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Tracking discrimination
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – Tracking discrimination
November 18, 2008
The collection of race-based statistics remains controversial, but there are signs that Ontario is increasingly ready to accept this approach to tracking discrimination.
A wide-ranging report on youth violence, released last week, listed “the collection of race-based data in all key domains” as one of its priority recommendations. In response, Premier Dalton McGuinty has indicated he is seriously considering the idea.
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Ontario farm workers can unionize
TheStar.com – Ontario – Ontario farm workers can unionize
November 18, 2008. Tracey Tyler, Lesley Ciarula Taylor, Staff Reporters
Farm workers across the province are celebrating the fruits of a major legal victory after the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled they have the right to unionize.
In a 3-0 decision yesterday, the court said the Agricultural Employees Protection Act, which prevents farm workers from collective bargaining, “substantially” impairs their right to freedom of association under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Blaming racism (as usual)
NationalPost.com – Opinion/editorial – Blaming racism (as usual)
Published: Monday, November 17, 2008
Canadians like to think of themselves as more progressive and enlightened than our American neighbours when it comes to the issue of race. But are we? U. S. voters just elected their first black president, who himself has spoken eloquently about the need for black men to take responsibility for many of the problems besetting their communities. Here in Canada, on the other hand, we often seem to be stuck in a politically correct 1980s time warp.
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Ontario farm workers can join unions, court rules
TheStar.com – Ontario – Ontario farm workers can join unions, court rules
November 17, 2008. Tracey Tyler, Staff Reporter
Farm workers across the province have won the right to join unions.
In a 3-0 decision today, the Ontario Court of Appeal struck down sections of the Agricultural Employees Protection Act, which prevent farm workers from engaging in collective bargaining.
The court said the legislation violates agricultural employees’ rights to freedom of association under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and gave the Ontario government 12 months to rewrite the law.
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Focus on the at-risk
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinion/editorial –
November 14, 2008 at 10:30 PM EST
It would be a shame if the useful and groundbreaking elements in a massive new report on youth violence commissioned by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty were dismissed too quickly because that report bears an unfortunate tinge of political correctness.
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Ontario at youth violence crossroad: Report
TheStar.com – Ontario – Ontario at youth violence crossroad: Report
November 14, 2008. Rob Ferguson, Queen’s Park Bureau
Ontario is at a “crossroads” over growing youth violence fuelled by poverty, racism, poor housing and troubles in the school system, says a long-awaited new report.
It makes 30 recommendations to Premier Dalton McGuinty, key among them $200 million in improved mental health care for youth to keep them on the right track.
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