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Media & Policy News: 15 July 2016

July 15, 2016

Top Stories

Canada Child Benefit will fight poverty – as long as provinces co-operate:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ccb-social-assistance-clawback-provinces-campaign-2000-1.3675873

  • ISAC’s take on Ontario’s exemption of child support and the CCB from social assistance benefits: http://incomesecurity.org/public-education/government-announcements-positive-for-parents-on-ow-odsp/
  • Child benefit a “godsend” for parents living on low incomes: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/child-benefit-a-godsend-for-poor-386717651.html
  • Analysis: Criticism of the poor built on ignorance: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/criticism-of-the-poor-built-on-ignorance-386853221.html
  • 5 things to know about the new Canada Child Benefit: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-child-benefit-july-rollout-1.3668698

WSIB stands by its use of “paper doctors” after calls for ombudsman probe:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/07/10/wsib-stands-by-use-of-paper-doctors-after-calls-for-ombudsman-probe.html

First Nations leaders leery of announcement on child welfare:
http://www.macleans.ca/news/first-nations-leaders-leery-of-announcement-on-child-welfare/

Incomes of Canadian seniors and singles stagnant in 2014:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/incomes-of-canadian-seniors-singles-stagnant-data-show/article30895481/?platform=hootsuite

  • Stats Can’s Canadian Income Survey 2014: No progress on low income rate, while median income has risen: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/160708/dq160708b-eng.htm
  • Data shows BC seniors are sliding into poverty: http://www.inews880.com/syn/112/202992/stats-show-b-c-seniors-sliding-into-poverty

Globe editorial: CPP: Modestly bigger, modestly better: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/canada-pension-plan-modestly-bigger-modestly-better/article30830606/

  • CPP boost will help create jobs, says Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/cpp-boost-good-says-nlfl-1.3678553
  • Fraser Institute: CPP expansion will do little to boost rate of return on contributions: http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/fraser-institute-news-release-cpp-expansion-will-do-little-boost-rate-return-particularly-2142393.htm
  • John’s Board of Trade asks for delay on CPP expansion approval: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/delay-cpp-expansion-asks-st-johns-board-of-trade-1.3675357
  • Conservatives call for a pause on CPP: http://www.norfolknews.ca/news-story/6759751-conservatives-call-for-a-pause-on-cpp/
  • Coyne: Turning the CPP into 18 million RRSPs: http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/andrew-coyne-turning-the-cpp-into-18-million-rrsps
  • Historic pension reform: Retiring Ontario’s pension plan and enhancing the CPP:
    http://www.mcmillan.ca/Historic-Pension-Reform-Retiring-Ontarios-Pension-Plan-and-Enhancing-the-Canada-Pension-Plan
  • Nearly two-thirds of Ontario voters support CPP expansion, as Wynne’s approval ticks up:
    http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/nearly-two-thirds-of-ontario-voters-support-cpp-expansion-as-wynnes-approval-ticks-up-poll
  • Nearly half of working-age Canadians are not saving for retirement:
    http://www.metronews.ca/news/canada/2016/07/13/nearly-half-of-working-age-canadians-not-saving-for-retirement-hsbc-report.html

Hundreds rally for affordable housing in day of action across BC’s Lower Mainland:
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/hundreds-rally-for-affordable-housing-in-day-of-action-across-lower-mainland

  • Toronto’s and Vancouver’s red-hot housing markets worry Bank of Canada: https://www.thestar.com/business/2016/07/13/bank-of-canada-leaves-interest-rate-unchanged-lowers-growth-projection.html

UN report shows rich nations are not leading the way toward ending poverty and inequality:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-development-goals-progress-idUSKCN0ZU09F

  • Read the report here: https://www.bti-project.org/en/reports/

Employment must not be the aim of mental health treatment:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-jay-watts/mental-health_b_10769174.html

 

Ontario

Ontario Regional Chief says discrimination against Indigenous children must end:
http://www.netnewsledger.com/2016/07/07/discrimination-indigenous-children-must-end-ontario-regional-chief/

DNA canvassing of Ontario migrant workers in sex assault case not racial profiling, says report:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/dna-canvassing-of-ont-migrant-workers-in-sex-assault-case-not-racial-profiling-report-1.2983916

Ontario launches public community meetings on anti-racism:
https://news.ontario.ca/ard/en/2016/07/ontario-launches-public-community-meetings-on-anti-racism.html

Hamilton Legal Clinic blog: Ontario government ideas will hurt tenants:
http://www.hamiltonjustice.ca/blog/?post=Ontario+Government+Ideas+will+Hurt+Tenants+&id=363

Ontarians see higher hydro bills as consumption comes down:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-hydro-rates-1.3669731

 

Reports, Events, Campaigns

New Caledon report: Canada Pension Plan: The new deal:
http://www.caledoninst.org/Publications/Detail/?ID=1100

The Hill Times’ latest edition of Power & Influence is available for download (past issues also):
http://www.hilltimes.com/pandi-download?mc_cid=7c7ddc8a86&mc_eid=e23a377433

Canada Social Report: Poverty reduction strategies summaries:
http://www.canadasocialreport.ca/PovertyReductionStrategies/

Final report of Ontario’s Partnership Council on Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities:
https://www.ontario.ca/page/partnership-council-employment-opportunities-persons-disabilities-report?_ga=1.224404959.470033996.1467040629

Revised publication: CLEO’s “Participation Agreements and Ontario Works”:
http://www.cleo.on.ca/en/publications/partagr

 

Around the Province

Fighting poverty in Windsor is not a socialist plot:
http://windsorstar.com/opinion/letters/fighting-poverty-not-a-socialist-plot

Personal trainers at Toronto GoodLife Fitness institutions have voted to unionize:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/07/09/toronto-goodlife-trainers-vote-for-union-muscle.html

Niagara Region investing in poverty reduction initiatives:
http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news-story/6765816-funding-for-projects-aimed-at-tackling-poverty/

Niagara resumes mailing social assistance payments after Canada Post withdraws lockout notice:
http://eriemedia.ca/region-resumes-mailing-ontario-works-payments/

Ontario investments in Hamilton non-profit projects:
https://news.ontario.ca/mtc/en/2016/07/ontario-investing-more-than-150000-in-hamilton-non-profit-projects.html

Waterloo Regional Council endorses basic income:
http://www.basicincome.org/news/2016/07/canada-waterloo-regional-council-endorses-basic-income/

 

Across the Country

Op-Ed: $15 minimum wage makes sense for Alberta:
http://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-15-minimum-wage-makes-sense-for-alberta?__lsa=c63d-7df7

Housing advocates occupy a suburban Vancouver building to protest low-cost housing demolitions:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/development-sites-occupied-in-protest-of-metro-vancouver-housing-costs-1.3672930

PEI’s unemployment rate climbs back up to 11%:
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-job-numbers-june-1.3670670

Unemployed in St. John’s aren’t eligible for extended EI:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/extended-ei-unavailable-for-unemployed-people-in-st-johns-1.3675771

Program provides lunches for children in Montreal day camps:
http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/feeding-our-future-providing-meals-for-children-living-in-poverty-1.2980334

Shrinking economy of concern to Calgarians:
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/shrinking-economy-continues-to-concern-calgarians-1.2986805

Another dimension of poverty on the streets of Cape Breton:
http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/2016-07-13/article-4586744/Another-dimension-of-poverty-on-the-streets-of-Cape-Breton/1

Social programs in BC a mark of a fair, civilized society:
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters/social-programs-a-mark-of-a-fair-civilized-society-1.2298064

 

National

Government release: EI improvements are now in effect:
http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/employment-insurance-improvements-taking-effect-to-support-canadas-middle-class-586817871.html

Already in the middle class? Trudeau’s reforms look great. Struggling to join it? Not so much:
http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/already-in-the-middle-class-trudeaus-reforms-look-great/

 

International

What does Brexit mean for poor people?:
http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/future-development/posts/2016/06/24-brexit-impact-poor-people-kharas

UK government piloting new technology to track spending of recipients of social benefits:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-uk-wants-to-police-welfare-recipients-spending-with-the-blockchain

Scotland to establish new Scottish welfare agency as powers transferred to Holyrood:
http://stv.tv/news/politics/1360608-holyrood-to-assume-new-welfare-powers-after-summer-break/

New report exposes “shocking” levels of severe poverty in Scotland:
http://www.scottishhousingnews.com/10243/new-report-exposes-shocking-levels-of-severe-poverty-in-scotland/

While hunger and poverty persist in the US, half of edible food is thrown away:
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/while-hunger-and-poverty-persist-in-us-half-of-edible-food-is-thrown-away

Half of America’s childcare workers need food stamps, welfare payments, or Medicaid:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/11/the-people-taking-care-of-our-kids-live-in-poverty/

20 years after welfare reform, one couple’s story:
http://www.marketplace.org/2016/07/08/world/20-years-after-welfare-reform-one-couples-story

  • The near impossibility of moving up after welfare: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/07/life-after-welfare/490586/M

Growing number of US states repeal welfare caps:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/growing-number-states-repeal-family-welfare-caps/

Obama’s economic advisor rejects basic income:
http://www.basicincome.org/news/2016/07/us-presidents-top-economic-adviser-rejects-basic-income/

Why women are more likely than men to face poverty after retirement:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/women-more-likely-than-men-to-face-poverty-after-retirement/

New Zealand’s commitment to eradicate poverty by 2030 is great, but there’s no plan to get there:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1607/S00178/no-poverty-by-2030-goal-but-no-plan.htm

Zimbabwe citizens rise up against poverty:
http://city-press.news24.com/News/zimbabwes-citizens-rise-up-against-poverty-20160709

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