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Friday, October 11th, 2019
The leader of an Indigenous group seeking to buy a 51-per-cent stake in the Trans Mountain oil pipeline project says he is well-positioned to negotiate with the political party that wins the Oct. 21 federal election… Mr. LeBourdais said he plans to line up two banks as key lenders and also hopes to obtain federal loan guarantees, noting that… the expansion could cost at least $7.4-billion.
Tags: economy, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation
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Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
Birth tourism rankles the public because it feels like cheating… The way to do that is to adopt visa restrictions – denying visas to women who are coming to Canada expressly to give birth, and to crack down on both brokers and birth houses… Canada should remain a welcoming country but not one whose citizenship is for sale.
Tags: globalization, immigration, jurisdiction, rights
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Thursday, September 26th, 2019
Incorrectly focusing on the wages of migrant workers — instead of ensuring permanent status and full rights — distracts from the real authors of exploitation and increases racism… Canada’s permanent resident intake as a percentage of the population has been stable for the last decade. Today, most migrants are on temporary permits, the largest grouping being “international students,” who spent an estimated $12.8 billion in Canada in 2015, and $15.5 billion in 2016.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, standard of living
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Wednesday, September 25th, 2019
… non-profit organizations are getting a financial break with a five-year freeze on their Workplace Safety and Insurance Board premiums as the Ontario government agency lowers its average premium rate for all employers by 17 per cent. The freeze will help almost 2,700 non-profits while another 1,600 will see premiums drop…
Tags: disabilities, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, philanthropy
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Sunday, September 22nd, 2019
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinion September 22, 2019. Fabrice Vil Fabrice Vil is founder and executive director of Pour 3 Points, an organization that transforms sports coaches into life coaches for youth in low-income neighbourhoods in Montreal. He is also an Ashoka Fellow, a columnist at La Presse and was a lawyer in civil and commercial […]
Tags: Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation, standard of living, youth
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Monday, September 9th, 2019
The right is becoming radicalized. Many of the movement’s loudest leaders and members are strangers to truth, reason and empathy. … from their denial of climate change reality to their inhumane treatment of immigrants, refugees and other minorities. But right-wing commentators and parties across the world, including in Canada, have also demonstrated this irrationality and absence of empathy.
Tags: ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, participation
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Friday, September 6th, 2019
The Public Health Agency of Canada recently announced it has awarded a strategic fund to Autism Ontario to launch Mental Health Matters, a mental health program for adults on the autism spectrum and their caregivers that will be delivered in partnership with CMHA Ontario, McMaster Autism Research Team (MacART), SAAAC Autism Centre and the York ASD Partnership.
Tags: disabilities, jurisdiction, mental Health
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Sunday, September 1st, 2019
Rosling explains how one billion people around the world still live in extreme poverty, but that number has halved since the UN last set development goals 15 years earlier. Rosling uses holographic projection technology to present data that give an upbeat assessment of our ability to end world poverty by 2030.
Tags: economy, globalization, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
Legislation passed in June requires Ottawa to advance a human rights-based approach to housing that prioritizes the needs of the most vulnerable and requires regular reporting to Parliament on progress toward meeting its housing strategy goals… “It promotes diverse communities, and builds housing that is sustainable, accessible, mixed income, mixed use and that is fully integrated into the community — close to transit, close to work and close to public services.
Tags: budget, housing, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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Sunday, July 21st, 2019
… the CRA says more than 835,000 returns were filed by people who are homeless, Indigenous, newcomers, seniors or disabled. The boost is double those seen in previous years, before the Liberals increased annual spending on the “community volunteer income-tax program” to $13 million in the 2018 budget… “It’s a different program and we get to see the direct impact that we have on lifting people out of poverty.”
Tags: disabilities, homelessness, immigration, Indigenous, participation, poverty, standard of living, tax
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