Top Stories:
The CCPA releases its great new video – “Taxes, the gift we give each other”:
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/newsroom/updates/new-video-taxes-gift-we-give-each-other
Cuts to social assistance benefits will impact First Nations in Ontario:
http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/details.asp?c=43255
Speak out against the cuts!:
http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=095b12c98935ecaadd327bf90&id=b6dcfea7aa&e=f67f28a7b9
Ontario Issues:
Systemic discrimination fought after an intellectually disabled St. Catharines woman was paid $1.25 an hour at her job
http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2012/05/30/125-an-hour-case-a-fight-against-stereotyping-lawyer-says
ACORN challenges the province to Put Food in the Budget:
http://putfoodinthebudget.ca/acorn-challenges-province-to-put-food-in-the-budget/
Interesting news about staffing changes in the Premier’s office:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/there-are-caveats-to-mcguintys-new-lines-of-power/article4234030/
Microloans for mental-health patients rolling out across Ontario:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/microloans-for-mental-health-patients-rolling-out-across-ontario/article4226080/
Around the Province:
The Alliance for a Poverty -Free Toronto and Social Planning Toronto release Action on Poverty city ward profiles on “Destitution Day”:
http://www.socialplanningtoronto.org/news/action-on-poverty-ward-profiles/
- Toronto Star coverage: http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1207119–social-planning-toronto-releases-first-ever-poverty-profiles-of-the-city-s-44-wards-on-destitution-day
Number of people relying on social assistance soars in Niagara:
http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/article/1368640–soaring-welfare-rates-push-up-caseloads
Cabinet Minister John Gerretsen agrees to walk a mile in the shoes of Kingstonians on social assistance as part of SPNO’s “Hey Premier, Listen Up” tour across the province:
http://www.thewhig.com/2012/06/01/mpp-says-he-will-take-social-assistance-tour
Across the Country:
PEI’s poverty reduction strategy a “modest start”:
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Opinion/Editorials/2012-06-07/article-2998264/Strategy-to-fight-poverty-a-modest-start/1
Local poverty reduction efforts in Revelstoke, BC:
http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/157051155.html?mobile=true
Why Quebec students are still in the streets:
http://rabble.ca/news/2012/06/student-protests-and-mirror-its-held-all-us
National Issues:
How can we fight obesity? Why, by fighting poverty, of course:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/fight-obesity-by-fighting-poverty/article4233890/
The UNICEF report on child poverty in Canada – and what to do about it:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/a-roundup-of-the-usual-child-poverty-suspects-156942735.html
And, the CCPA’s prescriptions for how to fix income inequality:
http://www.behindthenumbers.ca/2012/06/06/how-to-fix-income-inequality/
Who are Canada’s 1%? And how can we solve growing inequality?:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/who-are-the-richest-1-per-cent-in-canada-theyre-not-just-ceos/article4231232/
Federal Issues:
A guide to Bill C-38 – the federal Budget:
http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/06/a-rough-guide-to-bill-c-38/#.T8-O0KFRkYI.twitter
“The information must be provided as part of the democratic process of Parliamentary governance,” said Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page:
http://www.hilltimes.com/news/news/2012/06/04/pbo-says-parliament%E2%80%99s-request-for-details-on-feds%E2%80%99-spending-cuts-has/30974
Federal Conservatives vote to repeal sections of Canadian Human Rights Act that ban hate speech on the Internet:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/vote+repeal+hate+speech+sections+human+rights/6740459/story.html
And, from the International Files:
A new study demonstrates the links between poverty, pollution, poor health – and racialization:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=children-at-risk-pollution-poverty
An interesting take from theUS on why people rely on social assistance:
http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2012/06/25951/
In Europe, criminalizing poverty, its implications, and what should be done:
http://www.euractiv.com/socialeurope/criminalising-homelessness-anti-analysis-513181#.T9Dx_HsoPJ4.facebook
The real class war – Poor and fat in America:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/05/opinion/granderson-poverty-health/index.html
From the UK – History shows that austerity has never worked:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/04/austerity-policy-eurozone-crisis
Social activist nuns rebuked by the Vatican go on tour:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/us/us-nuns-bus-tour-to-spotlight-social-issues.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120606
Wall Street executive pay rises:
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1205943–wall-street-ceo-pay-rises-20-as-no-1-on-rich-list-claims-30-million?bn=1
Current poverty levels in Spain are comparable to the post-war period:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/poverty-in-spain-comparable-to-post-war-europe-charity-reports/
No consensus on poverty reduction in New Zealand:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/107470/child-poverty-accord-unlikely-labour
Income inequality can be seen – from space:
http://boingboing.net/2012/06/01/income-inequality-can-be-seen.html