Top Stories
The province’s CSUMB elimination means cut to Toronto’s homelessness budget:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/01/21/time_for_city_and_province_to_tackle_urgent_homelessness_crisis.html
7000 Ontarians join other Canadians fearing evictions as feds end co-op housing subsidy:
http://globalnews.ca/news/1100348/co-op-housing-subsidy-to-end/
Sue Ann Levy finds no room in Toronto shelters on a cold January night:
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/01/23/finding-refuge-from-torontos-cold-streets
Nova Scotia program for emergency fuel costs runs surplus while denying applications:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/emergency-heat-program-leaves-too-many-in-cold-says-food-bank-1.2505636?cmp=rss
Ontario
Law Commission of Ontario looking for feedback on their project ‘Capacity of Adults with Mental Disabilities and the Federal RDSP’:
http://e2.ma/message/v10yg/3zouab
Paul Martin to advise Finance Minister Sousa on Ontario pension plan:
http://www.ourwindsor.ca/news-story/4328491-former-prime-minister-paul-martin-will-advise-finance-minister-sousa-on-pension-reform/
Cohn: Hudak’s not backing down from Right-to-Work agenda:
http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2014/01/23/tory_righttowork_plan_coming_right_back_at_you_cohn.html
CCPA: The problem with Hudak’s million jobs promise:
http://behindthenumbers.ca/2014/01/21/the-problem-with-hudaks-million-jobs-promise/
John Stapleton on the cost of taking every low-income Ontarian out of poverty:
http://vibrantcanada.ca/blogs/john-stapleton/they-cant-we-can
Study reveals Ontarians’ attitudes about income-related health inequities (this is a link to the academic study):
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0085286
The next set of accessibility regulations came into force Jan 1 – here’s what they are:
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/4269655-new-accessibility-regulations-about-to-be-implemented/
Six month license suspension and hefty fines for Dr. Roland Wong on Special Diet Allowance:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/01/22/robin_hood_doctor_roland_wong_has_licence_suspended.html
Around the Province
Guelph and Wellington Task Force calculating a local living wage:
http://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/4332844-guelph-s-poverty-task-force-to-explain-what-goes-into-calculating-a-living-wage/
New anti-poverty ad campaign from Toronto’s Woodgreen skewers celebrity gossip culture:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/01/21/celeb_mag_parody_turns_spotlight_on_toronto_agency.html
Toronto looking at internet voting for people with disabilities, who say why not do it for everyone?:
http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2014/01/20/toronto_studies_internet_voting.html
Peterborough Poverty Reduction Network staffer running for City Council seat:
http://www.mykawartha.com/news-story/4326840-poverty-reduction-network-staffer-aiming-for-council-seat/
Across the Country
Yellowknife senior faces eviction from social housing after taking part-time job:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/part-time-job-could-mean-eviction-for-yellowknife-senior-1.2503884?cmp=rss
Greater Victoria Community Action Plan on Poverty garners broad support:
http://www.timescolonist.com/life/capital-region-mlas-mps-back-plan-to-combat-poverty-1.797387
Action in Greater Victoria could help push province-wide BC poverty reduction strategy:
http://www.vicnews.com/news/241688771.html
Evidence in BC court case shows Mexico blacklisting migrant workers for being “union sympathizers”:
http://ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3828%3Aevidence-pointing-to-mexico-blacklisting-migrant-workers-in-canada-stands-says-bc-supreme-court&catid=6%3Adirections-newsletter&Itemid=6&lang=en
National
New Forum Research poll on federal parties and leaders shows interesting results:
http://www.hilltimes.com/news/politics/2014/01/23/libs-gain-at-expense-of-conservatives-but-mulcair-favoured-as-leader-who-would/
International
New Statesman: Instead of stigmatizing the unemployed, how about more good jobs?
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/01/stop-stigmatising-unemployed-problem-lack-decent-jobs
Great column: The problem in a post-employment economy is the devaluing of people:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/11/surviving-post-employment-economy-201311373243740811.html
New EU report shows Europe footing huge bill to deal with health costs of poverty:
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/22/poverty-lifespan-cost-europe-trillions?CMP=twt_gu
Wired: Losing “net neutrality” would disproportionately impact the poor:
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2014/01/killing-net-neutrality-means-killing-economic-equality-access/
Hong Kong official defends new income supplement for working families as a poverty reduction measure:
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1407202/welfare-support-working-families-affordable-declares-carrie-lam
Two members of Hong Kong’s anti-poverty commission found to be evading taxes:
http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1411334/tycoon-union-leader-failed-declare-ties-tax-haven-leaked
Workers in Seattle win big raise to the minimum wage: “To put our economy back on track we need to put money in the hands of people who will spend it”:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/01/23/ontario_workers_buoyed_by_us_minimum_wage_hikes.html
