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Abolish solitary confinement for Ontario’s children and youth
“… whatever the name, solitary confinement should be banned by States as a punishment or extortion technique,” UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan E. Méndez told the UN General Assembly in 2011… It doesn’t matter if you call it solitary confinement, administrative segregation, secure de-escalation, or anything else. Let’s just call it something we used to do, that we don’t do anymore.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, mental Health, rights
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Kids’ poverty
… the Canada Children’s Benefit is important in significantly reducing child poverty and in helping middle-class families to invest in raising their children. If these goals are important, is it not also important for the benefit to maintain its effectiveness? … why let it erode until 2020? … isn’t it worth $300-million (the estimated cost of indexing to inflation) to protect an investment of $22-billion?
Tags: budget, child care, poverty, standard of living
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Build a national child care system
Federal, provincial and municipal governments across the country must work together to establish an affordable, universal childcare system. If they don’t, some parents may even be forced to quit working… three-quarters of mothers of young children are in the workforce, but there are licensed spots available for less than a quarter of children under 5… The lack of space is even tougher on the poor, who need subsidized day care spaces to afford to go to work or even look for it.
Tags: budget, child care, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women
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New charity wants Canada to put children first
… statistics show one in five children are living in poverty, one in three Canadians have experienced some form of child abuse and one in five kids have considered suicide… The charity is calling on Ottawa to appoint an independent children’s commissioner to champion kids at the federal level and to publish an annual children’s budget to track federal funding.
Tags: budget, ideology, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Give kids in child welfare system a voice
The proposed legislation would put children at the centre of the decision-making process about their own welfare. It would require that children be consulted about decisions affecting their well-being, “listened to and respected.” … Taylor’s bill reminds authorities not only to listen to the child, but to be an advocate for them.
Tags: child care, crime prevention, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, rights, standard of living, youth
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Want to address gun crime? Tackle root causes
Bigger police budgets won’t solve the alarming rise in shooting deaths in Toronto… The people who carry guns do so, almost invariably, as part of the illegal drug trade… the vast majority of the participants in the illegal drug trade at its most violent street level come from desperately impoverished backgrounds. These, then, are the two causes of gun violence: illegal drugs and poverty.
Tags: crime prevention, featured, ideology, participation, poverty, youth
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Kathleen Wynne has the chance to do the right thing and support autistic children
… the government still has time to get one priority right, by reversing this decision. And it doesn’t have to spend more money to do so, just change the way existing dollars are spent. For years, the OAC has shown how a direct funding model — allocating money to families instead of providers — would support more kids with the same amount of resources. Children over age five would thus not need to be cut off IBI to shorten the waitlist for younger kids.
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, featured, mental Health, participation, rights, standard of living
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Universal child care the perfect Mother’s Day gift
With regulated child care spaces for less than a quarter of children and the highest fees in the country, it is the policy solution that could make a difference for Ontario’s moms… And it’s the gift that keeps on giving: benefiting children, communities and the economy… For both mothers and the child care workforce, a child care system is key to closing the wage gap… A belated gift – even one that’s 40 years overdue – is far better than another year of inaction.
Tags: child care, economy, ideology, participation, standard of living, women
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Ontario to spend $90M for daycare spaces, family supports
The Ontario government on Friday announced almost $90 million for new daycare spaces — as well as new daycare space — in schools… Some $20 million will go toward child-care spaces and $18 million to renovate child-cares themselves. The remaining $50 million will be used to upgrade or renovate space in schools for public use, such as mental health supports or other community agencies, to provide a base for creating so-called “community hubs.”
Tags: budget, child care, featured, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Parents urge province to ban daycare wait list fees
TheStar.com – News/GTA – Parents already facing sticker shock over the cost of child care want the province to ban daycare wait list fees which quickly add up when parents have to put their names on multiple lists. Apr 01 2016. By: Laurie Monsebraaten Social justice reporter Like most first-time Toronto parents, Nadine Blum knew […]
Tags: child care, ideology, standard of living, women
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