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Social Workers Denounce Harper’s Intention for Young Offenders
casw-acts.ca – press release – Social services professionals in Canada are denouncing the Harper government’s intention to make sentences heavier for 14-year-old young offenders
Friday, October 3rd 2008. (For Immediate Release)
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Investing in child care now will pay off later
TheStar.com – Opinion – Investing in child care now will pay off later
October 02, 2008. Robin Williams, Clyde Hertzman
Election campaigns tend to produce strategies that expire with the next election call; unfortunately, their consequences can endure a lifetime. Babies born during this campaign will be starting kindergarten when the next federal writs are dropped. If current trajectories hold, more than one-in-four will arrive at school with vulnerabilities setting them up for long-term challenges.
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Neglecting child care now will cost us in the long run
TheStar.com – Federal Election – Neglecting child care now will cost us in the long run: Canada is ignoring the proven benefits of nurturing and educating children at an early age
October 02, 2008. David Crane
There are two reasons why early childhood development should be a major issue in this election campaign.
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Free-market dogma led to crisis
TheStar.com – opinion/Federal Election/ LETTER TO THE EDITOR – Free-market dogma led to crisis
Oct 01, 2008 04:30 AM
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Stronger First Nations make for a stronger Canada
TheGlobeandMail.com – opinion – Stronger First Nations make for a stronger Canada
Oct 01, 2008. Phil Fontaine
What does it say about a country where one in three students will not graduate from high school, where more than 20 per cent of their former classmates are in jail, and where the schools are falling apart at the seams?
If 88 per cent of all children do not have access to early childhood programs, no money for language education, no funding for libraries, and no money for computers, what does this say about how our country cares about our children’s future?
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For equal dollars on infrastructure
TheStar.com – Federal Election/editorial – For equal dollars on infrastructure
September 29, 2008
Like the rest of the country, Ontario is suffering from crumbling infrastructure – roads, bridges, subway, power plants and lines, water and sewer systems – and struggling to find the money to rebuild.
“Building infrastructure is crucial to Ontario’s future,” Premier Dalton McGuinty said in a letter to the federal party leaders last week. “By investing in infrastructure, governments can create jobs in the short term and build a stronger economy in the long term.”
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Harsh sentences don’t work
TheStar.com – opinion/letter – Harsh sentences don’t work
September 27, 2008.
Re:Playing politics with youth crime – Editorial, Sept. 25
I agree with the Star that imposing adult sentences on youth is not the way to reduce the incidence of violent crime. I would like to highlight additional reasons to reject this ill-considered proposal.
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