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Once-admiring Americans decry today’s Canada
Since 2006, Stephen Harper’s government has been incrementally tightening Canada’s borders and turning away increasing numbers of refugee claimants from countries with abysmal human rights records. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the pace accelerated sharply… Harvard scholars zeroed in on the policies Ottawa has used to transform Canada from a welcoming nation to an inhospitable bastion… It has hired gatekeepers who understand that their role is to discourage claimants.
Tags: budget, globalization, immigration, multiculturalism
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Canadian pluralism and how it has evolved
Much of the world watches in wonder as this social experiment continues apace, without serious social tensions. We shouldn’t assume that can continue… there are plenty of policy options… Here are four: 1. Universal health care that innovates… 2. Education that integrates… 3. A labour market that mobilizes… 4. Citizenship that both inspires change and withstands it… reasonable accommodation is about… a country that enables its citizens, new and old, to fulfill their promise.
Tags: Health, multiculturalism, participation, rights, standard of living
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Huronia survivors offered ‘one-window’ solution by province
The province has appointed a special co-ordinator to ensure former residents of Huronia Regional Centre have free and easy access to their case files after complaints over difficult-to-navigate information policies… Since the settlement, former residents and family members have received mixed messages from the government, leading to double-billing for fees and complicated processes to access case files.
Tags: disabilities, ideology, mental Health, rights
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Income inequality is hurting social inclusion in Canada
… 4 per cent of Canadian households control 67 per cent of total wealth, and… middle and low incomes have stagnated or decreased… Recent immigrants, visible minorities, aboriginal people, people with disabilities, seniors, youth and sexual minorities all struggle with exclusion… We need programs to increase labour mobility, and tax incentives for companies that hire and invest in young Canadians… a review of the Income Tax Act to ensure progressivity and fairness, and to stimulate job creation.
Tags: economy, Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation, standard of living, tax, youth
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The world has never had it so good – thanks partly to capitalism
… the world is becoming more prosperous, cleaner, increasingly peaceful and healthier. We are living longer, better lives. Virtually all of our existing problems are less bad than at any previous time in history… Instead of fighting, we now trade, communicate, travel and invest; while there is still a long way to go in tearing down protectionist barriers, international economic integration is the great driving force of progress.
Tags: economy, globalization, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, standard of living
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How about human rights at home?
No government in Canadian history has so abused the rules of Parliament, or shown such contempt for honesty and transparency as the government of Stephen Harper. No other government has ever gone after civil dissent in such an aggressive and menacing way as Stephen Harper. He has made cuts to a host of groups fighting for childcare rights, to 16 separate organizations struggling for women’s rights; to agencies working for a better democracy, to First Nations Organizations, to immigrant groups, to research groups…
Tags: featured, ideology, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living, women
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Well-being linked to democratic engagement
This year’s Vital Signs report highlights the strengths and weaknesses of our community’s democratic engagement or social capital. This is a term used to describe social cohesion, trust, reciprocity and the amount of social interaction. When citizens are engaged, they are more likely to have a stronger sense of belonging, sense of legitimacy, trust and satisfaction… We need to tell our local government that we have to do better. This isn’t going to happen unless we become more engaged with our labour, our ideas and our voice.
Tags: ideology, participation, rights, standard of living
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Stop judging people and start helping them
Chronic deprivation hijacks the brain and reduces the ability to make good choices and change outcomes… People who are on the edges of society experience scarcity on a daily basis… there are solutions to problems and effects of scarcity. Provide a living wage. Make sure people have adequate housing and food security. Value people for being people, first and foremost, and not value them for what their work is or is not.
Tags: disabilities, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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Reconciling Muslim practices with Western principles
… it will take great effort to develop Islamic practice that has a Canadian tone, with regional variations. This implies ceasing blind importation of overseas cultural practices, or consultation of overseas imams who have no desire to understand Western cultural context… We need intelligent, dispassionate discussions of how Western principles, such as gender equality, freedom of conscience, freedom of expression and critical inquiry, meld with overarching Islamic principles.
Tags: crime prevention, globalization, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, rights, standard of living
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New way to keep the war on poverty alive
… Giveffect [is] Canada’s 4-month-old crowdfunding platform for charities. This will make the Caledon Institute the first think-tank in the country to enter the brave new world of 21st-century philanthropy… The 40-year-old war on poverty is not an easy sell to the millennial generation. And Caledon is not a conventional charity; it does not feed hungry children or build affordable housing. “We’re trying to raise money for information that will contribute to the public good.”
Tags: ideology, philanthropy, poverty, standard of living
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