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Media & Policy News: 18 September 2015

September 18, 2015

Top Stories

Star editorial: Stop clawing back child support payments from social assistance recipients:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2015/09/14/stop-clawing-back-child-support-payments-from-social-assistance-recipients-editorial.html

Consultations on revamping Ontario’s labour laws end: Workers speak out:
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=b32b33961fd1e65272919d8a6&id=9185c75f57&e=51059eb750

  • ISAC’s submission: Making Work Work for All:http://incomesecurity.org/documents/ISACSubmission-MakingWorkWorkforAll-ChangingWorkplacesReview-Sept182015.docx
  • Worker wins stolen wages after 1 year and 5 months: http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=b32b33961fd1e65272919d8a6&id=7d6775bb1c&e=51059eb750
  • Former temp agency worker files lawsuit after being fired for speaking out:http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b32b33961fd1e65272919d8a6&id=4eb6bcebb0&e=51059eb750 

With news that the federal budget is now balanced, some responses:

  • Federal departments left $8.7 Billion unspent last year:http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/federal-departments-left-8-7-billion-unspent-last-year
  • Progressive Economics digs deeper into where the surplus comes from and what it means: http://www.progressive-economics.ca/2015/09/15/federal-surplus-digging-deeper/
  • And the Globe’s Jeffrey Simpson also weighs in:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/dont-be-fooled-by-the-surprise-budget-surplus/article26373964/?click=sf_globefb 

The federal government’s probe of KPMG’s tax avoidance scheme is stalled in court:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/federal-probe-of-kpmg-tax-sham-stalled-in-court-1.3210113

Reports, Events, and Other Good Stuff

Oct 5: Financial Advice for Retiring on a Low Income – Toronto – John Stapleton & Ellen Roseman:
http://www.insidetoronto.com/events/5813873–financial-advice-for-retiring-on-a-low-income?__unique__=1

Nov 20: Informing the Roadmap for Work Disability Policy in Canada – Toronto – Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy:
https://www.crwdp.ca/en/roadmapsymposium

Ontario

Ontario’s Minister of Training Colleges and Universities responds to criticisms about high tuition:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2015/09/14/ontario-tuition-high-but-still-affordable.html

Ontario partners with Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres on poverty reduction initiatives:
http://news.ontario.ca/tbs/en/2015/09/province-partners-with-ontario-federation-of-indigenous-friendship-centres-on-community-based-povert.html

Ontario’s new PC Leader, Patrick Brown, names his new Shadow Cabinet:
http://www.ontariopc.com/News/Details/Ontario-PC-Leader-Patrick-Brown-Announces-Shadow-Cabinet

Around the Province

Former police station in Toronto to become affordable housing:
http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/5841347-former-14-division-space-set-to-become-affordable-housing/;send=false

Housing prices in Hamilton see biggest price jump in Canada – not great for affordability:
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5843925-hamilton-housing-prices-see-biggest-jump-in-canada/

The number of people wanting affordable housing is quadruple the spaces in Toronto’s Pan Am village:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/09/13/affordable-housing-wait-list-nearly-quadruple-number-of-spaces-in-pan-am-village.html

Across the Country

Montreal public health says lack of affordable housing is causing health problems due to poor diets:
http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/invest-more-in-social-housing-montreal-public-health-department

National

The LEAP Manifesto:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/a-canadian-manifesto-for-the-planet-and-one-another/article26360289/

A guide to the cost of renting in Canada:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/mortgages/a-guide-to-the-cost-of-renting-in-canada/article26348444/

Federal Election

Reviving the debate around the Long-Forum Census:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/09/12/reviving-the-census-debate.html

The Homeless Hub’s Housing and Homelessness Election Guide 2015:
http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=61233be4a0bcc87d8977b631e&id=0158663d56&e=c73c4344f8

Poverty advocates in Niagara are struggling to be heard this election:
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2015/09/15/poverty-issue-struggling-to-be-heard-in-election

Income inequality is the elephant in the room this election:
http://rabble.ca/news/2015/09/income-inequality-elephant-room-this-election

Advocates say disabled voters are still facing accessibility challenges this election:
http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/canada/story/1.3225715

Angus Reid poll: Canadians’ Economic Anxiety Shapes Campaign Perspective:
http://angusreid.org/election-2015-economy-september/

The refugee crisis: Four things to know before you vote:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-and-the-refugee-crisis-four-things-to-know-before-youvote/article26363975/

International

Demand for free legal help doubles since cuts to UK legal aid:
http://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/sep/13/demand-for-free-help-almost-doubles-since-cuts-to-legal-aid

The UK disability advocate who called in the UN – who she is, what she did, and what others can learn:
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/16/disability-un-investigation-uk-government-violations-human-rights?CMP=share_btn_tw

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