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London riots rupture the ruling class
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Sep. 17, 2011
Mr. Cameron denounced them as the product of the “slow-motion moral collapse” of British society… While everyone agrees the rioters were the product of a morally challenged community prone to family breakdown, these things are a symptom, not a cause… prisons… are being used too much and are actually producing criminality, not reducing it… an even larger problem lies in schools, which still allow – and often encourage – students to drop out at 16… Most of the rioters live in… grim postwar public-housing complexes (known as council estates)… last month the inner city finally came to call…
Tags: economy, ideology, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Welcome to Tim Hudak’s Tea Party
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Sep 12 2011
… the changes made to our immigration policy several years back require an unprecedented level of education to qualify for immigration to Canada and citizenship. Hudak claims discrimination while invoking alarming discriminatory images… But equity doesn’t mean sameness. Having all qualified hands on deck for a productive economy requires special initiatives for special and different populations in our midst… Playing American-style wedge politics is not helpful, it is hurtful. Our leaders need to be driven by moral purpose and decency designed to bring out the best in us.
Tags: economy, immigration, participation, standard of living, tax
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Ontario pressing ahead on affordable housing
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Aug 30 2011
Queen’s Park is pushing ahead with plans to spend $481 million in federal-provincial funds on affordable housing initiatives despite the lack of a joint announcement of the deal… Ottawa and Queen’s Park inked a 50-50 cost-sharing agreement on July 12 to spend the money on new construction, renovation, rent supplements and affordable home ownership programs over the next three years.
Tags: budget, housing
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How the mayor could save $100 million
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Aug 31 2011
The scheme was drafted by a coalition of mental health activists… It calls on the city to move people with mental illness and addiction problems out of its homeless shelters. Civic workers would help them to apply for provincial disability support ($1,053 a month). This income would allow them to rent a private apartment… The beauty of this proposal is that the benefits outweigh the costs tenfold.
Tags: budget, disabilities, homelessness, housing, ideology, mental Health, standard of living
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faith to end poverty campaign
Friday, August 26th, 2011
August 17, 2011
On June 9, 2011, ISARC launched the Faith to End Poverty Campaign to ensure poverty issues such as food, housing, and employment remain relevant throughout the provincial election. It is time for governments to make the elimination of poverty a priority through jobs and training strategies, financing for affordable housing, child care and income security, especially when more and more of our labour force is part time, temporary, and contract jobs.
Tags: disabilities, homelessness, housing, mental Health, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Jack Layton’s open letter to all Canadians
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
To young Canadians: …There are great challenges before you, from the overwhelming nature of climate change to the unfairness of an economy that excludes so many from our collective wealth, and the changes necessary to build a more inclusive and generous Canada. I believe in you. Your energy, your vision, your passion for justice are exactly what this country needs today. You need to be at the heart of our economy, our political life, and our plans for the present and the future.
Tags: participation, standard of living
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The lessons of Britain’s rainbow riots
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
August 11, 2011
In 2008, Roy McMurtry, former chief justice, wrote a report on youth crimes: “The sense of nothing to lose and no way out that roils within such youth creates an ever-present danger.” … doing the slow and painful work of creating a more equitable society is more difficult than finding scapegoats and fanning fears. Stephen Harper is building $9 billion worth of jails when the crime rate is going down. Mayor Rob Ford wants to cut funds to libraries and grassroots organizations rather than trim the bloated police payroll. And Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak is promising chain gangs.
Tags: crime prevention, economy, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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Britain’s unentitled riot at the loss of their future
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Aug. 10, 2011
there is a broad underclass in the U.K. that lives with little hope for the future. Candidate Barack Obama’s books talked of “dreams” and “hope.” For the Brits who are rioting, there’s little of either. They have short time horizons with little invested in their futures. They have little to look forward to. They worry about today while tomorrow is the long run. Next week is irrelevant… London has the unentitled rioting at the loss of their future… Give them hope for a future, and you might be able to put the genie back in the bottle.
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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‘This is not about poverty, it’s about culture’: Cameron
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Aug 11, 2011
“I hope that in the debates we have on the causes we don’t fall into a tiresome discussion about resources,” said Cameron. “When you have deep moral failures you don’t hit them with a wall of money.” … He denied that deprivation had caused the problem, saying: “This is not about poverty, it’s about culture. A culture that glorifies violence, shows disrespect to authority, and says everything about rights but nothing about responsibilities.” … But occupying the moral high ground is tricky in a country where some lawmakers and policemen have been embroiled in expenses and bribery scandals, and top bankers take huge bonuses even as the taxpayer bails out financial institutions.
Tags: crime prevention, featured, ideology, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Poll shows 56 per cent of Canadians think immigrants burden social services
Sunday, August 7th, 2011
August 5, 2011
…it is a misconception that immigrants are costly, Jeffrey Reitz, an expert in immigration and pluralism at the University of Toronto, told Postmedia News. “Immigrants are actually helping us pay for these things, not the other way around,” he said, citing research showing immigrants tend to use social services less than Canadian-born citizens and actually make positive fiscal contributions to the country… the poll found that those Canadians with higher levels of education were more likely to believe the impact of immigration is positive — 62 per cent versus the 39 per cent national average.
Tags: budget, economy, immigration
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