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New report shows Canadians believe political parties’ focus on winning elections is coming at the expense of hearing their views
CBC Hamilton 5-part Report: Kids, Poverty and Mental Health
Put Food in the Budget finds Premier Wynne “guilty” on social justice
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Does a minimum wage increase hurt workers? The problem is only the smallness of their spoons
Premier Wynne to go “on trial” over social assistance rates
Moving into election, Manitoba’s NDP agrees to hike welfare shelter rates to 75% of the median market rate
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The CCPA’s 2014 Alternative Federal Budget – “Striking a Better Balance”
New study shows Canadians think inequality is increasing and that it’s a problem
The Broadbent Institute has launched a campaign against income splitting
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Hennessy’s Index – Income Splitting: Perks for the Rich
Income splitting: A gift for the affluent
Canadian Taxpayers Federation wants $13 billion cut in this year’s Ontario budget
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Who is ISAC anyway? And what do we actually do? From the human rights challenge we fought on the Special Diet Allowance to our work on social assistance reform, and from representing migrant workers’ in…
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1) The minimum wage in Ontario. There’s far too much coverage to list it all here, but here are a few highlights
2) Income Splitting: Who Benefits?
3) It’s Corporate Tax Freedom Day!
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Provincial advisory panel to release report on minimum wage today – reported to recommend annual inflationary increases
“These are people who are working like crazy to support their families, full time, and they just cannot get by”
Dr. Gary Bloch in today’s Globe: “I know why the minimum wage needs to rise”
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The province’s CSUMB elimination means cut to Toronto’s homelessness budget
7000 Ontarians join other Canadians fearing evictions as feds end co-op housing subsidy
Sue Ann Levy finds no room in Toronto shelters on a cold January night
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Only three weeks into the new year and already one round of provincial pre-budget consultations is complete.ISAC presented recommendations for Ontario’s 2014 Budget to the Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs on January 16. Our…
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Oxfam released a report yesterday in advance of the World Economic Forum in Davos starting tomorrow. The report is important not only because it reveals that 85 people hold half the world’s wealth – which is garnering the most media attention – but also because it makes the connection between growing inequality and growing social instability, the subverting of democracy, financial deregulation, tax avoidance and evasion, and cuts to public services.
The report calls for those countries gathered at the WEF to pledge to:
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Petition to stop a $4.3 million cut to Toronto’s Housing Stabilization Fund
Cohn on electoral predictions in the Thornhill and Niagara byelections
Tories are leading in both ridings
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Wellesley’s Sheila Block: “Governments are like a bulk buying club for things that we need that are complex, expensive, and have benefits that we can all enjoy”
Health 101: Poverty is the most important determinant
The Atlantic: It’s expensive to be poor
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