more to do:
http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/08/27/Fight-Against-Poverty/
National
A national pharmacare plan is long overdue:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1244720–national-pharamcare-plan-overdue
International
New Zealand Prime Minister says universal child benefit is a “dopey” idea:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10830148
Poverty is back in Europe, and consumer goods companies are adapting:
- http://rt.com/news/eu-univeler-marketing-poverty-724/
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9501771/Unilever-sees-return-to-poverty-in-Europe.html
New US magazine focuses on poverty and homelessness – new issue focuses on undocumented immigrants and lack of resources for homeless youth:
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/08/27/4760589/magazine-on-family-poverty-and.html
Romney aides pledge more attacks on Obama re: welfare-to-work flexibility:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/08/28/Romney-aides-push-controversial-welfare-ad/UPI-69431346178734/
Australian groups call for an independent commission to set welfare rates:
http://www.skynews.com.au/national/article.aspx?id=788364