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Canada a laggard when it comes to child supports: study
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
TheGlobeandMail.com – life – Canada a laggard when it comes to child supports: study
December 10, 2008. TRALEE PEARCE
Canada lags far behind its fellow rich nations in the care and education of its young children, according to a new study released Wednesday night by UNICEF.
Of 25 economically advanced countries, Canada has scored at the very bottom – tied with Ireland and behind most European countries, the United States, Australia and Mexico.
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Child-care report card: Canada fails
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
TheStar.com – Canada/Parentcentral.ca – Child-care report card: Canada fails
December 11, 2008. Laurie Monsebraaten, Social Justice Reporter
Canada ranks last in the first comparison of child care services in 25 developed countries, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund.
The report card, to be released today, shows Canada failed on nine of 10 measures aimed at ensuring kids get the best start in life, including providing subsidized child care for 25 per cent of kids younger than 3 and spending 1 per cent of GDP on early childhood services.
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Welfare Programs Fail to Meet Canada’s Human Rights Obligation
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
National Anti-Poverty Organization- News Release – Welfare Programs Fail to Meet Canada’s Human Rights Obligations: Anti-poverty group urges reform of social assistance systems
For Immediate Release – December 10, 2008.
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Ontario: A portrait in numbers
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
TheStar.com – Opinion – Ontario: A portrait in numbers
December 10, 2008. Carol Goar
Charities are a community’s first line of defence in hard times.
They see the hardship up close, deliver the help personally, know the stories behind the statistics.
But as needs increase and donations shrink, charities face difficult choices. They can’t answer every call, can’t spread themselves too thin and can’t ignore emerging problems.
Finding the right balance requires accurate, up-to-date, local information, which many charities don’t have.
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United Way coalition asks province for help in fast-growing regions
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
TheStar.com – GTA – United Way coalition asks province for help in fast-growing regions: Funding for 905 area is $193 less per person than in other parts of Ontario, report shows
December 10, 2008. Leslie Ferenc, Staff Reporter
A coalition of United Ways from Peel, York, Durham and Oakville are pushing for better access to health care and social services in rapidly growing communities where services aren’t keeping pace with demand.
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Staggering costs of mental illness
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
TheStar.com – Opinion – Staggering costs of mental illness
December 10, 2008. Jim Coyle
Well, now we know.
Now we know why the McGuinty government made the unusually accommodating move last week of accepting an opposition member’s resolution to strike a select committee to develop a provincial mental health strategy.
The Liberal government plainly knew the auditor general’s annual report was to be delivered Monday. It knew Jim McCarter and his number crunchers had been looking into child and youth mental health agencies, community mental health and addiction programs.
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Hardship of welfare getting harder
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
TheStar.com – Canada – Hardship of welfare getting harder
December 10, 2008. Laurie Monsebraaten, Social Justice Reporter
Welfare incomes in Canada are increasingly inadequate to meet basic needs, according to a report to be released today in Toronto, with Ontario seeing the harshest loss over the past two decades.
In 2007 dollar terms in Ontario, between 1992 and 2007, a lone parent’s welfare declined by almost $5,500, or 25 per cent, from $21,931. A couple with two children saw a loss of almost $8,150 (or 28 per cent, from $29,207), says the report.
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Ontario unveils new rights for temp workers
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
TheStar.com – Ontario – Ontario unveils new rights for temp workers: Legislation addresses group’s low pay as part of anti-poverty strategy
December 10, 2008. Tanya Talaga, Queen’s Park Bureau
Temporary workers in Ontario say they no longer feel like second-class citizens now that the government has introduced legislation to stop unscrupulous employers from taking advantage of a growing segment of the workforce.
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Welfare Incomes, 2006 and 2007 (Winter 2008)
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
National Council of Welfare – Publication Announcement – Welfare Incomes, 2006 and 2007 (Winter 2008)
December 10, 2008
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Once Again Canada Misses the Mark [Child Poverty]
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
CASW-ACTS / CCRC-CCDE – News Release – Once Again Canada Misses the Mark
For Immediate Release December 10, 2008
The gap is growing between Canada’s international commitments to uphold human rights and our country’s failure to live up to those promises.
Within Canada, the impact of this gap is glaringly obvious. Almost one child out of every nine still lives in poverty, 704,414 individuals turn to food banks in an average month, and life expectancy among First Nations populations is still five to seven years below the national average.
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