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Food-bank system’s absurd, but it shows we don’t lack for helpers
My neighbour has trouble affording food that is easily available quite near to our house. But we don’t address his shortage of money, the actual root of the problem. Instead we marshal a lot of resources addressing a non-existent food shortage… In the absence of bigger, possibly more elegant and efficient, solutions to poverty — better jobs, better social supports, more money — the food bank system does good work.
Tags: budget, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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Queen’s Park newcomer aims to move the yardsticks on housing
… the Planning Statute Amendment Act. If it passes… would give municipalities across Ontario the authority to direct developers to set aside a number of units in every residential project as affordable housing. It’s called inclusionary zoning. The idea is not new, but it has never gained enough traction at Queen’s Park to become law… it would allow urban planners… to accelerate Toronto’s move toward a mix of market-priced and rent-geared-to-income housing.
Tags: homelessness, housing, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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Stinging message to Canada’s judges
“The cost of legal services has forced us to become our own advocates. Given the complexity of the system… We need your clear and respectful explanations and your fair discretion to avoid turning the courtroom into a playground for experts.”… Self-representation is not an act of bravado. It is a desperate, exhausting, stressful choice. That is the new reality of Canada’s courts.
Tags: featured, ideology, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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New funding for affordable housing is welcome news
… the federal and provincial governments announced they are dedicating $801 million over five years for new and affordable housing in Ontario. Of that, Toronto will get $20.5 million in the first year… Still, there’s another problem… if Toronto is to continue to make headway in housing low- and moderate-income families… making sure the affordable housing units TCHC already has aren’t lost because of a lack of funding to keep them in good, livable repair.
Tags: budget, homelessness, housing, poverty, standard of living
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Ontario’s crisis of disabled adults, abandoned by the system
A lack of services means that too many people with developmental disabilities “end up in long-term care, hospital beds, psychiatric wards, homeless or incarcerated.” Families described the funding system, a bewildering patchwork strung between several ministries, as “dysfunctional,” “a travesty,” and “a violation of the rights of Ontario’s most vulnerable citizens.” Some families have sold their houses to pay for private care
Tags: disabilities, Health, ideology, mental Health, standard of living
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The way we govern the Internet is a model in international co-operation
Internet governance is entering a new phase. As this digital tool penetrates and alters every aspect of economic, social and political life, there are more profound and broad non-technical questions that must be addressed. These include thorny policy issues ranging from privacy, security, and neutrality of the Net, to spam, pornography and intellectual property… As NETmundial says, this meeting “represents the beginning of a process for the construction of such policies in the global context, following a model of participatory plurality.”
Tags: featured, globalization, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living
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Canada’s charities deserve better
It’s time to have a frank discussion about charities and their administrative and fundraising costs. Over the past decade, the increasing focus on a charity’s cost of doing business has forced the entire charitable sector to defend itself against a rash of naïve accusations… There are a countless other potential variables, all of which speak louder than a narrow focus on fundraising and administrative costs. A pure focus on the sector’s cost efficiency belittles the importance of charities and the work that they do.
Tags: homelessness, ideology, philanthropy, women, youth
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Housing is most cost-effective treatment for mental illness: Study
For every $1 spent providing housing and support for a homeless person with severe mental illness, $2.17 in savings are reaped because they spend less time in hospital, in prison and in shelters. That is the most striking conclusion of a study… that tested the so-called Housing First approach to providing social services… Beyond the cost savings, the new research shows that placing an emphasis on housing gets people off the streets and improves their physical and mental health.
Tags: disabilities, featured, Health, homelessness, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Don’t undermine Elections Canada
Currently, Elections Canada protects the right to vote of citizens who lack standard forms of identification by allowing them to take an oath affirming their identity, citizenship, and residence in the polling division, and having a qualified voter from the same polling division vouch for their eligibility. In 2011, approximately 120,000 citizens relied on the vouching provision in order to vote. By eliminating vouching, the Fair Elections Act would disenfranchise many of these citizens.
Tags: crime prevention, homelessness, ideology, immigration, participation, rights, standard of living
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Follow Toronto’s new report card on social inequity
The new neighbourhood improvement initiative has a more ambitious goal: reducing inequity —including “unnecessary, unfair, and unjust differences” in areas such as health, public safety, income and sharing in the democratic process… social indicators… have been tracked using an innovative new assessment system developed by scientists at St. Michael’s Hospital’s Centre for Research on Inner City Health… they’ve assigned each of Toronto’s 140 neighbourhoods a specific point-score for equity.
Tags: budget, ideology, multiculturalism, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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