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Media & Policy News: 30 January 2013

January 30, 2013

Top Stories

Kathleen Wynne says social assistance reform will be a priority for her government:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/social-assistance-reform-a-priority-for-new-ontario-government/article7957452/

Similar story in the Sun:
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/politics/archives/2013/01/20130129-143743.html

Star Editorial calls for three quick reforms to social assistance:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1321140–kathleen-wynne-should-take-fast-action-on-welfare-reform-editorial

NDP announces three priorities for spring legislative session – including letting people on assistance keep more of what they earn:
http://ontariondp.com/en/get-back-to-business-with-first-start-jobs-proposal-horwath

AODA Alliance outlines the commitments Wynne has made to accessibility for people with disabilities:
http://www.aodaalliance.org/strong-effective-aoda/01272013.asp

Trish Hennessy of CCPA-Ontario makes the case for an Equality Premier for Ontario:
http://behindthenumbers.ca/2013/01/29/its-time-for-an-equality-premier/

Other Ontario

Dwight Duncan’s dilemma: Does he stay or does he go (now)?:
http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/01/28/exit-strategy-deferred-duncans-dilemma/

Will there be a mini-exodus?:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-liberals-face-mini-exodus-as-duncan-prepares-to-exit/article7936022/

Robin Sears’ take on Wynne’s win:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/2013/01/29/in_selecting_kathleen_wynne_ontario_liberals_flash_a_rare_display_of_political_genius.html

Caledon CEO calls for more action on poverty reduction:
http://www.caledonenterprise.com/news-story/1933913-provincial-efforts-needed-for-poverty-reduction/

Across the Country

CCPA-BC: Raising and reforming taxes to restore fiscal capacity and fairness:
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Opinion+case+higher+taxes/7884912/story.html#ixzz2JTHJrs4x

  • Here’s their report: http://www.policyalternatives.ca/bc-tax-options

National

Yesterday was Corporate Tax Freedom Day – the day Canadian corporations have paid all their taxes to all levels of government.
http://rabble.ca/news/2013/01/ceos-dancing-their-suites-over-tax-breaks

Select Coverage:

  • CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/01/29/business-corporate-tax.html?cmp=rss
  • Montreal Gazette: http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/report+argues+Canadian+firms+putting+bounty+bank/7886848/story.html
  • CTV: http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/corporations-using-tax-savings-to-fatten-bank-accounts-not-create-jobs-report-1.1133855
  • Star: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1321373–corporations-stockpile-of-dead-money-tops-500-million-clc-report

Take this CLC quiz to find out how much cash this leaves them, and how much tax they pay:
http://www.canadianlabour.ca/issues/corporate-tax-freedom-quiz

Statistics Canada is publishing income data on the rich – and getting some heat for it:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/statscans-been-gazing-at-the-poor-for-decades-so-why-not-the-rich/article7998247/

Household borrowing a problem again:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/top-business-stories/household-borrowing-has-popped-again-back-near-troubling-levels/article7997806/

Worth repeating: A call for charities to become politically active
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1165638–a-call-for-canadian-charities-to-become-politically-active

International

Inequality in the US is holding back economic recovery:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/19/inequality-is-holding-back-the-recovery/?smid=tw-share

Why welfare benefit cards should be fought “with fury”:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/29/welfare-payment-cards-dubious-benefits

Poverty in the UK is structural, not a morality tale:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/29/myth-lazy-mob-hands-rich?CMP=twt_gu

“Rationing” social housing means people who are homeless get bumped down the list:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-21243855

Legislation proposed in Tennessee that would see welfare benefits reduced for people whose children fail to make “satisfactory academic progress” in school:

  • http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/01/29/tie-welfare-benefit-to-childrens-grades-lawmaker-defends-controversial-plan/
  • http://www.indecisionforever.com/blog/2013/01/29/tennessee-may-starve-children-until-their-grades-improve?xrs=synd_twitter

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