Ontario Election 2018: Week 3
Top Stories
Ontario election campaign brings focus on nearly 2 million people living in poverty:
https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/05/21/ontario-election-campaign-brings-focus-on-nearly-2-million-people-living-in-poverty.html
Vote in the Ontario election as if you were poor: Reasonable Doubt:
https://nowtoronto.com/news/vote-in-the-ontario-election-as-if-you-were-poor-reasonable-doubt/
Where will we live? New report shows failure of public policy to deliver affordable housing in Ontario:
https://www.acto.ca/where-will-we-live/
- Almost half of Toronto tenants paying ‘unaffordable’ rent, study finds: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/05/22/almost-half-of-toronto-tenants-paying-unaffordable-rent-study-finds.html
- Ottawa rents out of range for minimum wage earners: report: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-rents-minimum-wage-tenant-advocate-1.4673287
- 45% of Windsor renters paying too much income toward housing, say advocates: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-renters-pay-too-much-1.4675969
- Rental Crisis: It costs $18 an hour to afford average Hamilton apartment: https://www.thespec.com/news-story/8624257-rental-crisis-it-costs-18-an-hour-to-afford-average-hamilton-apartment/
Food security the focus as Orillia MPP hopefuls go head to head:
https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/mpp-hopefuls-go-head-to-head-931684
Windsor candidates – some knew the issues, some didn’t:
http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/jarvis-your-candidates-in-the-provincial-election
In Doug Ford, anti-poverty activists see another Mike Harris – only worse:
https://nowtoronto.com/news/doug-ford-mike-harris/
Universal child care key to closing gender gap, advocate says:
https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/2018/05/18/universal-child-care-key-to-closing-gender-gap-advocate-says.html
Basic income recipient hopes program continues after provincial election:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/basic-income-recipients-election-1.4668051
Here’s what Ontario’s parties are promising voters for dental care:
https://globalnews.ca/news/4218294/ontario-election-promise-dental-care/
Liberals target “fiscal mistakes” made by NDP as Ontario campaign heats up:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/liberals-target-fiscal-mistakes-made-by-ndp-as-ontario-campaign-heats-up-1.4671847
Horwath admits to $1.4 billion hole in her spending plan:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-ndp-leader-andrea-horwath-admits-to-a-1-4b-hole-in-her-spending-plan-1.4671619
McParland: If Tories have a plan to stop Horwath they’ll need to actually release it:
http://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-if-the-tories-have-a-plan-to-stop-horwath-theyll-need-to-actually-release-it
May 25: NDP now in majority government territory, new poll suggests:
https://www.cp24.com/news/ndp-now-in-majority-government-territory-new-poll-suggests-1.3944764
May 25: NDP “gaining momentum” surges ahead of Tories in latest poll:
https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/05/25/ndp-surges-ahead-in-poll.html
May 24: Ontario NDP, PCs tied at 37 per cent support, new poll suggests:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/ont-ndp-pcs-tied-at-37-per-cent-support-new-poll-suggests-1.3942969
May 22: NDP tied with PCs as Ford’s Tories tumble in Ontario election: Ipsos poll:
https://globalnews.ca/news/4222975/ontario-election-pcs-ndp-tied-ipsos-poll/
May 22: Ontario PCs would get one-seat majority, based on new poll: simulation:
https://globalnews.ca/news/4212098/ontario-election-simulation-map/
Horwath has their attention. Now what does she need to do to close the deal?:
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/05/24/opinion/horwath-has-their-attention-now-what-does-she-need-do-close-deal
CCPA Behind the Numbers: Turning votes into seats:
http://behindthenumbers.ca/2018/05/23/ontario-turning-votes-into-seats/
Ontario Votes 2018: Poll Tracker:
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/onvotes/poll-tracker/
Increase in Indigenous candidates in Ontario election:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/increase-in-indigenous-candidates-in-ontario-election-1.4670034
Ontario’s hydro: some unwelcome truths:
http://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/may-2018/ontarios-hydro-unwelcome-truths/
NDP’s Sanctuary Ontario must have broad reach, activist says:
http://torontosun.com/news/provincial/ndps-sanctuary-ontario-must-have-broad-reach-activist-says
The parties’ commitments on accessibility: AODA Alliance:
https://www.aodaalliance.org/category/ontario-election/
‘Ontarians are going to decide path forward’:
http://www.thewhig.com/2018/05/21/ontarians-are-going-to-decide-path-forward
Ontario Election 2018: Will youth vote?:
https://nowtoronto.com/news/ontario-election-youth-vote/
How the four parties stack up on the environment:
https://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/ontarios-political-climate-how-the-four-parties-stack-up-on-the-environment
Elections Ontario: How to Vote:
https://www.elections.on.ca/en/voting-in-ontario/how-to-vote.html
Other Top Stories
Welfare changes credited as Toronto food-bank use drops in first three months of 2018:
https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/05/24/welfare-changes-credited-as-toronto-food-bank-use-drops-in-first-three-months-of-2018.html
- Here’s the report: https://www.dailybread.ca/research-and-advocacy/blog-posts/
Fix low incomes among family class immigrants to help Canada’s economy: Study:
http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/fix-low-incomes-among-family-class-immigrants-to-help-canadas-economy-study
- Find the report here: https://www.conferenceboard.ca/press/newsrelease/2018/05/15/imagining-canada-s-economy-without-immigration
U of T study finds food insecurity more than doubles the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes:
https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-study-finds-food-insecurity-more-doubles-risk-developing-type-2-diabetes
New report cards highlight gaps in protections for migrant workers across Canada:
http://ccrweb.ca/en/media/migrant-worker-report-cards-2018
Former caregiver wins severance pay in rare temporary foreign worker lawsuit:
https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2018/05/22/former-caregiver-wins-severance-pay-in-rare-temporary-foreign-worker-lawsuit.html
Analysis: Daycare fees on the rise across Canada:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/features/analysis-daycare-fees-on-the-rise-across-canada-1.3940099
Toronto doctor resigns from committee, accuses pharmaceutical company of deliberately creating shortage of schizophrenia drug:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-toronto-doctor-resigns-from-committee-accuses-pharmaceutical-company/
Hamilton boosts a basic income…. and a ‘sense of dignity’:
https://www.thespec.com/news-story/8626682-hamilton-boosts-a-basic-income-and-a-sense-of-dignity-/
Why don’t people want free money? The uncertainty around universal basic income:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-why-dont-people-want-free-money-the-uncertainty-around-universal/
Ontario government plans to track retail sales electronically to reduce tax fraud:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/small-business/money/article-ontario-government-plans-to-track-retail-sales-electronically-to/
Reports, Events, Campaigns and Other Good Things
Stats Can: Employment Insurance March 2018:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/180524/dq180524a-eng.htm?CMP=mstatcan
Homeless Hub newsletter:
https://mailchi.mp/edu/the-coh-welcomes-recommendations-from-advisory-committee-on-homelessness?e=6da7d6f883
Registered Disability Savings Plan: Who can get one, how to get one and what are the advantages:
http://yourlegalrights.on.ca/resource/registered-disability-savings-plan-who-can-get-one-how-get-one-and-what-are-advantages
From the OECD Policy Forum and Ministerial Meeting on Social Policy in Montreal last week:
- General information: http://www.oecd.org/social/ministerial/
- Issues Notes: Changing world of work; Diversity and inclusion; Ageing; Childhood, youth and intergenerational disadvantage; Gender in social policy: http://www.oecd.org/social/ministerial/Issues-notes.pdf
- Risks that Matter: Early Results from the 2018 OECD Cross-National Survey on Social and Economic Risks: http://www.oecd.org/social/ministerial/Risks-That-Matter-Early-Results-2018.pdf
- Compare Your Country: Social Policy for Shared Prosperity: http://www.oecd.org/social/ministerial/Compare-your-country.pdf
Around the Province
New Six Nations program trains women to become welders:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/women-welders-1.4672331
Renfrew parents demand return of minimum wage exemption for people with disabilities:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/renfrew-parents-minimum-wage-developmental-1.4667022
New farm labour regulations impact Ontario farms:
https://nationvalleynews.com/2018/05/18/new-farm-labour-regulations-impact-ontario-farms/
Across the Country
New program assists PEI seasonal workers:
http://www.journalpioneer.com/news/new-program-assists-seasonal-workers-211452/
Poverty, homelessness needs to be on the agenda in Winnipeg mayoralty race:
http://winnipegsun.com/opinion/columnists/wolbert-poverty-homelessness-needs-to-be-on-the-agenda
Sask. Human Rights commissions report says landlords discriminate against low-income, Indigenous renters:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/rental-discrimination-human-rights-1.4675931
Edmonton food bank looks beyond hunger to beat poverty:
https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/2018/05/23/edmontons-food-bank-looks-beyond-food-to-beat-poverty.html
Changes coming — slowly — to Indigenous child welfare in BC:
https://thetyee.ca/News/2018/05/24/Changes-Indigenous-Child-Welfare-BC/
Opinion: BC Legal Aid broadsides government on funding:
http://vancouversun.com/news/politics/ian-mulgrew-legal-aid-broadsides-government-on-funding
BC fruit growers warned about “radical labour activists”:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-fruit-growers-warned-about-radical-labour-activists-1.4667750
National
The plight of farm workers in Canada:
http://rabble.ca/columnists/2018/05/plight-farm-workers-canada
Rhetoric around asylum claimants paints them unfairly:
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/05/22/rhetoric-around-asylum-claimants-paints-them-unfairly.html
Syrian refugees face new enemy in Canadian apartments: bedbugs:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/23/canada-syrian-refugees-bed-bugs-settlement
Canadian government is putting asylum seekers to work:
https://www.dentonrc.com/ap/international/canadian-government-is-putting-asylum-seekers-to-work/article_c586858d-923a-5285-ab17-aa549cc332c4.html
International
McDonald’s workers march on new Chicago HQ for $15 an hour wages:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mcdonalds-workers-march-on-new-chicago-hq-for-15-an-hour-wages/
Is the US minimum wage worth less now than 50 years ago?:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/may/22/tina-smith/minimum-wage-worth-less-now-50-years-ago/
US House Speaker Paul Ryan is trying to kick at least a million people off food stamps:
https://slate.com/business/2018/05/paul-ryan-is-trying-to-kick-a-million-people-off-food-stamps.html
Trump’s new ‘Work for Welfare’ rules protect poor whites at the expense of urban blacks:
https://www.theroot.com/trump-s-new-work-for-welfare-requirements-miraculousl-1826235045
UK benefit sanctions increasing poverty and pushing people into ‘survival crime,’ finds report:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/benefit-sanctions-increasing-poverty-and-pushing-people-into-survival-crime-finds-report-a8363831.html
Uber in Europe to provide drivers and couriers insurance:
https://www.politico.eu/article/ceo-uber-to-provide-insurance-for-150000-independent-drivers-and-couriers/
Many in Irish private sector face poverty in old age over lack of pension:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/many-in-private-sector-face-poverty-in-old-age-over-lack-of-pension-1.3500603
Struggle for social housing keeping many New Zealand families under the yoke of poverty:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/104074503/struggle-for-social-housing-keeping-many-families-under-the-yoke-of-poverty
Australia plans Blockchain prototype to deliver welfare payments in 2019:
https://www.ccn.com/australia-plans-blockchain-prototype-to-deliver-welfare-payments-in-2019/
Higher minimum wage makes economic sense for Australia:
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/higher-minimum-wage-makes-economic-sense-20180520-p4zgfv.html
Gender inequality: Stars tell world leaders poverty is sexist:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-44189426
A radical proposal to fight poverty in the developing world: Tax the rich more than the poor:
https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2018/5/24/17378148/extreme-poverty-developing-world-taxes-transfers