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Media & Policy News: 1 June 2018

June 1, 2018

Ontario Election 2018: Week 4

ISAC: Ontario’s political parties on income security & social assistance reform: Comparison chart:
http://incomesecurity.org/public-education/ontarios-political-parties-on-income-security-social-assistance-reform/

Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change: Racial Justice Report Card shows where political parties stand on racial equity and racial justice:
https://colourofpoverty.ca/2018/05/30/copc-ontario-election-report-card-media-release/

Health Providers Against Poverty: Analysis of party platforms for reducing social and health inequities:
https://healthprovidersagainstpoverty.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/hpap-poverty-health-2018-on-election-report.pdf

Workers’ Comp is a Right: Where do the parties stand on Workers’ Comp?:
http://injuredworkersonline.org/where-do-the-parties-stand-on-workers-comp/

Green Prosperity: Where the parties stand on environmental issues:
http://www.greenprosperity.ca/

 

PCs reveal how much promises will cost, but not how they’ll pay for them:
https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/05/30/pcs-reveal-how-much-promises-will-cost-but-not-how-theyll-pay-for-them.html

  • Doug Ford defends lack of full costed platform: http://torontosun.com/news/provincial/doug-ford-defends-lack-of-full-costed-platform
  • “We’re the only party that is accurate”: Ford denies breaking promise to release costed platform: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-costed-platform-campaign-promise-1.4685974
  • Doug Ford’s plan is ‘furthest away’ from balanced budget, economist says: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/doug-ford-s-plan-is-furthest-away-from-balanced-budget-economist-says-1.3952848
  • Ford wants to find $6 billion worth of “efficiencies” without cutting jobs – is that even possible? http://nationalpost.com/news/politics/ford-wants-to-find-6b-worth-of-efficiencies-without-cutting-jobs-is-that-even-possible

“Consider joining us”: Horwath makes strategic voting pitch to Liberal supporters:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/horwath-ndp-liberals-strategic-vote-doug-ford-1.4687455

 

An NDP government would be “terrifying” says Doug Ford at Peterborough rally:
https://www.mykawartha.com/news-story/8636271-an-ndp-government-would-be-terrifying-says-doug-ford-at-peterborough-rally/

 

Platforms:

  • Liberal: https://platform.ontarioliberal.ca/full-platform-text/
  • NDP: https://www.ontariondp.ca/platform
  • PC: https://www.ontariopc.ca/petitions
  • Green: https://gpo.ca/our-platform/

Comparing fiscal platforms in the Ontario election:
http://behindthenumbers.ca/2018/05/29/fiscal-platforms-ontario-election/

  • Ontario Election: Inequality impacts of fiscal plans: http://www.progressive-economics.ca/2018/05/29/inequality_and_ontario_fiscal_plans/

Ontario Election: Where does each party stand on government spending?:
https://www.thepostmillennial.com/ontario-election-where-does-each-party-stand-on-government-spending/

 

Why a PC minority would put Ontario’s Liberals “between a rock and a hard place”:
https://globalnews.ca/news/4236122/ontario-liberals-pc-minority/

Analysis: Here are the 20 closest riding races that could decide the Ontario election:
https://globalnews.ca/news/4228557/david-akin-20-closest-ridings-ontario/

Ontario election path to victory runs through the 905:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-election-905-gta-1.4682316

Securing millennial vote key to winning Ontario election:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/securing-millennial-vote-key-to-winning-ontario-election-1.4679325

Choosing none of the above in the Ontario election is a cop-out:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-choosing-none-of-the-above-in-ontario-election-is-a-cop-out/

 

May 30: Ontario NDP, PCs in dead heat: Angus Reid poll:
https://ipolitics.ca/2018/05/30/ontario-ndp-pcs-in-dead-heat-angus-reid-poll/

May 30: Volatile electorate suggests almost anything could happen on June 7: Forum poll:
http://poll.forumresearch.com/post/2848/ontario-horserace-may-28

May 29: Election Tracking Wave 4: The NDP move ahead: Innovative poll:
https://innovativeresearch.ca/election-tracking-wave-4-the-ndp-move-ahead/

May 29: The NDP lead keeps growing: Maclean’s-Pollara poll:
https://www.macleans.ca/politics/the-macleans-pollara-ontario-election-poll-the-ndp-lead-keeps-growing/

May 28: NDP lags, PCs retake lead in Ontario election after final debate: Ipsos poll: “Indeed, turnout could prove to be the deciding factor in this election, especially in ridings where the race is too close to call”:
https://globalnews.ca/news/4236201/ontario-election-poll-ndp-soften-pc-lead/

May 28: NDP surge past PCs into the lead: Mainstreet poll: “We think the NDP will need to go up another three points or so to win. Otherwise, Horwath could find herself winning the popular vote but in opposition”:
https://www.mainstreetresearch.ca/ndp-surge-past-pcs-into-the-lead/

CBC: Ontario Votes 2018 Poll Tracker:
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/onvotes/poll-tracker/

 

On the Radar: Voting on June 7:
https://mailchi.mp/cleo/on-the-radar-voting-on-june-7?e=63ebc9e633

  • Delivery of half a million voter cards has been delayed, says Canada Post: https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/05/30/delivery-of-half-a-million-voter-cards-has-been-delayed-says-canada-post.html

Poverty and other social issues on the agenda at Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry candidates’ meeting:
http://www.standard-freeholder.com/2018/05/31/poverty-and-other-social-issues-on-the-agenda-at-stormont-dundas-south-glengarry-candidates-meeting-in-finch

Bay of Quinte candidates tackle poverty:
http://www.intelligencer.ca/2018/05/31/candidates-tackle-poverty

Sarnia-Lambton candidates square off over minimum wage:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/29/children-poverty-rocketing-defend-rights-unborn-child

Provincial debt, minimum wage among issues at Listowel candidates meeting:
https://www.southwesternontario.ca/news-story/8636769-provincial-debt-minimum-wage-among-issues-at-listowel-candidates-meeting/

The NDP, the Conservatives and the stakes for Windsor:
http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/jarvis-the-ndp-the-conservatives-and-the-stakes-for-windsor

 

Ontario dieticians want politicians to address food insecurity:
http://blackburnnews.com/midwestern-ontario/2018/05/31/ontario-dietitians-want-politicians-address-food-insecurity/

Student voters in Ontario look for tuition, mental health help:
http://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/05/25/student-voters-in-ontario-look-for-tuition-mental-health-help/

Out of Control Rental Housing Report: SPRC Hamilton, Hamilton Roundtable, and Hamilton Legal Clinic:
http://www.sprc.hamilton.on.ca/outofcontrol/

Opinion: There’s no good reason to freeze the minimum wage:
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/05/30/theres-no-good-reason-to-freeze-the-minimum-wage.html

  • Ontario minimum wage hike having “trickle up” effect on paycheques of higher earners: http://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/ontario-minimum-wage-hike-trickles-up-to-higher-earners-over-to-other-provinces

Basic Income Guarantee could expand across Ontario, Peterborough-Kawartha incumbent tells debate:
https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news-story/8629286-basic-income-guarantee-could-expand-across-ontario-leal-tells-debate/

  • Baranyai: Basic income pilots have all-party support, so far: http://lfpress.com/opinion/columnists/baranyai-basic-income-pilots-have-all-party-support-so-far
  • Warren: Is universal basic income the future?: http://lfpress.com/opinion/columnists/warren-is-universal-basic-income-the-future

Liberals promise better access to pensions for Ontario’s private-sector workers:
https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/05/24/liberals-promise-better-access-to-pensions-for-ontarios-private-sector-workers.html

  • Non-profit sector aims to create Canada’s first national, portable retirement plan: https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/05/31/non-profit-sector-aims-to-create-canadas-first-national-portable-retirement-plan.html
  • A closer look at Ontario political parties’ pension, benefits promises: https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/a-closer-look-at-ontario-political-parties-pension-and-benefits-promises-115046

Op-ed: Move to PCs would be detrimental to environmental and economic sustainability:
https://www.guelphmercury.com/opinion-story/8636019-move-to-pcs-would-be-detrimental-to-environmental-and-economic-sustainability/

Liberals promise all surpluses go to debt:
https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/05/26/ontario-liberals-promise-all-surpluses-go-to-debt.html

Ontario election 2018: Where the parties stand on issues that will affect your wallet:
http://www.moneysense.ca/news/ontario-election-2018-personal-finance/

Provincial Synod provides resources for Ontario Anglicans going to the polls:
https://www.anglicanjournal.com/articles/provincial-synod-provides-resources-for-ontario-anglicans-going-to-the-polls/

 

Other Top Stories

Plight of panhandlers only made worse by fines, legal clinic says:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/05/28/plight-of-panhandlers-only-made-worse-by-fines-legal-clinic-says.html

  • Editorial: Ontario should repeal the so-called Safe Streets Act: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2018/05/30/ontario-should-repeal-the-so-called-safe-streets-act.html

Government of Canada still consulting on a human rights-based approach to housing – respond here:
https://www.placetocallhome.ca/consulting-with-canadians.cfm

  • Use these tools from ACTO as a guide for how to respond: https://www.acto.ca/take-action/right-to-housing/

For low income residents in Vancouver, a different kind of real estate crisis:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-for-low-income-residents-in-vancouver-a-different-kind-of-real-estate/

  • BC government considers buyout of Sahota’s single-room occupancy problem buildings: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-bc-government-considers-buy-out-of-sahotas-problem-buildings/

Concerns raised over high fees charged to temporary foreign workers:
http://www.employmentlawtoday.com/article/37013-concerns-raised-over-high-fees-charged-to-temporary-foreign-workers/

  • Migrant workers sue recruiter, employer in small claims court: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/05/28/migrant-workers-sue-recruiter-employer-in-small-claims-court.html

Toronto’s food bank numbers drop, London’s remain steady:
http://lfpress.com/news/local-news/food-bank-numbers-no-light-at-end-of-tunnel-director-says

  • Food banks are not the answer: Is it time to end charity?: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/food-banks-new-brunswick-poverty-podcast-1.4439421

Delays slow BC government’s promised poverty reduction plan, says minister:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-poverty-reduction-plan-1.4558569

Taxation of health and dental benefits would hit the middle-class, report shows:
https://globalnews.ca/news/4228212/health-dental-benefits-tax-liberals-pbo/

Report shows health in Grassy Narrows “significantly worse” than other First Nations:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-health-in-grassy-narrows-significantly-worse-than-other-first/

New think tank aims to provide First Nations perspectives instead of a “white Indian expert”:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/05/30/new-think-tank-aims-to-provide-first-nations-perspectives-instead-of-a-white-indian-expert.html

Poverty affects one in five children in Canada, says UN charity:
http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2018/05/28/poor-canadian-youth-child-unicef/

 

Reports, Events, Campaigns and Other Good Things

How to create better employee experiences for workers with disabilities:
https://www.cmswire.com/digital-workplace/how-to-create-better-employee-experiences-for-workers-with-disabilities/

Paramedic-run health sessions in Hamilton low-income apartments reduced number of 911 calls, improved health:
https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-05/cmaj-phs052318.php

Stats Can study: Wages, up to the age of 40, 1978 to 2015:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/180529/dq180529a-eng.htm

Stats Can: Payroll employment, earnings and hours, March 2018:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/180531/dq180531c-eng.htm

Homeless Hub newsletter:
https://mailchi.mp/edu/see-the-numbers-behind-ontarios-affordable-housing-crisis?e=6da7d6f883

AMJC: Understanding the connection between food insecurity and Type 2 Diabetes:
http://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/understanding-the-connection-between-food-insecurity-and-type-2-diabetes

 

Around the Province

It would cost $1.9 million to cover menstrual products for vulnerable women and girls in Toronto, new research shows:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/05/28/it-would-cost-19-million-to-cover-menstrual-products-for-vulnerable-women-and-girls-in-toronto-new-research-shows.html

Hamilton’s revitalization continues, leaving some behind: Vital Signs report:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-vital-signs-20018-1.4683702

Homeless pianist in Windsor overwhelmed by the support of strangers after city dismantles his makeshift shelter:
http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/homeless-pianist-overwhelmed-by-the-support-of-strangers-after-city-dismantles-his-makeshift-shelter

 

Across the Country

“We are sorry”: Alberta premier Rachel Notley formally apologizes to ‘60s Scoop survivors:
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/world/rachel-notley-formally-apologizes-to-60s-scoop-survivors/wcm/3b55ce7e-bed8-45a7-a3e5-a0fbecd80e55

Quebec’s daycare model provides inspiration for provinces to develop their own:
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/05/29/quebecs-daycare-model-provides-inspiration-for-provinces-to-develop-their-own.html

Manitobans support effort to raise people from poverty: Poll:
http://winnipegsun.com/news/provincial/manitobans-support-plan-to-raise-people-from-poverty-poll

‘Step up to the plate and take a chance’ on low-income tenants, says longtime Saskatoon landlord:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/longtime-landlord-human-rights-1.4678493

As economy rises Alberta EI numbers continue to fall:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/employment-insurance-numbers-alberta-economy-1.4676197

Alberni university zeroes in on disability and poverty:
https://www.albernivalleynews.com/news/alberni-university-zeroes-in-on-disability-and-poverty/

Opioid dealers target Alberta reserve struggling with overdoses:
https://www.thestar.com/calgary/2018/05/27/opioid-dealers-target-alberta-reserve-struggling-with-overdoses.html

BC Fruit Growers Association reiterates radical activists warning:
https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Central_Okanagan/Migrant_workers_organization_responds_to_radical_activists_label/

BC to “reimagine” inclusive living programs:
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/b-c-to-re-imagine-inclusive-living-programs-1.23316824

Vancouver Tenants Union issues 50-point plan to protect renters and return affordability to BC real estate:
https://www.straight.com/news/1081941/vancouver-tenants-union-issues-50-point-plan-protect-renters-and-return-affordability

Bill 6 – amendments to British Columbia Employment Standards Act:
https://www.internationallawoffice.com/Newsletters/Employment-Benefits/Canada/Fasken/Bill-6-amendments-to-British-Columbia-Employment-Standards-Act

BC employers prepare for minimum wage hike on June 1:
https://globalnews.ca/news/4245503/bc-minimum-wage-hike-coming-june-1/

PEI residents whose EI claims expire before work resumes can seek help:
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/pei-residents-whose-ei-claims-expire-before-work-resumes-can-seek-help-214341/

Recipients of spousal and child support in Nova Scotia owed $60 million, says AG’s report:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1573895-recipients-of-spousal-and-child-support-in-nova-scotia-owed-60-million-says-ags-r

Sydney NS woman won’t give up her fight for CPP Disability benefits:
http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/sydney-woman-wont-give-up-her-fight-for-canada-pension-plan-disability-benefits-213806/

 

National

Elections Canada prepares to fight fake news, foreign influence in 2019 vote:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/elections-canada-fake-news-voting-1.4582291

What is period poverty? Study finds women under 25 struggling to afford menstrual products:
https://globalnews.ca/video/4239271/what-is-period-poverty-study-finds-women-under-25-struggling-to-afford-menstrual-products

Indebted Canadians say they need 40% more income to live debt-free: MNP/Ipsos poll:
https://globalnews.ca/news/4235966/canadians-consumer-debt-40-more-income/

Why Basic Income is a mental health issue:
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3akm4/why-basic-income-is-a-mental-health-issue

Opinion: The US is tearing children from their parents – and so are we:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-us-is-tearing-children-from-their-parents-and-so-are-we/

 

International

Worth repeating: If you tax the rich, they won’t leave: US data contradicts millionaires’ threats:
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/nov/20/if-you-tax-the-rich-they-wont-leave-us-data-contradicts-millionaires-threats

Floridians find minimum wage too low, study finds:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/consumer/os-bz-florida-minimum-wage-survey-20180530-story.html

Costco to boost its US minimum wage to $14 an hour:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/costco-to-boost-its-minimum-wage-to-14-an-hour-2018-05-31

Actually, the US can afford welfare:
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-05-25/safety-net-welfare-programs-are-not-breaking-the-bank

New Zealand government appoints 11-strong advisory panel to overhaul welfare system:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/104255326/government-appoints-11strong-advisory-panel-to-overhaul-welfare-system

Why poverty is rising faster in New Zealand suburbs than cities:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12062590

Australia government pursues cashless welfare expansion:
https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/govt-pursues-cashless-welfare-expansion/news-story/628afcae3676499230417b978b730692

Australia’s minimum wage to rise 3.5 percent, no inflation pressure seen:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-economy-wages/australias-fair-work-commission-raises-minimum-wage-by-3-5-percent-idUSKCN1IX3DY

Social welfare not enough to keep Irish people out of poverty, warns charities report:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/social-welfare-not-enough-to-keep-people-out-of-poverty-warns-charities-report-1.3508554

We’re giving up on universal basic income before the evidence is in:
https://qz.com/1289626/has-universal-basic-income-lost-its-charm-before-we-could-figure-out-if-it-works/

Food security is a powerful weapon to defeat poverty:
http://news.trust.org//item/20180527073835-9gnha/

Want to solve the obesity crisis? Fight poverty, not poor people:
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/jamie-oliver-food-poverty-obesity-policy-scottish-government

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