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5 lessons we can learn from seven years of poverty reduction in Ontario – anniversary this week:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/11/27/five-lessons-from-the-failing-fight-against-child-poverty.html
- Cole: Queen’s Park is failing hungry Ontarians: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/11/26/queens-park-is-failing-hungry-ontarians-cole.html
- Goar: Fine sentiments but no progress on child poverty: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/columnists/2015/11/25/fine-sentiments-but-no-progress-on-child-poverty-goar.html
Campaign 2000 report card on child and family poverty in Canada:
http://www.campaign2000.ca/reportCards/2015RepCards/NationalReportCardEn2015.pdf
CCPA study: Corporate income tax cuts have not only failed to foster faster growth, but have actually indirectly fostered slower growth:
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/do-corporate-income-tax-rate-reductions-accelerate-growth
Canadian Institute for Health Information study: Health inequality is widening between richer and poorer Canadians:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/health-inequality-cihi-1.3324368
Ontario psychologists say WSIB uses “primitive practice of deeming injured workers eligible to resume work when physicians have clearly stated the opposite”:
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/toronto/ontario-psychologist-alarmed-by-what-s-happening-to-wsib-claimants-1.3306891
- WSIB is unfairly denying patient claims: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/programs/metromorning/ontario-psychologists-claim-wsib-unfairly-denying-patient-claims-1.3302778
- Video: NDP critic Cindy Forster questions the Minister of Labour on WSIB practices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B61Sdg4lFU&feature=share
- OFL report: http://ofl.ca/index.php/2015-wsib-report/
Premier Wynne says the province should start analyzing policy through a race lens:
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/ontario-premier-says-its-time-the-province-started-analyzing-policies-through-a-race-lens
Nova Scotia to redesign their “broken social welfare program”:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1319392-nova-scotia-to-revamp-social-welfare-system
It’s time for boomers to pay their fair share of taxes:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/retirement/retire-taxes-and-portfolios/its-time-for-boomers-to-pay-their-fair-of-share-of-taxes/article27238886/
Tax credits for donations of “edible waste” to food banks is a “rubbish idea”:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/donating-edible-waste-to-food-banks-in-exchange-for-tax-credit-now-thats-a-rubbish-idea/article27064689/
- Put Food in the Budget supports that position: http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51055/t/0/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1335050
Ontario’s sheltered workshops to close forever:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/11/29/ontarios-sheltered-workshops-to-close-forever.html
- Star editorial: It’s time to integrate people with intellectual disabilities into the real workforce: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2015/11/08/integrate-intellectually-delayed-into-the-real-workforce-editorial.html
- No new admissions to sheltered workshops, Minister says: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/11/16/no-new-admissions-to-workshops-minister.html
- Community Living Ontario Communique: Ending Admissions to Sheltered Workshops Important First Step: http://eblast.gotenzing.com/t/r-17F50F43C078C8EC2540EF23F30FEDED
Pam Palmater: Will we see real nation-to-nation respect with Trudeau?
https://nowtoronto.com/news/will-we-see-real-nation-to-nation-respect-with-trudeau/#.VjvDGrolITQ.facebook
Briarpatch: Who wants a Guaranteed Annual Income? The critique:
http://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/who-wants-a-universal-basic-income
Reports, Campaigns, Events
RNAO Take Action: PM Trudeau and Premier Wynne: Invest now in affordable housing for better health:
http://rnao.ca/policy/action-alerts/prime-minister-trudeau-and-premier-wynne-invest-now-affordable-housing-better-h
Month of Action: Ontario workers need paid sick days!:
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=b32b33961fd1e65272919d8a6&id=3b46f2e9e4&e=51059eb750
$15 and Fairness calls for paid sick days:
http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8e3951a35d48e64f736884ea9&id=537ba730e3&e=f3bab51a7a
- OCASI Guides for Migrant Workers:
Low and High Skilled Streams: http://yourlegalrights.on.ca/resource/migrant-worker-guide-low-and-high-skilled-streams - Seasonal Agricultural Worker Stream: http://yourlegalrights.on.ca/resource/migrant-worker-guide-seasonal-agricultural-worker-program-sawp-stream
- Caregiver Stream: http://yourlegalrights.on.ca/resource/migrant-worker-guide-caregiver-stream
Workers Action Centre review of the new Stronger Workplaces Act:
http://www.workersactioncentre.org/updates/stronger-workplaces-for-a-stronger-economy-act-2014-how-the-laws-have-changed/
Report: How much does the childcare system work and how much does a childcare space cost in Quebec?
http://childcarecanada.org/documents/research-policy-practice/15/10/how-does-childcare-system-work-and-how-much-does-childcare-
Guided self-help materials for people appealing ODSP decisions, from Hamilton Community Legal Clinic:
http://www.hamiltonjustice.ca/blog/?post=Clinic+Develops+ODSP+Guided+Self+Help+Materials&id=308
Ontario Homeless Hub: Precarious and Low Wage Employment Infographic:
http://homelesshub.ca/blog/infographic-precarious-low-wage-employment
Ontario Living Wage Network website:
http://www.ccpaontario.ca/ontariolivingwage.ca/
Ontario
Deirdre Pike Op-Ed: We need new rules to help people who are homeless:
http://m.thespec.com/opinion-story/6117046-pike-we-need-new-rules-to-assist-the-homeless
Minimum wage vs. living wage: How Ontario’s cities stack up:
http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/shared-values/minimum-wage-vs-living-wage-how-ontarios-cities-stack-up
Ottawa ACORN to meet with MCSS Minister Jaczek on shelter rates for people on ODSP:
http://www.ottawacommunitynews.com/news-story/6112966-ottawa-acorn-members-to-meet-with-social-services-minister/
Ottawa justice of the peace questions listening to Ojibway man’s “sad” story, despite Gladue principles:
http://aptn.ca/news/2015/11/10/ottawa-judge-tells-ojibway-man-she-doesnt-want-to-hear-another-sob-story/
Big win for injured workers with full indexation of benefits:
http://www.hamiltonjustice.ca/blog/?post=Big+Win+for+Injured+Workers&id=309
Housing crisis for adults with developmental disabilities grows in Ontario:
http://globalnews.ca/news/2331449/housing-crisis-for-adults-with-developmental-disabilities-grows-in-ontario-families/
Ontario building 30 new schools, including room for 2,135 new licensed child care spaces:
https://news.ontario.ca/edu/en/2015/11/ontario-building-30-new-schools-over-2000-licensed-child-care-spaces.html
Ontario building new mental health crisis centre in London:
https://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2015/11/ontario-building-new-mental-health-crisis-centre-in-london.html
Six Nations Polytechnic to receive additional funding:
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/6120814-more-than-1m-in-extra-funding-for-six-nations-polytechnic/
Around the Province
Non-profits in the GTA should lead the way in improving job quality, says new report:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/11/25/a-decent-proposal-not-for-profits-should-raise-job-standards-report-says.html
The hidden homeless in Toronto’s suburbs:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/programs/metromorning/homeless-toronto-1.3340277
Rising food costs overwhelm families in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties, especially those on social assistance:
http://www.intelligencer.ca/2015/11/05/food-costs-overwhelm-families
Mississauga council fear poor people will be pushed away from LRT route:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/11/06/mississauga-council-fears-poor-people-will-be-pushed-away-from-lrt-route.html
- Mississauga councillor proposes 10% of new builds be affordable housing: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/programs/metromorning/councillor-proposes-10-of-new-mississauga-developments-be-affordable-housing-1.3335008
- Mississauga begins inventory of affordable housing: http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/6139289-city-staff-to-begin-its-inventory-of-affordable-housing/
Hamilton OW staff mark one year of SAMS computer system with “code red day” protest:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/ontario-works-staff-stage-protest-to-mark-1-year-of-flawed-computer-system-1.3311947
Social Planning Council of Sudbury says a family of four in that city needs $66,513 to make ends meet:
http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2015/11/04-living-wage-meeting-sudbury.aspx
Windsor businesses, unions and charities committed to paying a living wage:
http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/more-windsor-businesses-commit-to-paying-a-living-wage
“Rays of hope” as Oshawa battles child poverty:
http://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/education/2015/11/07/rays-of-hope-rise-in-oshawas-battle-against-child-poverty.html
Oshawa tenants organize for repairs to neglected, crime-ridden building:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/11/08/oshawa-tenants-organize-for-repairs-to-neglected-crime-ridden-building.html
Guaranteed Income urged in the fight against hunger in Ottawa:
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/guaranteed-income-urged-in-fight-against-hunger
Anishinabek Nation Child Well-Being Law to be in effect April 1, 2017:
http://anishinabeknews.ca/2015/11/04/anishinabek-nation-child-well-being-law-projected-to-be-in-effect-april-1-2017/
Guelph and Wellington employers make commitment to paying a living wage:
http://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/6085357-guelph-and-wellington-employers-make-commitment-to-paying-living-wage-to-employees/
Thunder Bay inquest on youth deaths: Indigenous cases treated by police as “less than worthy victims”:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/indigenous-cases-treated-by-police-as-less-than-worthy-victims-lawyer-says-1.3307961?cmp=rss
Toronto’s poverty strategy means little without a financial commitment:
http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2015/11/04/when-good-talk-goes-down-like-a-lead-pipe-keenan.html
- Toronto’s poverty reduction plan: Heart’s in the right place. Where’s the money?: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/torontos-poverty-plan-has-its-heart-in-the-right-place/article27160494/
- Great plan, but good luck getting the city to pay its share: http://news.nationalpost.com/toronto/chris-selley-john-torys-anti-poverty-strategy-is-viable-but-good-luck-getting-the-city-to-pay-its-share
- Toronto poverty reduction strategy aims to expand dental care for low-income adults: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/programs/metromorning/city-to-expand-dental-care-for-low-income-adults-1.3305569
- Star Editorial: Fund the fight against poverty: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2015/11/08/fund-the-fight-against-poverty-editorial.html?referrer
Toronto Councillor Layton asks Queen’s Park to give municipalities inclusionary zoning powers:
http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/6098438-councillor-mike-layton-asks-queen-s-park-to-give-municipalities-new-affordable-housing-tool/
- Star editorial: Toronto should endorse inclusionary zoning: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2015/05/04/toronto-should-endorse-an-obvious-way-to-boost-affordable-housing-editorial.html
Toronto’s Meeting Place: A safe haven for those in need:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/11/07/the-meeting-place-a-safe-haven-for-those-in-need.html
Citypak project doles out “streetwise” backpacks to people who are homeless in Toronto:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/11/06/citypak-project-distributes-a-streetwise-backpack-for-torontos-homeless.html
One Toronto man will spend the first winter in 10 years indoors:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/programs/metromorning/homeless-mindset-hard-to-shake-for-toronto-man-1.3308200
Toronto janitors take on property moguls:
http://rankandfile.ca/2015/11/11/toronto-janitors-take-on-property-moguls/
Across the Country
Bif Naked, on her experience on BC’s Welfare Diet Challenge. It ain’t pretty:
http://www.straight.com/news/574136/bif-naked-welfare-food-challenge-reveals-classism-vancouver
Solving youth homelessness in BC, one community at a time:
http://thetyee.ca/News/2015/11/09/Solving-Youth-Homelessness/
Refugees in Halifax to get one-year transit passes:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-refugees-to-get-temp-transit-passes-1.3340148
National
Audio: How are Canada’s poor being misrepresented? An academic with lived experience investigates the portrayal of people who are poor in the media and in government:
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2678523060
Prime Minister Trudeau commits to a national Poverty Reduction Plan:
http://www.cwp-csp.ca/2015/11/pm-trudeau-commits-to-poverty-plan/?utm_source=hootsuite
Return of the long-form census!
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/11/05/liberals-restore-mandatory-long-form-census.html
Canada to join G20 effort to limit multinationals’ profit shifting and increase government revenues:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-to-join-g20-effort-to-limit-profit-shifting-by-multinationals/article27261166/
Martha Friendly: A national child care system… “because it’s 2015”:
http://childcarecanada.org/blog/national-child-care-system%E2%80%9Cbecause-it%E2%80%99s-2015%E2%80%9D
Minister to announce plan for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls inquiry “shortly”:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/missing-indigenous-women-inquiry-carolyn-bennett-1.3311993
Bennett gives Indigenous Affairs department July 1 2017 deadline to deliver results on reconciliation:
http://aptn.ca/news/2015/11/13/bennett-gives-indigenous-affairs-department-july-1-2017-deadline-to-deliver-results-on-reconciliation/
Canada should stop jailing young offenders:
http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/2015/10/30/canada-should-stop-jailing-our-young-offenders
- Most people in jail today are innocent: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/11/04/most-people-in-jail-today-are-innocent-michael-bryant.html
- New federal government to review the use of mandatory minimum sentences: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/liberals-will-review-controversial-mandatory-minimums-justice-minister-1.2648279
Canadian Council for Refugees – “Traditionally a leader in welcoming refugees and other newcomers, Canada can and must renew its efforts to protect their rights”:
- Seven Keys to protecting and welcoming refugees and newcomers: http://ccrweb.ca/en/refugees-newcomers-vision-Canada
- Key Priorities for the new government: http://ccrweb.ca/en/key-priorities-new-government
Government to fully restore refugee health-care cuts:
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thehouse/meet-your-new-government-1.3305229/liberals-to-fully-restore-refugee-health-care-cuts-says-john-mccallum-1.3305978
No, Canada doesn’t spend more on refugees than on pensioners:
http://globalnews.ca/news/2349786/no-canada-doesnt-spend-more-on-refugees-than-pensioners/
International
Trans-Pacific Partnership: The most brazen corporate power grab in American history:
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_most_brazen_corporate_power_grab_in_american_history_20151106
Lack of parental leave and early childhood education programs leaves US kids worse off:
http://inthesetimes.com/article/18558/lack_of_parental_leave_early_childhood_education_hurting_american_kids
What’s killing poor white women in the US?:
http://prospect.org/article/whats-killing-poor-white-women
Most UK Tory MPs oppose their government’s tax credit cuts:
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/14/tax-credits-cuts-conservative-mps-opposed-stephen-mcpartland
Robert Reich: Friction is now between the global financial elite and the rest of us:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/11/us-uk-politics-economics