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It’s time Canada realized its promise on partnership with indigenous peoples
Friday, August 10th, 2012
30 July 2012
While one can invoke arguments of morality and charity to justify ensuring that indigenous youth receive an education of as high a quality as that received by non-Indigenous youth, promoting parity in this generation will be based solely on economic benefits… As much attention needs to be focused on Indigenous labour as is given to immigrant labour. It also makes no sense to have so many hundreds of thousands of people maintained in an increasingly expensive multigenerational state of dependency that is so destructive to health and well-being.
Tags: economy, ideology, Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living
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The true north LGBT: New poll reveals landscape of gay Canada
Sunday, July 8th, 2012
Jul 6, 2012
The Forum Research poll, commissioned by the National Post… found that 5% of Canadians identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. And contrary to the popular wisdom that the same-sex marriage rate is surprisingly low, the poll found that a third of LGBT people say they are in a same-sex marriage… Forum’s 5% figure jibes with the latest number out of the United States, where a University of California Los Angeles think-tank last year found 4% of Americans are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.
Tags: participation, rights, youth
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Apologize to UN rights expert, Tories urged
Friday, June 1st, 2012
May 31, 2012
… more than 100 organizations, supported by former parliamentarians Flora MacDonald, Ed Broadbent and Warren Allmand, sent an open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, calling on him to apologize for the government’s “unprecedented attacks” on Schutter during his 11-day mission to Canada. “Prime Minister, there is no line to be drawn between protecting human rights at home and protecting them in the rest of the world. Human rights are universal and do not only apply to developing countries or countries in which there are military dictatorships,” the letter states.
Tags: budget, ideology, poverty, rights, standard of living, youth
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Finding jobs for disabled Canadians
Sunday, May 27th, 2012
May 27, 2012
Those unemployed and underemployed millions hit all of us in our wallets. According to Statistics Canada 12.5 million Canadians are disabled. Of those 15 to 64 years old, 54 per cent are unemployed or not in the workforce. And about half of those who are unemployed earn less than $15,000 annually… if the unemployment rate were the same for the disabled, who are capable of work, as it is for the rest of the population… There would be more taxes in government coffers and the health costs associated with disabilities would plummet as an entire population has the opportunity to feel better about themselves and lead happier lives.
Tags: disabilities, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Tory reaction disappointing
Sunday, May 27th, 2012
May 19, 2012
Rather than be shocked by the chilly reception he has had from the federal Conservatives, De Schutter said he hopes his findings spark a national conversation about the issue and highlight the need to develop a national food strategy. He’s right to be concerned. And according to Food Banks Canada, politicians should be anything but smug when it comes to hunger. Each month, the agency says, about 900,000 Canadians are assisted by food banks, with 38 per cent of those children and youth.
Tags: budget, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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Real cost of poverty
Saturday, May 19th, 2012
May 19, 2012
The real cost of poverty to Ontario is immense. According to the Ontario Association of Food Banks, the cost of poverty to Ontarians amounts to 5.5 to 6.6 per cent of Ontario’s GDP. In real terms that equals $2,299 to $2,895 annually for every Ontario household… Poverty-induced health care costs alone amount to $2.9 billion each year… If a concerted effort is made to eliminate poverty, the savings can be passed along to taxpayers, used to reduce our debt and also to improve our health care and education system.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Childhood hunger is a Canadian public health crisis
Monday, May 14th, 2012
May. 14, 2012
”We admit proportionately more children from high poverty neighbourhoods to hospital than from other neighbourhoods, and the children from poorer neighbourhoods stay longer at the hospital… childhood hunger – which of course is linked to poverty – has long-term impacts on physical and mental health… “Children who live in food-insecure households are more likely to have growth and developmental problems, be susceptible to illness and perform poorly in school, compared to children who are food-secure.” Adequate nutrition is also a key issue when it comes to mental health among youth.
Tags: disabilities, Health, mental Health, poverty, rights, youth
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Which charities get the most foreign cash? Not those on Tory hit list
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
May. 10, 2012
The CRA database shows only 1,998 of the 85,000 or so registered charities now active in Canada have reported any foreign income. Most are aid organizations, religious groups or schools. All of their foreign funding over the years amounts to a combined total of $811,467,808… Canadian charities do not have to disclose on their tax returns which foreign groups gave them money. But the recent federal budget promised to impose new penalties on charities that fail to provide full disclosure of funding and activities.
Tags: ideology, philanthropy, rights, tax
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Migrants need protection from Bill C-31
Friday, April 27th, 2012
Apr 26 2012
At best, these policies are misguided and driven by ideology. At worst, they are intentionally cruel and inhumane. Bill C-31 proposes automatic detention of refugee claimants for up to one year without review if deemed unilaterally to be an “irregular arrival” by the Minister of Public Safety… The health consequences of the policies proposed by C-31 cannot be underestimated. In Australia, where the policies that Kenney proposes have been tried and discarded, studies show that detention increases risk of suicidal thoughts, post-traumatic stress disorder and self-harm in refugee claimants.
Tags: budget, Health, immigration, poverty, rights, standard of living
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The uphill battle to save democracy in Canada
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
Apr 18 2012
“People blame Parliament for being dysfunctional, but I think it’s really our political parties that are the issue”… Loat says individuals should take full advantage of today’s social media, which has made it easier to engage like-minded citizens. Loat says it is critical to understand that politicians are now starting to pay far greater attention to Twitter and Facebook than just about any other media outlet. By themselves, these suggestions won’t change the status quo. Neither will individuals working in isolation.
Tags: participation, rights, standard of living
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