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An inquiry means legitimacy
… we must know why our sisters and daughters are being disproportionately targeted and we must develop a strategy for prevention. It is for this reason that we need a collective response. That response is the launching of a public inquiry… A public inquiry would provide us all with a more comprehensive understanding of the issue and a road map for ensuring that this stops… This is a national crisis that cries out for an informed and aggressive national response.
Tags: crime prevention, featured, ideology, Indigenous, women
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Problem with charities isn’t their politics, it’s their generous tax credit
There is in fact a very simple solution: take away the charitable tax designation — not selectively, based on their ability to dance on the head of a CRA pin, but across the board, outright. If people want to donate to charities, let them do so on their own dime, without the tax benefit. And let charities raise funds on the strength of their own cause, not the lure of a tax break. It is the charitable tax status itself, not any alleged attempts to evade its rules, that corrupts the definition of charity.
Tags: featured, ideology, philanthropy, rights, tax
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Canada’s Ferguson? Aboriginal uprisings
… society fostered a tier of people who don’t have a stake in society. They are not participants in the economic system… People with jobs to drive to don’t blockade roads. People with their own private property generally don’t loot from and damage other people’s property… A critical mass of unemployed young men with no outlet for their mental and physical energies is a recipe for disaster no matter their ethnicity. Only more harm can come of this…
Tags: crime prevention, economy, ideology, Indigenous, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Dear Canadian taxpayer: I love you
… it is you, dear taxpayer, who has made much of [my] life possible… at this very Wordsworthian-Keynesian moment of powerful fiscal feeling, I am overlooking your imperfections… I identify with your grumbling skepticism over losing half or more of your earnings to several levels of government… And yet… I still see your goodness shining through. For I have understood that without you, beloved Canadian taxpayer, there could be no me.
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, Health, ideology, immigration, participation, standard of living, tax
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Tories strike another blow to Canada’s once-humane immigration policy
Until this month, any unmarried child of 21 or younger could qualify as a dependant under Canada’s immigration rules and be automatically accepted along with his or her parents… the government says it wants to bring the definition of dependant children in line with the Canadian standard… More importantly, the government argues that the labour market contributions of immigrants who receive their post-secondary education in Canada are significantly greater than those who are educated in their home countries.
Tags: economy, ideology, immigration, rights
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Stephen Harper intimidates charities into silence
Two years ago, the rules changed. The Conservative government… required them to provide a detailed account of their political activities, imposed tough penalties on those that spent more than 10 per cent of their funds on advocacy and gave CRA $8 million to conduct a special audit… over time the scope of the blitz widened. CRA is now auditing churches, human rights organizations, animal welfare groups and anti-poverty coalitions… no one knows who will be next or how it became so risky to stand up for a fairer, cleaner, more compassionate Canada.
Tags: ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Supply, demand and citizens – rather than temporary guest workers
It makes perfect sense for companies to be able to bring in specialized engineers or skilled tradespeople from overseas, to fill vacancies in critical, highly paid positions… It’s harder to see the benefit to Canada of creating a class of permanent guest workers filling entry-level jobs… Do we want a class of working strangers who come here, do our dirty work and then are forced to leave? Canada has always wanted something else: immigrants… We don’t just want them to work for us. We want them to join us, as Canadians.
Tags: economy, globalization, immigration, rights, standard of living
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Addressing the legacy of residential schools means supporting native families, not necessarily their band leaders
In the short run, at least, good schools, good jobs and well-funded social services will be far more important in addressing the legacy of residential schools than ambitious political agendas. Until First Nations communities are full of healthy families, other forms of progress will be difficult.
Tags: child care, Indigenous, standard of living
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The key to Canada’s immigration success
As the number of temporary migrants to Canada rises and the government contemplates policy changes that might make it harder for immigrants to gain citizenship, it is important to understand why Canada’s immigration policy has been such a success so far… And Canada needs people, not just workers or entrepreneurs. This idea should be front and centre as politicians and Canadians consider the country’s immigration and settlement policies.
Tags: economy, globalization, immigration, multiculturalism, participation
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How a budget could lift a barrier to charity
The elimination of the capital gains tax on charitable donations of private company shares and real estate would provide the same tax treatment as for gifts of listed securities. This proposal’s fiscal cost to the federal government would be only $50-million to $65-million a year, just 1 per cent of the projected budget surplus. By removing this remaining barrier to charitable giving, hospitals, universities, social service agencies and arts and cultural organizations would receive an additional $200-million a year in donations.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, philanthropy, tax
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