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The audacity of Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream
Monday, January 18th, 2021
Ending poverty… will be much harder than ending segregation, he correctly predicted. After all, “it didn’t cost the nation anything to integrate lunch counters,” but “it will cost the nation billions of dollars to get rid of poverty.” … King appealed for a national policy of full employment, a guaranteed income and a massive investment in affordable housing… Indeed, America has never shown a commitment to “genuine equality,” he said.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, multiculturalism, participation, poverty, rights
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Let’s make 2021 the year we eliminate online hate in Canada
Tuesday, January 12th, 2021
the Canadian Coalition to End Online Hate, a broad-based alliance of close to 40 (and growing) organizations representing a diverse array of communities, are calling for the following concrete actions… Increasing resources for law enforcement, Crown attorneys, and judges to ensure they receive sufficient training on how to apply existing laws to deal with online hate… Creating a civil remedy to address online hate and… Establishing strong and clear regulations for online platforms and Internet service providers
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism
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COVID-19 changed everything, except Canada’s values of inclusiveness
Saturday, January 2nd, 2021
Canadians are also increasingly sympathetic to vulnerable groups such as people with low incomes… support is growing in Canada for the idea of a basic income. Although that specific policy may not win the day, support for the principle suggests Canadians are growing more interested in a backstop for those at risk of being left behind… bucking trends in other countries, we have become less, and not more, polarized.
Tags: ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, standard of living, youth
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Our priorities must be with our most vulnerable
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020
A “colour-blind approach” to the pandemic will not suffice, especially when reports show racialized minorities suffered from higher poverty rates prior to 2020, and now experience even stronger challenges to making ends meet… [Yet] the Ontario COVID-specific contingency funds have increased to $12 billion… [and] “the Province may end the fiscal year with outstanding balances… [using remaining funds to] “reduce both the budget deficit and Ontario’s net debt.”
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, multiculturalism, participation, poverty, standard of living
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We know police can’t solve the root causes of Toronto gun violence. What’s stopping us from doing what can?
Saturday, December 19th, 2020
Invest early in terms of education, child supports, health, daycare — try holistic approaches to decrease poverty and disparate outcomes for Black, Indigenous and other racialized groups — and you’ll not only improve lives, but you’ll also save money. On health care, on police, on courts, on jails.
Tags: budget, crime prevention, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation, poverty, youth
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Why Canada’s Climate Advocates Are Excited by Biden’s Housing Plans
Monday, December 7th, 2020
“When you think about the housing crisis in Canada, the homelessness crisis in Canada, the joblessness crisis and the climate crisis, you have a solution which is literally where we live that offers us the opportunity to address all these intersecting crises at once”… The factors are all there for a Green New Deal for housing,
Tags: economy, homelessness, housing, ideology, rights, standard of living
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The answer to people with anti-vaccine beliefs is to address the cause of their anger
Friday, December 4th, 2020
Deepening social divisions created by an economy that does not value or reward their skills have left millions of people in developed countries economically and culturally insecure. On social media, they find allies and abettors… politicians who only consider the needs of those who are well-educated and financially secure, while ignoring those who fear the future and are right to fear it, must share the blame for the anger that comes with that fear.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, participation
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Canada aims to accept far more immigrants in next three years
Sunday, November 1st, 2020
Immigrants are needed to reduce labour shortages in Canada and to pay taxes to help sustain health care and other services. But the pandemic forced Canada to close its borders to all non-essential travellers… Immigration and refugee experts welcomed the move to grant permanent residency to those already in the country… “people who are already educated here, or have work experience here, or at least have lived here… These are people who are already demonstrating their genuine interest in Canada”
Tags: economy, immigration
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‘Poverty’ is a problem for democracy – focusing on rights can help
Saturday, October 31st, 2020
While poverty is experienced by individuals, it is created by systems that fail to protect their rights to a decent standard of living. Supporting individuals and families is certainly necessary. But alone, it will not eliminate poverty. To make real progress towards eliminating poverty, we need systems that support people in realizing their economic and social rights.
Tags: ideology, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Toronto to get $203M, Vancouver and Montreal to split about $108M more under city-specific housing plan
Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
Fifteen Canadian cities will share $500-million in federal money as part of a plan to quickly build 3,000 new units of affordable housing across the country… the amounts allocated to the cities are based on factors such as the number of people in severe housing need.
Tags: budget, economy, homelessness, housing, standard of living
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