Top Stories
Prescription for a healthier population: Spend more on social services:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/01/22/prescription-for-healthier-population-spend-more-on-social-services.html
- Canada must rethink health spending strategy: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/new-study-says-canada-must-rethink-health-spending-strategy/article37679063/
Province planning complete overhaul of income security:
http://www.manitoulin.ca/2018/01/24/province-planning-complete-overhaul-income-security/
- Ontario’s Roadmap for income security reform: Can a slow start win the race?: http://openpolicyontario.com/ontarios-roadmap-for-income-security-reform-can-a-slow-start-win-the-race/
Tim Hortons protests sweep the nation after minimum-wage hike:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/01/19/tim-hortons-protests-sweep-the-nation-after-minimum-wage-hike.html
- Province hiring 175 workers to enforce employment standards: https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/province-hiring-175-workers-to-enforce-employment-standards-1.3769163
- Why Tim Hortons’ foul play gives unions a big assist: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/01/24/why-tim-hortons-foul-play-gives-unions-a-big-assist.html
- Workers shouldn’t be used as pawns in minimum wage fight: Wynne: https://www.columbiavalleypioneer.com/news/workers-shouldnt-be-used-as-pawns-in-minimum-wage-fight-wynne/
- How Kathleen Wynne can take a bite out of Tim Hortons in minimum wage fight: Allow franchise workers to unionize: https://nowtoronto.com/news/kathleen-wynne-tim-hortons-minimum-wage/
- Demonstration held at Barrie Tim Hortons over minimum-wage clawbacks: https://www.simcoe.com/news-story/8081836-demonstration-held-at-barrie-tim-hortons-over-minimum-wage-clawbacks/
- “I think it’s an outrage”: Regina rally supports Ontario Tim Hortons employees facing reduced hours, breaks: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/tim-hortons-1.4495589
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
- Economics professor absolutely agrees with minimum wage increase: http://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2018/01/21/economics-professor-absolutely-agrees-minimum-wage-increase/
- Minimum wage is rising, but its purpose is still debated: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/minimum-wage-ontario-canada-1.4501940
- Small business in the North brace for impact of minimum wage hike: https://www.northernontariobusiness.com/regional-news/sudbury/small-business-braces-for-impact-of-minimum-wage-hike-817665
- Short-term solutions to minimum wage hike could hurt businesses: Freshii founder: http://business.financialpost.com/news/retail-marketing/short-term-solutions-to-minimum-wage-hike-could-hurt-businesses-freshii-founder
- University of Toronto commits to $15 minimum wage: http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2018/01/25/university-of-toronto-commits-to-15-minimum-wage.html
- Residential care facilities squeezed by minimum wage hike: https://www.thespec.com/news-story/8086789-residential-care-facilities-squeezed-by-minimum-wage-hike/
- Minimum wage increase a step in the right direction, but more measures are needed to reduce poverty: http://www.nugget.ca/2018/01/25/minimum-wage-increase-a-step-in-the-right-direction-but-more-measures-are-needed-to-reduce-poverty
- Could you become a millionaire by investing the minimum wage hike?: http://www.macleans.ca/economy/money-economy/could-you-become-a-millionaire-by-investing-minimum-wage-hike/
- Minimum wage “doom and gloom” called “fear mongering”: http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2018/01/22/minimum-wage-doom-and-gloom-called-fear-mongering
- The 1960s backlash over the minimum wage: https://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/shared-values/the-1960s-backlash-over-the-minimum-wage
- Too many workers lack a voice – and that hurts employers too: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/01/19/too-many-workers-lack-a-voice-and-that-hurts-employers-too.html
New federal ministry aims to improve quality of life for Indigenous people in Canada:
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/01/23/new-federal-ministry-aims-to-improve-quality-of-life-for-indigenous-people-in-canada.html
- Man living in shack on northern Alberta reserve pleads for housing with running water: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-reserve-cold-lake-first-nation-housing-shortage-1.4491322
- Lifespan of Indigenous people 15 years shorter than that of other Canadians, federal documents say:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/indigenous-people-live-15-years-less-philpott-briefing-1.4500307
- Jane Philpott unveils 6-point plan to improve “perverse” First Nations child welfare system: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jane-philpott-six-point-plan-first-nations-child-welfare-1.4503264
- Liberal budget will contain funds to keep more Indigenous kids out of foster care: Philpott:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberal-budget-will-contain-funds-to-keep-more-indigenous-kids-out-of-foster-care-philpott/article37712985/
- We must disrupt the foster care system and remove perverse incentives, says Minister Jane Philpott: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/a-special-edition-of-the-current-for-january-25-2018-1.4503172/we-must-disrupt-the-foster-care-system-and-remove-perverse-incentives-says-minister-jane-philpott-1.4503253
- Indigenous woman plans to deliver baby in secret over foster care fears: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/indigenous-woman-plans-to-deliver-baby-in-secret-over-foster-care-fears-1.3766311
Canada Child Benefit eligibility reviews causing hardship for single moms, Indigenous families, says lawyer:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/canada-child-benefit-reviews-1.4493859
- Interview with Sally Colquhoun on CBC Superior Morning: http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1140845123595
Proposal to force building more affordable housing falls short, advocates say:
https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2018/01/23/proposal-to-force-building-more-affordable-housing-falls-short-advocates-say.html
- Op-Ed: Ontario supports developers over providing affordable housing: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/01/25/ontario-supports-developers-over-providing-affordable-housing.html
- Key part of Ontario’s housing plan slammed as “giving in” to developers: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-housing-costs-kathleen-wynne-inclusionary-zoning-1.4499775
Health care services to be brought to Toronto homeless shelters:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-government-health-minister-eric-hoskins-health-care-homeless-toronto-shelters-1.4500319?cmp=news-digests-toronto
- Pilot project to bring health care into Toronto homeless shelters: http://torontosun.com/news/provincial/pilot-project-to-bring-health-care-into-toronto-homeless-shelters
- Government release: Toronto shelter users to have better access to health services: https://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2018/01/toronto-shelter-users-to-have-better-access-to-health-services.html
Toronto’s shelter catastrophe was decades in the making: http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/cathy-crowes-blog/2018/01/torontos-shelter-catastrophe-was-decades-making
- Man dies amid flu outbreak at Toronto homeless shelter: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/man-dies-amid-homeless-shelter-flu-outbreak/article37723815/
- One dead, nine hospitalized amid influenza outbreak at Seaton House: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/01/24/one-dead-nine-hospitalized-amid-influenza-outbreak-at-seaton-house.html
- Report: An evaluation of Toronto’s warming centres and winter response to homelessness:
https://healthprovidersagainstpoverty.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/warming-centre-report-jan-20.pdf
- Adrienne Clarkson, Sarah Polley, Margaret Atwood push for more shelter beds: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/01/23/adrienne-clarkson-sarah-polley-margaret-atwood-push-for-more-shelter-beds.html
- Toronto buys building in the Annex for homeless shelter: https://www.blogto.com/city/2018/01/toronto-buys-building-annex-homeless-shelter/
Will 16,000 Sears Canada retirees see their pensions?:
https://www.thestar.com/business/2018/01/20/will-16000-sears-canada-retirees-see-their-pensions.html
- Sears Canada execs paid hundreds of millions in dividends before declaring bankruptcy and leaving 16,000 workers’ pensions unfunded: https://boingboing.net/2018/01/22/more-for-your-life.html
- Trudeau suggests EI for Sears workers who risk losing pensions: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/01/25/trudeau-suggests-e-i-for-sears-workers-who-risk-losing-pensions_a_23343650/
Feds launch Skills Boost program to help adults back to school:
https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/feds-launch-skills-boost-program-to-help-adults-to-back-to-school-1.3773571
- Ontario first to get new federal incentives for adult students: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ontario-first-federal-incentives-adult-students-1.4502181
Tax filing by phone ensures no Canadian has to leave money on the table:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/dennis-howlett/tax-filing-by-phone-ensures-no-canadian-has-to-leave-money-on-the-table_a_23337280/
Liberals quiet consult experts to craft new paternity-leave policy:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberals-quietly-consult-experts-to-craft-new-paternity-leave-policy/article37674904/
Government holding “overdue” consultations on federal labour standards:
https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/5700/government-holding-overdue-consultations-on-federal-labour-standards
Letter to the editor: Review employment insurance:
https://www.bramptonguardian.com/opinion-story/8080934-review-employment-insurance/
Basic income changing Lindsay woman’s life for the better, despite glitches:
http://lindsayadvocate.ca/basic-income-changing-lindsay-womans-life-better-despite-glitches/
Clearing the air on errors and praising basic income in Hamilton:
https://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/8082039-clearing-the-air-on-errors-and-praising-basic-income/
Ontarians are going deeper into debt: FAO:
http://www.nugget.ca/2018/01/23/ontarians-are-going-deeper-into-debt-fao
Ontario
The most astonishing night in Ontario political history:
https://tvo.org/blog/current-affairs/the-most-astonishing-night-in-ontario-political-history
- Vic Fedeli chosen as interim leader of Ontario PCs with election looming: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-progressive-conservatives-interim-leader-patrick-brown-election-1.4505104
- Fedeli was “unanimous choice” of caucus to be interim leader, but may not lead party into election: https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/fedeli-was-unanimous-choice-of-caucus-to-be-interim-leader-but-may-not-lead-party-into-election-823671
- Tories pick Fedeli as interim leader after Patrick Brown sex scandal: https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/01/26/tories-divided-on-how-to-replace-patrick-brown-after-sex-scandal.html
- Reevely: Tories’ Vic Fedeli recasts himself as a pragmatist in quest for party crown: http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/reevely-tories-vic-fedeli-recasts-himself-as-a-pragmatist-in-quest-for-party-crown
- Christine Elliott and Doug Ford favourites to replace Brown, poll shows: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/01/26/christine-elliot-and-doug-ford-favourites-to-replace-brown-poll-shows.html
Ontario budget could come early because of spring election: Sousa:
http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/ontario-budget-could-come-early-because-of-spring-election-sousa
Reports, Events, Campaigns and Other Good Things
New Workers’ Rights training sessions in February and March 2018:
http://mailchi.mp/workersactioncentre/free-training-on-new-workers-rights-2757141?e=51059eb750
Food bank transformation short course: A participatory online learning intensive:
https://cfccanada.ca/news/food-bank-transformation-short-course-participatory-learning-intensive
Food Secure Canada webinar February 5: Effective lobbying for food system transformation:
https://foodsecurecanada.org/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=2083
OHIP for All: Every person has the human right to healthcare:
http://ohipforall.ca/
Vanier Institute taking over from Caledon Institute to produce “Policy Monitors” – an important resource for everyone involved with social policy:
https://vanierinstitute.ca/vanier-institute-caledon-institute-produce-policy-monitors/
PAID – Partners for Access & Identification helps vulnerable people in Toronto get the identification they need to access health care, income benefits and other services:
http://www.neighbourhoodlink.org/partners-for-access-and-identification-paid/
Study: Trauma support helps welfare recipients earn more money:
http://drexel.edu/now/archive/2018/January/Trauma-Support-Helps-Welfare-Recipients-Earn-More-Money/
Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity report: Strength in Numbers: Targeting labour force participation to improve prosperity in Ontario:
https://www.competeprosper.ca/work/annual-reports/strength-in-numbers-labour-force-participation-prosperity-Ontario
Maytree: Looking ahead: Working group discussion outcomes:
https://maytree.com/publications/looking-ahead-working-group-discussion-outcomes/?mc_cid=15d322be6b&mc_eid=2df3fde692
Stats Can: Payroll employment, earnings and hours, November 2017:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/180125/dq180125b-eng.htm?CMP=mstatcan
Resource: Hiring and working with a lawyer:
http://plelearningexchange.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/6.-Hiring-and-working-with-a-lawyer-FINAL-August-2017.pdf
Homeless Hub newsletter:
https://mailchi.mp/edu/new-release-landlord-engagement-toolkit-in-housing-first-programs?e=6da7d6f883
Worth Repeating: Canada Social Report – Policy Monitors website:
http://www.canadasocialreport.ca/Policy/
Around the Province
Who gets those jobs? Labour leaders want local workers for Gordie Howe bridge project:
https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/who-gets-those-jobs-labour-leaders-want-local-workers-for-gordie-howe-bridge-project-1.3774112
Niagara Falls council endorses creation of overnight emergency shelter:
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2018/01/24/falls-council-endorses-creation-of-overnight-shelter
Free income tax preparation for Lanark County residents with modest income:
https://www.insideottawavalley.com/community-story/8087737-free-income-tax-preparation-for-lanark-county-residents-with-modest-income/
Rally held to show support for Trent University food services workers as strike looms over “precarious” part-time hours:
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2018/01/22/rally-held-to-show-support-for-trent-university-food-services-workers-in-peterborough-as-strike-looms-in-dispute-over-precarious-part-time-hours
Toronto budget committee OKs $52 million in new spending for 2018:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/budget-committee-1.4500665
Tenants at an apartment in Toronto’s Parkdale area oppose above-guideline rent increase:
http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2018/01/24/all-the-common-areas-have-been-upgraded-and-yet-they-ve-never-touched-our-units-ever.html
Toronto ranked one of the least affordable cities in the world:
https://www.blogto.com/city/2018/01/toronto-ranked-one-least-affordable-cities-world/
Toronto urged to “step up” for child care in 2018 budget:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/01/22/toronto-urged-to-step-up-for-child-care-in-2018-budget.html
Toronto collaborators repeat lessons of “transformative” project to help people in poverty stop smoking:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-collaborators-repeat-lessons-of-transformative-project-to-help-people-in-poverty-stop-smoking-1.4500633
Campbell Soup closing 87-year-old Toronto facility; 380 jobs to be affected:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/campbell-soup-closing-87-year-old-toronto-facility-380-jobs-to-be-affected/article37723724/?click=sf_globefb
Census vastly undercounts Indigenous population in Toronto, study says:
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/01/24/census-vastly-undercounts-indigenous-population-in-toronto-study-says.html
Across the Country
A minimum wage worker in Newfoundland and Labrador speaks out:
http://theindependent.ca/2018/01/20/a-minimum-wage-worker-speaks-out/
Amherst, NS homelessness requires an ounce of prevention:
http://www.cumberlandnewsnow.com/news/local/amherst-homelessness-requires-an-ounce-of-prevention-179821/
“Long overdue”: New Brunswick considers domestic violence leave:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/domestic-violence-leave-employment-standards-new-brunswick-1.4498707
Fredericton woman desperate for job loses thousands to online job scam:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/carla-scammed-job-fredericton-1.4489439
Raising minimum wage in New Brunswick in recent years achieved little, economist says:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/minimum-wage-inflation-1.4498176
Saskatchewan asking teachers to take 3.67-per-cent pay cut, sides far apart on wages:
http://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/province-asking-teachers-to-take-3-67-per-cent-pay-cut-sides-far-apart-on-wages
Regina group asking for minimum wage raise:
https://regina.ctvnews.ca/local-group-asking-for-minimum-wage-raise-1.3767804
Why Calgary’s 10-year bid to end homelessness was a valuable failure:
http://www.macleans.ca/news/why-calgarys-10-year-bid-to-end-homelessness-was-a-valuable-failure/
Canmore, Alberta families struggling to find affordability:
http://www.rmoutlook.com/article/Canmore-families-struggling-to-find-affordability-20180125
Minimum wage debate reignites after data shows Albertans are spending less at restaurants:
https://globalnews.ca/news/3985707/minimum-wage-debate-reignites-after-data-shows-albertans-are-spending-less-at-restaurants/
Alberta could create its own EI system to cover high-wage earners in volatile industries, report says:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-parallel-employment-insurance-university-calgary-report-1.4493365
Container of donations from Ontario “like another Christmas Day” for Onion Lake First Nation:
http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/container-of-donations-from-ontario-like-another-christmas-day-for-onion-lake-first-nation
Half of British Columbians concerned about housing, poverty: Poll:
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/half-of-british-columbians-anxious-about-housing-poverty-poll
Seniors are one of the hidden homeless groups in Kelowna, BC:
https://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Kelowna/Kelowna_s_seniors_are_at_high_risk_of_becoming_homeless/
Anti-poverty group cautions Prince George, BC against bylaw meant to cut down on police calls:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/anti-poverty-group-cautions-prince-george-bc-against-bylaw-meant-to-cut-down-on-police-calls/article37740802/
British Columbians will have input on poverty reduction:
https://www.quesnelobserver.com/community/british-columbians-will-have-input-on-poverty-reduction/
- Stakeholders tackle poverty in Port Alberni: https://www.albernivalleynews.com/news/stakeholders-tackle-poverty-in-port-alberni/
- Richmond BC to provide feedback on BC’s poverty reduction strategy: http://www.richmond-news.com/news/richmond-to-provide-feedback-on-b-c-s-poverty-reduction-1.23153768
- Tackling poverty in Kelowna, BC: “Affordable housing is at the top of the list”:
https://globalnews.ca/news/3977033/tackling-poverty-in-kelowna-affordable-housing-is-at-the-top-of-the-list/
- Campbell River: Have your say on poverty reduction: https://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/have-your-say-on-poverty-reduction/
New Vancouver Downtown Eastside injection site waits to save lives:
http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2018/01/22/new-downtown-eastside-injection-site-waits-to-save-lives.html
Dignity vs waste at the food bank:
https://thetyee.ca/News/2018/01/22/Dignity-Waste-Food-Bank/
First Nations court ready for launch in Prince George, BC:
http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/news/local-news/first-nations-court-ready-for-launch-in-prince-george-1.23152475
Sex trade “alive and well” in Yukon, researcher says after 3-year project:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-sex-trade-research-hrenchuk-1.4499347
National
Armine Yalnizyan on the economic sense of gendered budgets:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/programs/metromorning/armine-yalnizyan-on-the-economic-sense-of-gendered-budgets-1.4501299
The Agenda: Executive Pay in Canada:
https://tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/executive-pay-in-canada
Bring in a federal minimum wage, says NDP Labour critic:
https://thetyee.ca/National/2018/01/25/Bring-In-Federal-Minimum-Wage-NDP-Labour-Critic/
No sign of bias against government job seekers with ethnic-sounding names, pilot project finds:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/blind-hiring-pilot-project-government-1.4500137
“Accent is an irrelevant factor” if you can do the job, but it can post a challenge during the job hunt:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/the-accent-effect-toronto-3-1.4409181
Why small businesses don’t deserve tax breaks:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/why-small-businesses-dont-deserve-taxbreaks/article37708062/
Should Canada develop a strategy to combat the growing problem of loneliness:
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/should-canada-develop-a-strategy-to-combat-the-growing-problem-of-loneliness-1.4494726/widower-says-feelings-of-isolation-are-worst-when-eating-alone-1.4498247
Canadian Civil Liberties Association under fire for unpaid internship scheme:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/01/22/legal-advocacy-group-under-fire-for-unpaid-internship-scheme.html
It’s time to put “public” back into government services:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/its-time-to-put-public-back-into-government-services/article37658260/
Duty to consult First Nations in legislative process now rests with Supreme Court of Canada:
http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/author/elizabeth-raymer/duty-to-consult-first-nations-in-legislative-process-now-rests-with-scc-15236/
Federal fiscal policies “sustainable” over long term, says new PBO report:
https://www.hilltimes.com/2018/01/23/federal-fiscal-policies-sustainable-long-term-says-new-pbo-report/131860
Ottawa likely to eliminate more tax breaks in next federal budget:
https://globalnews.ca/news/3979947/ottawa-likely-to-eliminate-more-tax-breaks-in-next-federal-budget-experts/
Mulroney? Chrétien? Harper? Trudeau? How Canadians compare recent federal governments:
https://mailchi.mp/angusreid/mulroney-chrtien-harper-trudeau-how-canadians-compare-recent-federal-governments?e=9e305f90ee
International
Billionaires earned enough money in 2017 to end extreme poverty seven times over, report says:
http://www.newsweek.com/billionaires-money-end-poverty-report-786675
- Most wealth gained last year went to richest 1%, Oxfam says: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/oxfam-davos-world-economic-forum-wealth-inequality-1.4497829
- 42 people own the same wealth as the bottom 3.7 billion: https://inhabitat.com/42-people-own-same-wealth-as-bottom-3-7-billion-says-oxfam/
- The 1% grabbed 82% of all wealth created in 2017: http://money.cnn.com/2018/01/21/news/economy/davos-oxfam-inequality-wealth/index.html
Why more women than men are still at the bottom end of the income ladder:
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/video/women-and-minimum-wage/vi-AAv5vts
Children face no escape from poverty trap:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/24/wednesday-briefing-children-face-no-escape-from-poverty-trap
Steelworkers turn on Trump: “We’re worse off now than we were” before the election:
https://shareblue.com/steelworkers-turn-on-trump-were-worse-off-now-than-we-were-before-the-election/#.WmZBJ0fSSuN.facebook
Trump let states make poor people work for their health care. In Kentucky, many say they’re now facing a dead end:
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/01/22/trump-let-states-make-poor-people-work-for-their-health-care-in-kentucky-many-say-theyre-now-facing-a-dead-end.html
America’s reluctant septuagenarian workforce:
http://theweek.com/articles/749428/americas-reluctant-septuagenarian-workforce
Women denied abortions are significantly more likely to experience poverty in the US:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/women-denied-abortions-are-significantly-more-likely-to-experience-poverty-2018-01-18
States see higher job growth under minimum wage hikes, challenging the discussion in Pennsylvania:
http://cumberlink.com/cumberland_valley_business_journal/other-states-see-higher-job-growth-under-minimum-wage-hikes/article_be7a9efe-df4e-57a2-bb20-652b7be90ff9.html
Could the US wealth gap be closed by giving babies $50K? Some economists think so:
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-january-24-2018-1.4500308/could-the-wealth-gap-be-closed-by-giving-babies-50-000-some-economists-think-so-1.4500311
The US can no longer hide from its deep poverty problem:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/opinion/poverty-united-states.html
Homeless man in the UK dies days after the local council took away his sleeping bag:
http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/23/homeless-man-died-days-council-took-sleeping-bag-away-7253293/
The child poverty statistics are George Osborne’s final legacy:
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2018/01/child-poverty-statistics-are-george-osbornes-final-legacy
UK sick pay is found to breach international legal obligations:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/24/uk-sick-pay-breach-international-legal-obligations
Tory welfare chief Esther McVey urged to restore 83,000 disabled people’s benefits after she agrees to look at “any wrong decision”:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-welfare-chief-esther-mcvey-11904122
Under-fives in poverty in Wales “may never catch up” with peers:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-42708120
We mapped out food poverty across England to see where food banks are needed most:
https://theconversation.com/we-mapped-out-food-poverty-across-england-to-see-where-food-banks-are-needed-most-90348
Indigenous children in care in Australia doubled since stolen generations apology:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jan/25/indigenous-children-in-care-doubled-since-stolen-generations-apology
Jamaican government targets minimum wage before end of fiscal year:
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/gov-8217-t-targets-minimum-wage-increase-before-end-of-2017-18_123273?profile=1373
Global unemployment down, but working poverty rampant: UN:
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/global-unemployment-down-but-working-poverty-rampant-8212-un_123249?profile=1373
Corporate capture of housing and the colonization of cities:
http://news.trust.org/item/20180122121402-kdiun/
Extreme inequality is bad for us all, but women are hurting most:
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/01/22/extreme-inequality-is-bad-for-us-all-but-women-are-hurting-most.html