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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
NationalPost.com – Opinion/Full Comment – John Ivison: A bailout for those who can learn rather than those who can posture
Posted: December 16, 2008. John Ivison, Canadian politics
The Conservative Party has never believed government should be in the business of governing business. But, with the Fed’s last throw of the monetary policy dice on Tuesday, which reduced the federal funds rate close to zero, the power of central bankers to influence the course of this crisis has almost played itself out.
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Sunday, December 14th, 2008
TheStar.com – Ontario – Looking at the recession as an opportunity: Could ‘mega-region’ phoenix rise from economic crisis ashes?
December 14, 2008. Sandro Contenta, FEATURE WRITER
Richard Florida isn’t one to keep his grand ambitions quiet.
Within the staid and muffled world of academia, the Toronto-based urban theorist virtually shouts them from the rooftops. If not in leadership forums and media interviews, from the BBC to The Colbert Report, then on a wall-sized blackboard in his office that suggests, in big chalk letters, he has found the “Road to Global Prosperity.”
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – UN daycare wake-up call
December 12, 2008
Parents who rush to get on daycare waiting lists long before their children are even born won’t be surprised to hear that Canada ranks last among developed nations in providing this vital service.
We’ve long heard of mothers who want to work but can’t afford to get a job because the daycare bill would be higher than their paycheque. But the United Nations Children’s Fund report released yesterday is still a wake-up call about just how bad things really are here.
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
TheStar.com – Opinion/letter – Teachers deserve extra training for learning disabled
December 12, 2008
My son, who was diagnosed with a learning disability (LD) in Grade 2, is now in Grade 11. We have had some great school years and some horrible ones. It has been a long, frustrating process toward getting him to think that maybe he is smart and will be okay in life.
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
TheStar.com – Canada/Parentcentral.ca – Child-care report card: Canada fails
December 11, 2008. Laurie Monsebraaten, Social Justice Reporter
Canada ranks last in the first comparison of child care services in 25 developed countries, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund.
The report card, to be released today, shows Canada failed on nine of 10 measures aimed at ensuring kids get the best start in life, including providing subsidized child care for 25 per cent of kids younger than 3 and spending 1 per cent of GDP on early childhood services.
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
TheStar.com – Opinion – Ontario: A portrait in numbers
December 10, 2008. Carol Goar
Charities are a community’s first line of defence in hard times.
They see the hardship up close, deliver the help personally, know the stories behind the statistics.
But as needs increase and donations shrink, charities face difficult choices. They can’t answer every call, can’t spread themselves too thin and can’t ignore emerging problems.
Finding the right balance requires accurate, up-to-date, local information, which many charities don’t have.
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
CASW-ACTS / CCRC-CCDE – News Release – Once Again Canada Misses the Mark
For Immediate Release December 10, 2008
The gap is growing between Canada’s international commitments to uphold human rights and our country’s failure to live up to those promises.
Within Canada, the impact of this gap is glaringly obvious. Almost one child out of every nine still lives in poverty, 704,414 individuals turn to food banks in an average month, and life expectancy among First Nations populations is still five to seven years below the national average.
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – Shining spotlight on the neediest
December 09, 2008
The vast majority of alcohol, drug and gambling addicts aren’t getting the help they need. Half the people in hospitals with mental illness could be released if only community supports were available. Funding for special education in schools has gone up more than 50 per cent, but only 5 per cent more children are enrolled in the programs.
Auditor General Jim McCarter’s report, released yesterday, paints a grim picture of a province that is failing some of its neediest citizens.
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Monday, December 8th, 2008
TheStar.com – Living/ParentCentral.ca – Parents seek controversial homegrown program
December 08, 2008. Andrea Gordon, Family Issues Reporter
Toronto’s two public school boards will this week hear from parents who want them to offer a unique made-in-Canada program for children with learning disabilities.
The Toronto District School Board will be asked tonight to introduce the Arrowsmith program in a pilot project. At a meeting on Wednesday, the Catholic board, which launched Arrowsmith 10 years ago and is reviewing it, will hear from anxious families urging them to continue.
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