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Canadians are living in an age of deep diversity
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Oct. 14, 2011
… visible minorities are a very heterogeneous group, and… other demographic markers – such as religion and class – can more accurately predict discrimination and other barriers that certain groups face… Two-thirds of respondents in the study view relations between Muslims and non-Muslims negatively. And 60 per cent view relations between aboriginals and non-aboriginals negatively… there is deep diversity, with newcomers living very different realities, and facing very different challenges.
Tags: immigration, Indigenous, multiculturalism
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Made-in-Canada ‘Occupy’ movement makes its way home
Friday, October 14th, 2011
Oct. 14, 2011
“We had sort of a communal, ‘Aha!’ moment,” Adbusters co-founder Kalle Lasn recalled… “We started wondering whether the same kind of tools that were used in Egypt, and the sort of regime-change philosophy, couldn’t be applied to America.” The ensuing conversation eventually led to the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, an international uprising against economic inequality and corporate influence… On Saturday, it arrives in several Canadian cities, including Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, participation, standard of living
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Express gratitude through giving
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Oct 09 2011
There were more than a million client visits to Greater Toronto Area food banks in the last fiscal year. That’s 14 per cent higher than pre-recession levels and is a testament to how many people remain in need, even in the richest of societies. How deep is their poverty? A report last month from Toronto’s Daily Bread Food Bank found that its clients spend 72 per cent on average of their income on housing… it isn’t enough to simply appreciate our blessings. We should make an effort to share them.
Tags: budget, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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99 Percenters are literally sick of being left out
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Oct 05 2011
The social protest launched so recently as Occupy Wall Street that soon evolved into the “We Are the 99 Percent” movement is not a repudiation of capitalism. The aggrieved 99 Percenters, already with chapters in more than 160 countries in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, including Toronto and seven other Canadian cities, simply want the system to work for everyone… we can act on the warning of these progressive demonstrators. Or we can respond with riot police. But a change is gonna come.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living, youth
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Decrying the unfairness
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Oct 04 2011
As activist Jackie Fellner, 32, put it, “it’s about big money dictating which politicians get elected and what programs get funded.” What began as a ragtag, easily-dismissed Facebook- and Twitter-triggered protest is proving to be bigger than a flash mob… Whether it will morph into a progressive riposte to the Tea Party with a coherent agenda of its own is still the big question… it’s a heartening sign that a rising young generation of voters is looking through their laptops, smart phones and tablets to the injustices around them.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living
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Occupy Toronto leaderless, unfocused but hopeful
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Oct 04 2011
This is Occupy Toronto, a movement inspired by Occupy Wall Street, a self-described leaderless resistance movement for people of all gender, race and political persuasion… The theme, if there is one, appears to be corporate greed. As one Occupy Toronto supporter put it in an email, the Canadian government is in debt, bankers have been allowed to run amok, and the average Canadian is paying the price. “We the people are tired of living with no hope…
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Let’s rethink poverty to change minds, lives
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Oct. 4, 2011
“We live in a state of survival…all day, all the time.” This gut-wrenching admission comes from a member of a local working family. The comment speaks to the challenges of making ends meet while working full-time at minimum wage…. many low-income families go without the basics of life, are sick more often and live shorter lives. We need to rethink poverty, and our notions about it.
Tags: budget, economy, poverty
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Common sense key to healthier, safer and better community
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
Oct. 4, 2011
Take a homeless person in Calgary, for example. Keeping that person in hospital costs taxpayers $120,000 a year. An emergency shelter? $42,000 a year. But having that person living in supportive housing with social support services costs between $13,000 and $18,000 per year, improves their quality of health and reduces their draw on the health-care system. Seems like common sense, doesn’t it? … The National Council of Welfare’s report is right on. We have to invest more on poverty and soon.
Tags: crime prevention, Health, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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Disturbing silence from Hudak on accessibility
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Sep 28 2011
At risk in this election are our hard-won gains to make Ontario fully accessible to people with disabilities. This affects all voters. Everyone either has a disability or will likely get one later with age…. This shouldn’t be an unfair choice between more income for the poorest people with disabilities versus improving accessibility for all Ontarians with disabilities. Do both! A government can fix social assistance while also moving us forward on the path to accessibility.
Tags: disabilities, participation, standard of living
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Canada urged to spend smarter to cut poverty
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Sep 28 2011
It would have taken $12.6 billion to give the 3.5 million Canadians living in poverty enough income to live above the poverty line in 2007. And yet Canadians spent at least double that amount treating the consequences of poverty that year, says the National Council of Welfare… Instead of focusing on short-term spending that simply enables people to survive or be a little less disadvantaged, Canada should be investing in longer-term plans to permanently lift people out of poverty and prevent others from falling into its grip, says the report.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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