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Why this court ruling is a human-rights victory for international students
Tuesday, June 13th, 2023
By determining that unfair treatment based on permanent residency is a form of discrimination on the basis of citizenship, the Court of Appeal established human-rights protection for international students under the Code… international students should know that they are not alone in their fight against discrimination — and that “citizenship” may not be the insurmountable job-qualification criterion it used to be.
Tags: economy, globalization, immigration, participation, rights
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Canada’s Gender Pandemic Response: Did it Measure Up?
Wednesday, March 8th, 2023
Canada introduced unprecedented relief measures in the early days of the pandemic to offset the huge losses resulting from necessary public health closures. Looking back, how did those measures stack up? Did they address the pandemic’s heavy toll on women and other marginalized communities? … The imperative now is to apply the lessons of COVID-19 in service of a more sustainable, resilient and gender-just future…
Tags: budget, Health, jurisdiction, poverty, women
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Canadian CEO pay soars to a new all-time high due to inflation: report
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023
They now make 243 times more than the average worker wage in Canada… While inflation hurts workers, it’s great for corporate profit that have hit historic highs. When profits go up, executive bonuses are driven way up… This report proposes four policy solutions for governments to address this rampant income inequality between the rich and the rest of us through taxation measures…
Tags: featured, ideology, standard of living, tax
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It’s the 40th anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but recent protests show a serious misunderstanding of what those mean
Friday, April 15th, 2022
On the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Charter, it is important to reflect on the rights Canadians share and, more importantly, understand that these rights entail responsibilities to each other. Perhaps if misunderstandings about rights and freedoms were clarified, there would be a greater sense of unity.
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, participation, rights
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… here’s what you need to know about the $40B child welfare agreements
Thursday, January 6th, 2022
After the graves of children who died in Indian Residential Schools were found, countless Canadians stood in solidarity with Indigenous communities and demanded the government not repeat mistakes of the past… public support will be needed more than ever to ensure that the spirit of the agreement is respected and translated into meaningful change for First Nations children.
Tags: budget, child care, featured, Health, housing, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, rights, standard of living, youth
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Ottawa releases early details of landmark $40B First Nations child welfare agreement
Wednesday, January 5th, 2022
The non-binding agreement sets aside $20 billion for compensation and $20 billion for long-term reform of the on-reserve child welfare system… The parties have until March 31 to finalize the agreement… The $20 billion dedicated to long-term reform of the child welfare system will be distributed over a period of five years… “Today is about a plan for the future, with First Nations defining and determining a path forward grounded in our rights and the common goal to have our children succeed,”
Tags: budget, child care, economy, featured, Health, housing, Indigenous, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living, youth
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Canada’s top CEOs saw average pay increase of almost $100k in 2020
Tuesday, January 4th, 2022
“… when the economy does poorly, it’s often just the low-wage workers that suffer, it’s not the CEOs… and that was really highlighted by the pandemic and the data for 2020”… the report found that among the richest 100 CEOs, 30 headed companies that received the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), 14 saw the structure of their bonuses changed in order to protect them from the impact of COVID-19 and five experienced both.
Tags: economy, ideology, standard of living, tax
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Unchecked inequality is driving child poverty
Sunday, November 28th, 2021
Ontario was richer than ever. Yet we still had half a million children in poverty… Canada’s Big Six banks… made $46.6 billion in profits in 2019. Their CEOs’ salaries averaged more than $11 million… Wealth and poverty sit side by side in every part of Ontario. There is money here, and it’s more than enough to wipe out child poverty — if we decide to… We need to increase transfers, boost parents’ wages, and make life more affordable… Good policy is not enough, though. What we need is political will.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Making UN Declaration law shows Canada’s commitment to Indigenous people
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
Bill C-15 requires regular public reporting on progress and accountability measures developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples. Importantly, the implementation of the declaration is in line with the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Calls for Justice.
Tags: featured, Health, housing, Indigenous, mental Health, participation, rights, standard of living, women, youth
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Taxing extreme wealth to offset the costs of the pandemic would be unquestionably fair
Monday, March 29th, 2021
… we should look to new tax measures on extreme wealth transfers, including inheritance taxes, and to changes in the tax treatment of investment income to ensure more equitable treatment in relation to employment income. But for now, as we look to Budget 2021, we should ask those with extreme wealth to pay for our national recovery.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, ideology, standard of living, tax
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