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Supply free Wi-Fi as a city service
… there’s a new effort underway to make free wireless Internet service an integral part of Toronto’s municipal infrastructure… The goal is to eliminate an income-based “digital divide” that hinders many of the poor from accessing information via high-speed Internet. It would also boost Toronto’s reputation as “tech-savvy jurisdiction” and be a boon to tourists exploring the city, as well as to Torontonians at large… it’s become a fundamental piece of municipal infrastructure.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Federal Surplus Comes with Social Costs, Critics Say
The surplus has been attributed in part to government “lapses” in spending, in which departments do not spend their full allotted budgets for the year… the Ottawa Citizen reported the government underspent by $8.7 billion in total across government departments last year… National Defence, Aboriginal Affairs and Veterans Affairs all saw spending lapses… In the meantime, economic growth leading to employment and other benefits are delayed
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, participation, poverty
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Canada’s refugee policies are mean and incompetent
With the cuts to refugee health care and their amendments to the refugee law, the government has gone to great lengths to discourage asylum seekers from coming to Canada… There is a meanness and incompetence to Canada’s refugee and immigration policies that we have never seen in previous governments, no matter which party held office. It is unprecedented for the Canadian government to do so little in the face of such a grave disaster.
Tags: featured, globalization, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, philanthropy
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Toronto must do better for people with disabilities
… government must squarely face the finding of its own Independent Review that 10 years of implementing our accessibility law has not made a significant difference in the lives of people with disabilities. Ontario is not on schedule for full accessibility by 2025, the deadline imposed by the Disability Act… By listening to us, keeping commitments to us, and effectively implementing and enforcing the Disabilities Act, Ontario could become a world leader in accessibility.
Tags: disabilities, ideology, participation, standard of living
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At last, a success story at Toronto Community Housing
… the building, with 132 bachelor apartments housing almost exclusively single men, many of whom struggle with addictions and mental health problems, is now a bright example of turnaround tactics.
The reversal of fortune was fueled in part by the agency spending $719,000 on repairs and maintenance and hiring a security guard and cleaner… But what really changed things for the better was having two social service agencies set up in the lobby…
Tags: budget, crime prevention, Health, housing, ideology, mental Health, participation, poverty
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Help turn empty schools into community hubs
The advisory group… made 28 recommendations to try and break down the “silos” that prevent community groups from co-operating to buy schools. The report also highlights the need for provincial ministries to cut bureaucratic red tape and work together to take advantage of the opportunity these schools present to house various services under one roof… Low enrollment can mean a school may face closure even though it contains a well-used daycare or recreational facilities.
Tags: budget, child care, featured, Health, ideology, multiculturalism, participation, standard of living
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Ordinary people an untapped force for social change
Why do we continue to see such rates of poverty, inequality and climate threat despite our growing wealth and prosperity as a nation (and civilization)? There’s a certain wilful blindness in many of us. We keep our heads down. We ignore what others are doing. We think our efforts, our approach will be ‘the one,’ despite what has been done before and despite what others are doing now.
In reality we have more than enough solutions to our social economic and environmental challenges. They are just not at scale and that requires as I suggest in the book that we ‘think and act like a movement.’
Tags: disabilities, Health, homelessness, ideology, mental Health, multiculturalism, participation, standard of living
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Let judges ease the burden on the poor
… set fines can have dramatically different impacts on different people. For some, a $10,000 penalty will be a severe but manageable burden. For others, like Jaques, getting out from under it is an impossible task. It would be fairer if fines were levied in proportion to the ability to pay, as is done in some U.S. states and such countries as Germany and France.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology
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Tories have ‘no plans’ to match poverty aid vow inside Canada: memo
“Unlike most of our traditional like-minded countries, Canada has no plans to apply the Post-2015 Agenda domestically, or to take on new reporting obligations beyond what we are currently producing,” … The memo adds that “there will be international and domestic pressure to commit to domestic action and to report on the targets.” But it says Canada already has a variety of programs at different levels of government, “which aligns well with many of the proposed goals and targets.”
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Legal Aid announces significant expansion
The multi-year plan being announced Monday aims to address the growing needs of a range of vulnerable groups that are over-represented in the courts, including members of First Nations, victims of domestic violence and people suffering from mental illness. The array of new services includes everything from coverage for first-time offenders in criminal cases to complex matters in family courts, where more than 50 per cent of litigants do not have lawyers.
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