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https://ereg.elections.ca/CWelcome.aspx
Election 2015: ISAC’s list of key issues and where the parties stand:
http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=095b12c98935ecaadd327bf90&id=624442f8e0
Campaign 2000 report: Mapping Child Poverty: A Reality in Every Federal Riding
- No riding in Canada is immune from child poverty: http://www.campaign2000.ca/
- Campaign 2000’s Anita Khanna on The Exchange with Amanda Lang:http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Business/The+Exchange+with+Amanda+Lang/ID/2677130026/
- Column: Promises, promises, but no answers for child poverty: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/story.html?id=11428405&__lsa=93a3-62f2
- Child poverty is widespread in Toronto area ridings: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/10/07/child-poverty-widespread-in-toronto-area-ridings.html
- Child poverty in Toronto could become an election issue: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/10/07/canada-poverty-election_n_8261070.html
- Child poverty in Northwestern Ontario is far too high: http://www.netnewsledger.com/2015/10/11/child-poverty-rates-across-northwestern-ontario-far-too-high/
- One riding in BC has a rate of child poverty of 22.5%: http://www.wltribune.com/news/331833391.html
- A riding in Nova Scotia has a child poverty rate of 34.5%: http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2015-10-09/article-4305692/Child-poverty-remains-high-in-Cape-Breton/1
Costs of Ontario’s 1995 “welfare diet” soar, while OW and ODSP rates remain inadequate:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/10/10/cost-of-ontarios-1995-welfare-diet-soars-amid-inadequate-rates.html
Faces of Nova Scotia Welfare puts a human face on those relying on social assistance benefits:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/benefits-reform-action-group-ns-reveals-faces-of-welfare-1.3269468
- Group fights welfare stigma with social media: http://globalnews.ca/news/2274883/facesofnswelfare-fighting-welfare-stigma-through-social-media/
Globe editorial: Providing safe drinking water to First Nations communities is easy. Just do it:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/editorials/providing-safe-drinking-water-on-reserves-is-simple-just-do-it/article26793153/
Payday loan companies to pay $10 million in class-action lawsuit settlement:
http://www.lfpress.com/2015/10/08/payday-loan-companies-agree-to-pay-10m-to-settle-class-action-lawsuits
Editorial: Politicians are ignoring poverty in the chase for middle-class votes:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2015/10/06/politicians-are-ignoring-poverty-in-chase-after-middle-class-votes-editorial.html
Editorial: Ontario’s working poor deserve better:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2015/10/01/ontarios-working-poor-deserve-better-editorial.html
Op-Ed: Canadian children need a champion to ensure better health in the face of debilitating poverty:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1315929-in-face-of-debilitating-poverty-canadian-children-need-a-champion
Reports, Events, and Other Good Stuff
Sign the Toronto Poverty Reduction petition – calling on City Councillors to support a bold plan:
http://togethertoronto.ca/campaigns/poverty-reduction
- Here’s the City’s interim Poverty Reduction Strategy: http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=faeabf088412e410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=de8f727e05c79410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD
New report on mental health and addiction from Ontario Human Rights Commission:
http://www.hrmonline.ca/hr-news/ontario-mentalhealth-report-released-197503.aspx
- Here’s the report: http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/numbers-statistical-profile-people-mental-health-and-addiction-disabilities-ontario
Nov 26-28: Canadian Council for Refugees Fall Consultation – Hamilton:
http://ccrweb.ca/sites/ccrweb.ca/files/pamphleten.pdf
PLE Toolbox: Helping clients with Public Legal Education and information:
http://www.plelearningexchange.ca/toolbox/
Video: Disability and the Duty to Accommodate – from the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation:
http://yourlegalrights.on.ca/resource/disability-and-duty-accommodate
Ontario
Ontario consultations on closing the gender wage gap:
https://news.ontario.ca/mol/en/2015/10/ontario-seeking-public-input-on-closing-the-gender-wage-gap.html
- Star coverage: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/10/08/ontario-government-vows-action-on-gender-wage-gap.html
- Skepticism greets the announcement: http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2015/10/08/skepticism-greets-liberals-push-to-close-gender-wage-gap.html
Ontario Local Poverty Reduction Fund announcements:
- Services for at risk youth, single moms, and those needing legal services in Hamilton:https://news.ontario.ca/tbs/en/2015/10/ontario-to-support-at-risk-youth-single-mothers-and-those-in-need-of-community-legal-services-in-ham.html
- Out of the Cold program in Sudbury: http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2015/10/11-thibeault-homeless-funding-sudbury.aspx
- Culinary programs for at-risk youth in Peel: https://news.ontario.ca/tbs/en/2015/10/ontario-partners-with-catholic-family-services-on-community-based-poverty-solutions-in-peel.html
- Evaluating poverty reduction in Guelph: http://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/5957386-province-to-provide-138-800-to-evaluate-guelph-poverty-reduction-program/
Around the Province
Long awaited inquest into Aboriginal students’ deaths starts in Thunder Bay:
http://globalnews.ca/news/2259607/long-awaited-inquest-into-young-aboriginal-deaths-starts-in-thunder-bay/
- Lawyer reflects on week one of the inquest: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/first-nations-student-deaths-inquest-lawyer-reflects-on-week-one-1.3269094?cmp=rss
Community coalition report: Toronto retains its shameful title as the child poverty capital of Canada:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/10/13/toronto-holds-onto-its-shameful-title-child-poverty-capital-of-canada.html
- Here’s the report: http://www.socialplanningtoronto.org/news/toronto-remains-the-child-poverty-capital-of-canada/
- It’s a record we don’t want: http://www.citynews.ca/2015/10/13/a-record-we-dont-want-toronto-leads-canada-in-child-poverty/
- Editorial: Toronto should not be tops in child poverty: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2015/10/13/toronto-should-not-be-tops-in-child-poverty-editorial.html
Vital Signs 2015 report warns of growing income gap in Toronto:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/10/06/new-report-warns-of-growing-income-gap-in-toronto.html
- Report says Toronto is Canada’s capital of working poverty: http://globalnews.ca/news/2262116/report-brands-toronto-canadas-capital-of-working-poverty/
Toronto Council could vote to spend as much as $100 million on poverty reduction in 2016:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/10/14/toronto-could-spend-100m-to-fight-poverty-in-2016.html
- Does Toronto need a low-income transit pass?: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/2015/10/13/does-toronto-need-a-low-income-ttc-pass.html
- Toronto’s plan to invest in homeless shelters “too little, too late”: http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2015/10/15/toronto-plan-to-invest-in-homeless-shelters-criticized-.html
St. Catherine’s: To fight poverty, you’ve gotta think BIG:
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2015/10/15/column-think-big-to-fight-poverty
Use the R-word in Peterborough? You get yellow carded:
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2015/10/09/yellowcard-campaign-aims-to-end-use-of-r-word
Brantford program to provide rent subsidies for people who are homeless:
http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2015/10/07/rent-program-seeks-to-help-homeless
Flag raising in Chatham-Kent part of public education efforts on the realities of poverty:
http://www.chathamthisweek.com/2015/10/13/helping-the-public-learn-about-the-realities-of-poverty
Actually, Hamilton’s not the best place to raise a child:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/hamilton-not-the-best-place-to-raise-a-child-1.3263090
Harm reduction shelter a step closer in Sudbury:
http://www.thesudburystar.com/2015/10/05/wet-shelter-step-closer
Across the Country
Homeless in Igloolik: Family of five lives in a tent:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/homeless-in-igloolik-family-of-5-lives-in-a-tent-1.3253390
Advocates call on BC to end clawbacks of maternity and parental leave benefits from social assistance:
http://www.nelsonstar.com/opinion/330409681.html
Advocates call on Alberta to end clawbacks of child support from social assistance:
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/doreen-nicoll/2015/10/alberta-respect-children-first-act-and-stop-clawing-back-child-
Poverty Awareness Week kicks of in Saskatoon:
http://globalnews.ca/news/2275723/poverty-awareness-week-kicks-off-in-saskatoon/
Calgarians discuss what they’re doing to end poverty:
http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2015/10/14/calgarians-discuss-what-theyre-doing-to-end-poverty-.html
From Newfoundland and Labrador: Governments can help end poverty!
http://citizen.on.ca/?p=4385
From Halifax: What about the plight of the poor?:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/letters/1316552-reader’s-corner-what-about-the-plight-of-the-poor
National
Report: Social Security Tribunal short staffed, error prone; three year delay on CPP/EI/OAS appeals:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/social-security-tribunal-short-staffed-error-prone-and-under-pressure-report-1.2611142
StatsCan study shows self-employment rises with joblessness:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/self-employment-study-1.3262831
12,000 jobs added in September, but unemployment rises to 7.1%:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-jobs-september-1.3264203
Responding to the refugee crisis must include expanding refugee health care:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/y-y-brandon-chen/response-to-refugee-crisis_b_8272012.html
How we created a Canadian prison crisis:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2015/10/04/how-we-created-a-canadian-prison-crisis.html
Federal Election
All the party platforms are available here:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-party-platforms-1.3264887
Election shenanigans: Everything you need to know about your rights when voting:
https://bccla.org/2015/10/election-shenanigans/
Too busy to vote? Your boss has to give you time to vote on October 19:
http://globalnews.ca/news/2252876/too-busy-to-vote-your-boss-has-to-give-you-time-to-vote-on-oct-19/?hootPostID=4b78a00db5542bb93d3d9b31726b09fb
Do Canadian voters even know where their self-interest lies?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/do-canadian-voters-even-know-where-their-self-interest-lies/article26587656/
Hamilton Legal Clinic: Vote to End Poverty:
http://www.hamiltonjustice.ca/blog/?post=Vote+to+End+Poverty&id=305
Making life easier for single moms would really help Canadian families:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting/the-real-way-to-support-canadian-families-this-campaign-make-life-easier-for-single-moms/article26613155/
Why the middle class should care about poverty in this election:
http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/5955924-why-the-middle-class-should-care-about-poverty/
Winnipeg food bank director says federal campaign ignoring poverty:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/federal-campaign-fails-to-tackle-poverty-food-bank-director-says-1.3271278
Young First Nations are rocking the vote to increase turnout and have an impact:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/rock-the-vote-first-nations-1.3266798?cmp=abfb
Public opinion polling is at a “crisis point”:
http://www.hilltimes.com/news/news/2015/10/05/public-opinion-polling-at-crisis-point-more-transparency-needed-says-head-of-new/43616?mcl=&muid=
Some stories from voting booth:
- Calgary homeless shelter first in country to have polling station: http://www.660news.com/2015/09/23/calgary-homeless-shelter-first-in-country-to-have-polling-station/
- Disability advocate fights for more accessibility at the polls: http://globalnews.ca/news/2264768/advocate-fights-for-more-accessibility-at-federal-election-polling-stations/
- Advance voter turnout triples in Nunavut, doubles in NWT and Yukon: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/advance-voter-turnout-triples-in-nunavut-doubles-in-n-w-t-yukon-1.3271290
- Concerned voter complains that Elections Canada officials are asking improper questions at the polls:http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/elections+canada+asking+improper+questions+poll+voter/11431965/story.html
- Election office in Vancouver closes early during advance polls, leaving 100 unable to vote:http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/10/vancouver-elections-canada-office-closes/
- Advance poll in BC runs out of ballots: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada-election-2015-advance-poll-ballots-1.3269630
- Transgender voters receive voter cards with birth names, not legal names: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/transgender-election-voting-card-calgary-1.3258432
- Yukoners told to vote 590 km away from home: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/elections-canada-error-yukoners-told-to-vote-590km-from-home-1.3253367
- Some long-time voters in Nova Scotia not on registered voters list: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/elections-canada-online-registration-problems-1.3240393
- Cortes Island voter directed to inaccessible island 300 km away: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/elections-canada-mistake-cortes-island-1.3253510
International
World Bank says governments should focus on creating shared prosperity:
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2015/10/01/governments-focus-shared-prosperity-inequality-world-bank-group-president
Air France workers storm meeting and rip shirts from executives over 2900 job losses:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/05/air-france-workers-storm-meeting-protest-executives-job-losses-paris
Economist wins Nobel Prize for work on poverty, welfare, and consumption:
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/nobel-prize-awarded-to-princeton-economist-for-work-understanding-poverty-at-the-very-
basic-level
New findings from the war on poverty: Just give people cash:
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-10-09/new-findings-from-war-on-poverty-just-give-cash
A special US Census Bureau report says 48 million Americans live in poverty:
http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/16/news/economy/48-million-americans-poverty-census-bureau/index.html
Australia needs a poverty reduction plan:
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/national-poverty-plan-needed-say-welfare-groups-20151011-gk6ajd.html