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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
TheStar.com – Opinion – Agreement needed on EI and training
January 15, 2009
Open letter to the Prime Minister of Canada and provincial/territorial premiers on the occasion of their First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 16
Dear Sirs:
We are calling on you as our elected leaders to collectively forge an agreement that provides new employment insurance and training supports as part of an economic stimulus package that responds to the gathering storm in Canada’s job market.
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
TheStar.com – Canada – Retraining `tough sell,’ McGuinty admits
January 15, 2009. Rob Ferguson, Queen’s Park Bureau
Ontario’s troubled Second Career retraining program remains a “tough” sell to unemployed workers despite recent changes, Premier Dalton McGuinty acknowledges.
The program designed for 20,000 laid-off workers has enrolled just 3,300 people despite the disappearance of more than 60,000 jobs in the province since November.
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Monday, January 12th, 2009
TheStar.com – Opinion – Flaherty faces five choices on EI
January 12, 2009. Carol Goar
Canada’s employment insurance system is outdated, inequitable, stingy and at serious risk of insolvency in a protracted economic downturn.
The dilemma facing Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, should he decide to fix it, is figuring out which problem to tackle first.
He is not short of advice. Business lobbyists, union officials, municipal leaders, economists and social activists have all put forward their prescriptions in the run-up to this month’s budget.
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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
TheStar.com – news/parentcentral.ca – Schools no safer, Falconer says
January 10, 2009. Iain Marlow, STAFF REPORTER
Toronto schools are no safer one year after the release of a scathing report into school violence because the province has not provided enough money to implement its most crucial recommendations, says the report’s lead author, lawyer Julian Falconer.
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
TheGlobeandMail.com – national – Funds for job retraining on first ministers agenda: Some provinces will also ask for EI reform at next week’s meeting, as the economic downturn causes unemployment to rise
January 9, 2009. BRIAN LAGHI AND KAREN HOWLETT
OTTAWA AND TORONTO — Ottawa and the provinces are cobbling together an agreement to spend more money to retrain unemployed Canadians as the country braces for sobering news today about the national jobless rate, and some hard-hit provinces are seeking changes to the employment insurance program in next month’s budget.
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Thursday, January 8th, 2009
TheStar.com – Opinion – Child care – Canada can’t work without it: The economic downturn makes investment in children and families more important than ever. Are you listening, Mr. Flaherty?
January 08, 2009. Martha Friendly & Laurel Rothman
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
TheStar.com – Opinion – Slight problem with job retraining
January 05, 2009. Carol Goar
When the economy slumps, post-secondary enrolment surges.
It has happened in every recession since statisticians began tracking the two trends. The worse the downturn, the larger the jump in applications for college and university.
The pattern makes sense. When the job market is bleak, students stay in school. When employers aren’t hiring, undergraduates continue their studies. When layoffs spread, workers return to the classroom.
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Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – New approach to sex ed
December 29, 2008
Thankfully, it’s a rare and shocking event when a student is sexually assaulted in a school.
But what about the more common teenage experiences of sexual harassment, homophobia and dating violence outside our schools? Is there a role for teachers to make sure our youth aren’t just respected and safe inside school walls but also prepared for what faces them in broader society? Yes, the province has answered.
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
TheStar.com – Ontario – Dental program expansion just the ‘first phase’: Province committed to eventual $45M initiative for low-income people, but critics see holes in plan
December 19, 2008. Tanya Talaga, Queen’s Park Bureau
An extra 30,000 underprivileged teens will have access to urgent dental care starting in the new year, thanks to the Ontario government’s anti-poverty strategy.
The Liberal government is expanding the Children in Need of Treatment program, extending the cut-off age to 18 from the current 13. Last year, the program paid for 30,890 treatments.
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