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Affordable housing deal between Ottawa and Queen’s Park finally signed
Nov 08 2011
A new $481 million program to bring new or renovated affordable housing units to about 7,000 Ontario families will only put a dent in the problem, but is nonetheless welcome, a Toronto city councillor said Tuesday… Housing advocates say about 152,000 Ontario households are on waiting lists for affordable housing and an estimated 20 per cent of tenants are paying more than 50 per cent of their income on shelter.
Tags: homelessness, housing, poverty, standard of living
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New social impact bond targets the greater good
Oct. 31, 2011
Champions of social finance foresee a world in which profit motives and the greater good move in tandem. They are hoping that investors will evaluate potential investments not only according to how big the return might be, but also according to how much good it will do. The approach could revolutionize the way social programs are delivered… One of the barriers that stands in the way of convincing investors to put their money into social impact investments is the need for a standard, reliable set of metrics to quantify social impacts.
Tags: ideology, philanthropy, standard of living, tax
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Corporate giving coming with more strings attached
Oct. 29, 2011
Canadian charities are in a double bind: As donations from the business community decline, the biggest corporations are also becoming more strategic about their giving. Faced with an ever-increasing swell of requests, companies have raised the bar for funding in recent years by focusing on causes that are linked to their business goals or the promotion of their brands. Many would rather sponsor specific projects than write a cheque to pay for a charity’s general operations.
Tags: budget, ideology, philanthropy
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Ottawa looks at rewriting rules on charitable giving
Oct. 28, 2011
Ottawa is conducting a sweeping overhaul of the way it finances charities and non-profit organizations, pledging a new era of accountability in which businesses and citizens shoulder more of the cost of giving… financing will come with more strings attached in an effort to ensure that organizations deliver promised social gains. While the first steps will be small, the government’s ultimate goal is a shift in public expectations as to the role of government in assisting social causes.
Tags: ideology, philanthropy
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Poor go to the back of the line for housing
Sep 27 2011
Families living in poverty are being bumped down on the first-come-first-served municipal lists by families escaping domestic abuse, who leapfrog to the front of the line because of a provincial policy that gives them priority. Overall, the system is so broken that, according to a new study, up to 70 per cent of applicants just give up when they can’t find housing within four years and drop off the list… fewer than half of the subsidized units in the GTA go to the low-income residents who have signed on to social housing wait lists in good faith. On average, their names will languish there for a minimum of five years before getting a unit.
Tags: budget, homelessness, housing, poverty, tax
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The case for a new housing benefit
Aug 28 2011
Declining tenant incomes have been a major underlying reason behind the growth of the affordability problem. In the City of Toronto alone, the median income of renter households fell by an average of $6,396 between 1981 and 2006… A new Ontario housing benefit would extend shelter benefits to the working poor, who also have high shelter costs, while also supporting those on social assistance… A carefully designed, fiscally prudent benefit is smart policy to help low-income renters make ends meet and take pressure off subsidized housing waiting lists.
Tags: budget, housing, ideology, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Canadians Should Make the Rules, Not Big Telecom
Aug. 1, 2011
… the hearing showed a break in the CRTC’s longstanding practice of shielding big telecom at the expense of the Canadian public. The commission finally admitted that there is an Internet affordability problem in this country, and that change is required to fix this dire situation. It appears that when the CRTC takes the time to listen to Canadians, they see things clearer… one thing is clear: the best way to safeguard the open and affordable Internet is for Canadians to stay informed, engaged and active on these issues.
Tags: participation, rights, standard of living
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A new reason to support the CBC [diversity]
Jul 30 2011
…we’ve gone from mass media to… “molecular media.” …increasingly any Canadian can be awash in any particular narrow point of view. They can listen to, read or watch the views they support or hold. That means there is a real danger of balkanizing our society — we all may end up in self-reinforcing echo-chambers where all we hear is our own point of view… There is still a role for great broadcasting. CBC/Radio-Canada… gives essential support to Canadian content and the independent production sector that creates it. The result is diverse voices in the media landscape…
Tags: budget, globalization, ideology, multiculturalism, participation
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Canadian Internet lags behind the rest of the developed world
Jun 27, 2011
The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released data comparing Internet connectivity in the developed world and the results do not look good for Canada. The data shows that Canadian Internet users pay some of the highest prices in the OECD, for slower connections than in many other places… The problem is that the Canadian ISP market is effectively a duopoly, with services being provided by the incumbent phone and cable companies in most major centres.
Tags: economy, globalization, participation, standard of living
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What is poverty?
June 22, 2011
Regardless of the measures used, the reality is that leaving poverty unaddressed costs Canadians far more, both economically and socially… “Poverty results from barriers to social and economic resources that prevent well-being and access to opportunities in the community.” This definition does not include a number below which people must fall, but rather recognizes that, regardless of definition, our failure to address the root causes of poverty is a cost too great to ignore.
Tags: featured, ideology, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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