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Let’s fix broken system for suspending criminal records
Thursday, November 14th, 2019
After a certain period of crime-free years, individuals with a prior conviction, regardless of what that conviction was, are no more likely to be convicted of another offence than the rest of the population. Continuing to allow criminal records to bar their access to employment, education, housing and other community involvement extends their punishment beyond the end of their sentence.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, participation, Senate
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Ontario to pay $1 million to private contractor to cut costs in developmental disabilities services sector
Sunday, November 10th, 2019
The government’s budget showed a $1-billion cut in the children and social services sector over three years, and set a target of a $510 million annual cut in 2021-22 from “operational efficiencies and cost savings.”… Efficiencies would include “evidence-based sector transformation, including in developmental services, child welfare, as well as special needs and early intervention programs…to continue investments in core services such as in the Ontario Autism Program.”
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, ideology, mental Health, privatization, standard of living
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Why healthy neighbourhoods are the antidote to gun crime
Wednesday, October 30th, 2019
… the way to address those “roots” of violence is to invest directly in communities where those determinants — poverty, marginalization, a lack of economic opportunities and others — have contributed to making the problem of gun violence so persistent… Researchers today say that commitment to communities is still lacking.
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention, ideology, jurisdiction, multiculturalism, participation, poverty
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Where do the major parties stand on family and child care?
Thursday, October 17th, 2019
Besides the rising cost of housing, child care fees are a major source of financial pain… child care often costs another rent- or mortgage-sized payment… The rates of individuals diagnosed with traumatic brain injury and autism spectrum disorder continue to edge higher… Several of the major parties have pledged to support families caring for individuals with disabilities, but to date, their promises have largely been “piecemeal,” falling far short of the concerted, large-scale efforts that are needed..
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, featured, Health, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living, youth
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Prison breaking-point: Canada’s jail system is in crisis, and that affects all of us
Saturday, October 12th, 2019
Prison conditions have become abject… and fixing that will cost money. But investment now, as well as work to reduce the prison population – namely, by eliminating mandatory minimum sentences and expanding supervised community programs – will vastly reduce prison costs, keep people in their communities and save Ottawa from costly legal challenges in the future.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, mental Health, rights
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Why cutting taxes on EI benefits for new parents may not be good policy
Sunday, October 6th, 2019
To the Liberals’ credit, their EI maternity/parental benefit proposal… a 15% boost to the Canada Child Benefit (CCB)… a refundable tax credit… to families with children under one, families across the lower end of the income distribution would benefit regardless of tax liability or EI eligibility.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, women
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What Bermuda’s 50-year-old gun ban can teach Canada
Saturday, September 28th, 2019
Unlike Bermuda… Canada seems unwilling to acknowledge its failings and pursue anything but a gun-violence strategy centred on police action and blunt restrictions. “Don’t focus on the gun,” Mr. Caines offers up as advice. “Focus on society’s challenge … and put mitigating factors and life-changing factors that allow our young men to get connected to society.”
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, participation, poverty
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Giving parents money directly the best approach to financing childcare
Friday, September 20th, 2019
The financial hurdle for a parent considering the merits of working versus staying at home to care for young children can be extremely high… decentralizing the provision of child care by giving money directly to parents provides the advantages of competitive consumer markets: greater choices, innovation in staffing, various facility types, and more flexible hours and modes of care.
Tags: child care, economy, ideology, participation, standard of living, tax, women
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Long-term care cuts harming seniors
Thursday, September 5th, 2019
“Respect the vulnerable …” These words were buried in Doug Ford’s campaign “Plan for Ontario,” along with a promise to, “Commit resources to combat … elder abuse.” Really? As shown by the initial results of the latest cuts to long-term care, it seems the Ford government is more focused on committing elder abuse than combating it
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, mental Health
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Cancelling the Transition Child Benefit in Ontario is bad policy
Wednesday, August 28th, 2019
… the TCB has provided support for children who are among the most vulnerable in our society at a time when their families are most in need… it goes to about ten per cent of children receiving social assistance, at less than one per cent of total social assistance program costs… elimination of the TCB will undeniably have downstream impacts not only on social assistance, but on other services, like housing, education, and health care.
Tags: budget, child care, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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