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Decriminalization Done Right: A Rights-Based Path for Drug Policy
Thursday, January 6th, 2022
Punitive drug laws and policies aimed at ending illegal drug use have failed; and worse, they have done catastrophic harm to communities and society… fuelled stigma; epidemics of preventable illness and death; poverty; homelessness; and widespread, systematic, and egregious violations of human rights. Decriminalizing personal drug possession and necessity trafficking are fundamental, necessary steps towards a more rational and just drug policy grounded in evidence and human rights.
Tags: crime prevention, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, pharmaceutical, rights
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What COVID-19 has taught us about caring for our elders
Wednesday, January 5th, 2022
A recent survey by the National Institute on Aging found that almost 100 per cent of Canadians aged 65 and older planned to live in their own home for as long as possible. Yet Canada spends 87 per cent of long-term care dollars on institutionalizing people in nursing homes rather than at-home assistance.
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, housing, ideology, mental Health, Seniors
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The cost of inaction for youth ‘aging out’ of Ontario foster care is estimated at $2 billion
Tuesday, January 4th, 2022
One key recommendation is to rethink the norm of independence at 18. From interviews with youth, all describe profound isolation, loneliness and few caring relationships underpinning the challenges they face. We must shift to a model of interdependence — fostering non-professional caring relationships for youth under state guardianship that extend long after 18.
Tags: budget, crime prevention, homelessness, ideology, Indigenous, mental Health, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Federal Liberals slash criminal pardon application fee to $50 as of new year
Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
The Fresh Start coalition, comprising over 60 groups, said the reforms would help people with records reintegrate into society, promote workforce participation and improve community safety… the minister’s office said that by reducing the fee and shortening the wait periods to apply for a record suspension, “we will significantly reduce barriers to reintegration and rehabilitation.”
Tags: corrections, ideology, participation
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Canada Underinvests In Community Care
Friday, December 17th, 2021
Canada’s per capita spending on homecare and other outpatient and day program services falls below the international average. In general, countries that direct higher proportions of health spending to seniors care than Canada also spend more per capita on home care, outpatient care and day programs for seniors.
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, ideology, standard of living
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New Brunswick gets a $10-a-day daycare deal, leaving Ontario as the lone holdout
Friday, December 10th, 2021
… licensed child care in Ontario remains “startlingly unaffordable” for many families, despite the existence of parental fee subsidies and a refundable tax credit…. economists… recommend… that special care be taken even after a deal is reached to ensure lower-income families are not at a disadvantage when it comes to getting the benefits of the new program… policymakers will need some kind of sliding scale… [and] dramatic expansion of non-profit child care
Tags: budget, child care, economy, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living
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Canadians want home care, not long-term care facilities, after COVID-19
Monday, November 15th, 2021
… home care is expensive, even when governmental subsidies exist — it has a much heftier price tag than public nursing home care. And for those who don’t have family members who can provide informal care, public long-term care homes are often their only choice… Governments must make home care a viable option for their aging citizens by making it more affordable via a variety of means, including subsidies and tax exemptions.
Tags: budget, disabilities, featured, housing, ideology, Seniors, standard of living
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The Care Economy Data Room: Eldercare
Friday, November 12th, 2021
Canada spends roughly 1.2% of GDP on eldercare. The OECD average is 1.7% of GDP… Nine out of ten older Canadians live at home. While care needs increase with age, even among those aged 85 and older, only 32 per cent live in residential care… There are currently 38,500 people in Ontario on waiting lists for long term care, with waits as long as 5 years… 3 million Canadians rely on unpaid, informal care – 39% rely exclusively on informal care – most of which is provided by women.
Tags: economy, housing, ideology, jurisdiction, privatization, Seniors, standard of living, women
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The Care Economy Data Room: Early Learning & Childcare
Saturday, November 6th, 2021
… facts that will shape the future of early learning and childcare… Canada was dead last among 14 peer nations’ public spending on early learning and childcare in 2006, at 0.25% of GDP… Half the workers in the sector were paid less than $19.20 per hour.
Tags: child care, economy, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women
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Home child care should be affordable, high-quality — and licensed
Monday, October 18th, 2021
… we propose a system under which every home child-care provider serving more than one unrelated child has to be individually licensed. A provincewide coalition of independent home child-care providers argued precisely for this path of individual licensing when Ontario modernized the legislation governing child care in 2014. In addition to oversight of every home child-care provider, our model involves substantial support for quality improvements for all home child care.
Tags: child care, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living
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