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Belated help for nannies
Belated help for nannies TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorial – Belated help for nannies
April 03, 2009
Live-in caregivers, or nannies, are among the most vulnerable workers in society. They are preyed upon by recruiting agencies that charge extortionate placement fees, exploit loopholes in federal laws and the virtual absence of provincial regulation, and play bait-and-switch games by holding out the prospect of secure jobs that mysteriously vaporize when the poorly paid foreign workers arrive in Canada.
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Disabilities not a reason to send a person to ‘jail’ [warehousing people with physical, developmental and psychiatric disabilities]
TheGlobeandMail.com – Life/Health – Disabilities not a reason to send a person to ‘jail’
April 2, 2009. ANDRE PICARD
On Tuesday night, on the grounds of the Ontario legislature, a group of community-living activists and former residents of institutions gathered for a candlelight vigil.
They were celebrating a historic moment in the evolution of health and social-welfare systems that occurred when, on March 31, Ontario closed the last three large institutions for people with developmental disabilities.
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Time to invest in aboriginal infrastructure
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – Time to invest in aboriginal infrastructure
March 31, 2009. VERA PAWIS TABOBONDUNG
As most Canadians surely know, infrastructure spending is the federal government’s first priority for pulling the country out of recession. The recent federal budget highlighted it, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is making announcements about it across the country and every cabinet minister makes a point of stressing how important it is.
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Enough of multiculturalism – bring on the melting pot
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – Enough of multiculturalism – bring on the melting pot
March 31, 2009. LAWRENCE MARTIN
Issues don’t get much hotter than immigration. It’s where political correctness abounds, where allegations of intolerance and racism are but a breath away, where ministers had best show finesse with their pronouncements.
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A hand up, not a handout, for Canada’s natives after all
TheGlobendMail.com – Opinions – A hand up, not a handout, for Canada’s natives after all: In better times, Kelowna Accord failed; in crisis, stimulus gives aboriginals some relief
March 30, 2009. ROY MacGREGOR
‘Thank God for the crisis!”
Phil Fontaine is calling from Winnipeg, half tongue in cheek, half pumping his fist in the air in celebration.
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Schizophrenia in Canada: A National Report Card
www.schizophrenia.sk.ca – Schizophrenia in Canada: A National Report Card
March 30,2009
DISCRIMINATION AND STIGMA PLAGUE CANADIANS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
A new national report calls for greater public awareness about schizophrenia, WINNIPEG, MB – March 30, 2009.
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Gender bias evident in parental alienation cases
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – Gender bias evident in parental alienation cases: Mothers are more likely to be the parent behind children’s estrangement, yet fathers more often ordered into counselling, study finds
March 28, 2009. KIRK MAKIN, JUSTICE REPORTER
A study of alienated children has found that mothers were significantly more likely to be the parent who emotionally poisoned their children than were fathers.
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Canada should mark World TB Day by fighting the disease’s appalling grip on its First Nations
TheGlobeandMail.com – Web-exclusive commentary – Canada should mark World TB Day by fighting the disease’s appalling grip on its First Nations
March 24, 2009. PHIL FONTAINE
Today, on World TB Day, Canada can – and should – celebrate its leadership in fighting tuberculosis abroad. In addition to the $30-million Canada invests in international TB control each year, it recently committed $450-million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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Immigrants must speak our languages
NationalPost.com – Opinion/Editorial – Immigrants must speak our languages
Published: Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Rudyard Griffiths, National Post
Jason Kenney, the federal Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, should be commended for kick-starting a much-needed public discussion about the language skills and civic literacy of aspiring Canadian citizens.
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