Top Stories
International Monetary Fund report issues stark warning to corporate and individual tax cheats:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/GECON-01-270614.html
- Here’s the IMF press release and link to the report: http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2014/pr14303.htm
Great piece on why people who are poor can’t just “get a job”:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/janelle-vandergrift/poverty-jobs_b_5529331.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
Ontario
Ombudsman finds huge “communications breakdown” means hundreds of families shortchanged on support payments:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/06/23/ontario_government_mistake_shortchanged_hundreds_of_families_ombud_says.html
- Here’s the Ombudsman’s Report: http://www.ombudsman.on.ca/Newsroom/Press-Release/2014/Record-37–increase-in-complaints,-historic-bid-to.aspx
A call to put the “progressive” back in Progressive Conservative:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/06/17/put_progressive_back_in_progressive_conservative.html
Around the Province
Toronto takes a step toward affordable transit fares for people with low incomes:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/06/24/ttc_city_look_into_lowincome_transit_fares.html#
Results from other jurisdictions informative as Toronto looks at low-income transit fare:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/06/25/transit_discounts_hailed_as_onramp_to_employment_by_lowincome_riders.html#
Why a $15 minimum wage in Toronto is possible:
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/michael-laxer/2014/06/three-reasons-15-hour-municipal-minimum-wage-possible-toronto
Why Hamilton should implement a living wage:
http://www.thespec.com/community-story/4592855-hamilton-should-implement-a-living-wage/
Across the Country
BC’s new ten-year plan for people with disabilities “disappointing”:
http://www.policynote.ca/bcs-new-10-year-plan-for-people-with-disabilities-disappoints-we-can-do-better/
National
Canada’s corporate dead money hits a record $629.7 billion:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/06/21/dead-money-canada-corporate-cash-hoarding_n_5516349.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
Activists push for $20,000 Guaranteed Minimum Income at recent conference:
http://globalnews.ca/news/1423068/activists-push-for-guaranteed-minimum-income/
What poverty really means, for individuals and society:
http://tamarackcci.ca/blogs/mjholmgren/expanding-our-thinking-about-poverty
More results from the At Home / Chez Soi research project:
http://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2014/06/24/housing_improves_plight_of_homeless_people_with_mental_illness_study_finds.html
There’s been a baby boom, but not in childcare:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/06/20/baby_boom_meets_daycare_bust_in_canada.html
Who built the middle class? Unions did:
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/06/27/who-built-the-middle-class-unions-did/
What the cuts to refugee health care really cost:
http://healthydebate.ca/opinions/refugee-health-cuts-really-cost
The Temporary Foreign Worker program may be on the chopping block in 2016:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elimination-of-foreign-worker-program-will-be-on-the-table-in-2016/article19322845/
The Live-In Caregiver program may be next target of immigration reform:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/live-in-caregivers-may-be-next-target-of-immigration-reform/article19304029/
International
Britain’s richest MP buys housing estate, jacks up rents on low-income families:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/devastated-families-face-eviction-after-3786578#.U7CI7yY5EuN.twitter
50,000 marched in London against austerity; here’s why:
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/23/russell-brand-march-against-austerity
Thousands march in six Spanish cities for dignity and against austerity:
http://revolution-news.com/dignity-marches-spain-surround-parliaments/
Inequality and the case for unions:
https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/06/22-2#.U6deDN1jF3c.facebook
Mayors of US cities focus on raising wages for lowest paid workers:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/us/mayors-put-focus-on-how-to-raise-wages-for-lowest-paid-workers-in-cities.html?emc=edit_th_20140623&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=21625954&_r=0
How cities use design to drive people who are homeless away:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/06/how-cities-use-design-to-drive-homeless-people-away/373067/
New poll shows fewer Americans blame poverty on the poor:
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/in-plain-sight/poll-fewer-americans-blame-poverty-poor-n136051
New Zealand’s “future welfare liability” significantly reduced by new welfare rules for young people:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/10206750/Report-validates-punt-on-youth-welfare