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  • Health Debates

    Canada should implement national single-payer pharmacare, MPs say

    posted April 19, 2018 / No Comments

    … the all-party committee on health made 18 recommendations, including expanding the Canada Health Act to cover prescription drugs dispensed outside of hospitals; creating a unified list of drugs that would qualify for public coverage; and asking the provinces, territories and the federal government to share the cost of a national pharmacare program. The goal… would be to ensure all Canadians get the medications they need, while also reining in the country’s per-capita drug spending and drug prices, both of which are among the highest in the world.

  • Governance Debates

    Charities ‘worried’ after meeting with Morneau on ‘political activity’ law

    posted April 19, 2018 / No Comments

    … the legislation should be rewritten “to explicitly allow charities to fully engage, without limitation, in non-partisan public policy dialogue and development,” the panel recommended. Partisan activities, such as supporting candidates or parties, should remain banned, said the report — echoing a view widely held by charities themselves… there’s been a year of silence since. The 2018 budget in late February dashed charities’ hopes again…

  • Inclusion Delivery System

    An affordable place to call home

    posted April 17, 2018 / No Comments

    Field of Dreams, located in Elmira, Ont., gives people with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to live independently in their own homes. That’s far better than the institutions they were once shut away in and the group homes with full-time oversight that have largely replaced those institutions. Their independent living is assisted by tenants in the same small apartment complexes who take on the role of “good neighbours.” They’re on hand to provide a little help when needed in exchange for more affordable rent.

  • Equality Debates

    Turns out there is discrimination in hiring professors — but not against minorities

    posted April 16, 2018 / No Comments

    If we really want to understand why blacks and Indigenous citizens might be underrepresented in the professoriate, there’s a good explanation, but it’s not discrimination in hiring. It’s that only 2.9 per cent of people with Indigenous identity and only 3.4 per cent of black Canadians hold graduate degrees, compared to 9.5 per cent of the workforce at large. Graduate degrees — and highly-specialized ones at that — are prerequisites for these jobs.

  • Inclusion History

    Canada in 2018 is a country of global citizens

    posted April 16, 2018 / No Comments

    Who would have guessed that 150 years after Confederation, Canada would become one of the most peaceably diverse societies on earth? Like other countries, we have many challenges to address and far to go to live up to the values we claim – but Canada has come a long way: from a colony of deferential subjects to a country of global citizens.

  • Child & Family Policy Context

    Ontario’s child care election promises win praise from B.C. finance minister

    posted April 11, 2018 / No Comments

    The Wynne government’s recent $2.2 billion budget initiative is coupled with its 2016 commitment to create 100,000 new licensed spots for kids under age 4 within five years. Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath last week vowed to “do better” in her election platform… “When you look at demographics . . . when you have the Governor of the Bank of Canada speaking in favour of child care as a recruitment and retention issue, getting women back into the workforce is critical,”

  • Inclusion Debates

    Charities must innovate to attract a new generation of donors

    posted April 11, 2018 / No Comments

    Canadians annually give more than $14-billion to charities and non-profit organizations. But our strong culture of giving, so essential to our quality of life, is increasingly at risk… Donations are dropping across all age categories and donors aged 50 and over account for 74 per cent of donations… the annual average donation by new citizens is $672, compared to $509 for native-born Canadians… Over the past 30 years, women have steadily gained ground as a percentage of donors. The only factor holding women back is income disparity.

  • Health Debates

    Before voting, understand these facts about health care

    posted April 5, 2018 / No Comments

    1. Canada’s spending on health care is near the bottom of the pack… 2. Canada has fewer doctors and nurses than most countries… 3. Finding “efficiencies” in the health system will be difficult… Canadian health care is already administratively lean… 4. Canada has work to do to improve care for everyone. Despite universal health coverage, equitable access to care is a problem in Canada… our wait times remain among the highest of the countries surveyed…

  • Social Security Policy Context

    Income security should be at the centre of Ontario’s election

    posted April 5, 2018 / No Comments

    Our existing income security system is failing to meet Ontario’s needs. It is falling short on adequacy, design, and delivery. It is burdensome for governments to administer and for recipients to navigate. It undermines the economic growth of the province. In the long term, the costs of maintaining this status quo are far greater than the costs of improving the system… It’s time for our party leaders to be open, honest, and ambitious on income security.

  • Inclusion Delivery System

    When Collective Impact has an Impact – An Evaluation of the Practice

    posted April 5, 2018 / No Comments

    Collective Impact is a long-term proposition: take the time to lay a strong foundation; System changes take many forms: be iterative an intentional; Equity is achieved through different routes; be aware and adaptable; Collective Impact initiatives take on different roles in driving change; be open to different routes to make a difference

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