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Economists calculate hidden price of tax relief

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

TheStar.com – Opinion – Economists calculate hidden price of tax relief
April 22, 2009.   Carol Goar

One side of the story is easy to tell and appealing to hear: Vote for tax cuts and you’ll get to keep more of the money you earn.

The other side of the story is hard to quantify and easy to discount: Vote for tax cuts and you’ll get fewer – or worse – public services.

No wonder the tax-versus-services debate has been so lopsided for the past 15 years. Who wouldn’t pick cash over nebulous public services? Who couldn’t use more disposable income?

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SPNO Submission on Bill 152

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

PovertyWatchOntario.ca – list serve – SPNO Submission on Bill 152
Posted: 21 Apr 2009

Submission to the Standing Committee on Social Policy with respect to Bill 152: An Act respecting a long-term strategy to reduce poverty in Ontario.   April 20, 2009.

Introduction

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Paved with Good Intentions [social policy for adult citizens with disabilities]

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Connect2Canada.com – Canada Watch/Public Policy – Paved with Good Intentions
April 17, 2009.

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EI has drifted far from social protection

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions/Special Comment – EI has drifted far from social protection
April 15, 2009.   JAMES STRUTHERS

Canada’s unemployment insurance system emerged in 1940 in response to the Great Depression and fears that mass unemployment would return at the end of the Second World War. It is the only time that all provinces agreed to surrender complete jurisdiction to the federal government.

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Sponsors for schools

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions/Editorial – Sponsors for schools
April 15, 2009.

Allowing corporate sponsors to invade the public schools in return for naming rights, as Toronto’s school board has begun to do, may seem, at first blush, like the epitome of crass. “This theatre a project of McDonald’s.” “This swimming pool courtesy of Coca-Cola.” “This playing field brought to you by Kellogg’s.” But schools in less affluent neighbourhoods need help. Corporate sponsorships have great potential to give them that help, if done properly.

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Problem-solving surprisingly profitable

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

TheStar.com – Opinion – Problem-solving surprisingly profitable
April 15, 2009.   Carol Goar

It began as an experiment in local problem-solving. Making money was the farthest thing from anyone’s mind.

Today, it is one of Toronto’s most successful social enterprises.

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Why we count homeless

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorial – Why we count homeless
April 15, 2009

Are there more homeless people living on Toronto’s streets? Or fewer? For some, that’s the only result from tonight’s planned homeless count that matters.

It’s worth knowing. But it’s not the most important piece of data that will be collected by hundreds of staff and volunteers combing parks, ravines, streets and homeless shelters during the city’s second “street needs assessment.”

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Time to act before all jobs are part-time

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

TheStar.com – Opinion – Time to act before all jobs are part-time
April 15, 2009

Re: Failing economy creates a nation of part-timers, April 10

These full time jobs redefined as part-time will never come back, even with an economic recovery, without government action.

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Residential school survivors granted audience with the Pope

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

TheGlobeandMail.com – News – Residential school survivors granted audience with the Pope
April 14, 2009.   JOE FRIESEN

A delegation of residential school survivors has been granted a rare private audience with the Pope in the Vatican, fuelling hope that Benedict XVI will apologize for abuse in institutions run by Roman Catholic missionary congregations.

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Beware the echo recession

Monday, April 13th, 2009

TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions/ Special Comment – Beware the echo recession
April 13, 2009.   FRANK GRAVES

Now that we are deep into what appears to be a particularly savage recession, it is worth looking back at the last recession to see what we can learn. When I return to my polling data from the 1990s, the lesson is clear: The public’s sense of economic security is a fragile thing, and it does not always mirror what is happening in the “real” economy.

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