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Parliament fails native women
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Jan 03 2012
Three days before the House of Commons rose for its Christmas recess, a parliamentary committee quietly tabled a shocking report. It was called Ending Violence Against Aboriginal Women and Girls. But it wasn’t a plan of action. It wasn’t even a commitment to do better. It was a self-congratulatory compendium of existing programs… The Conservative government, which controls Parliament, can do as it wishes. It is clear it does not consider the disproportionately high rate of violence against aboriginal women a priority.
Tags: Indigenous, rights, standard of living, women
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Charities working hard for your money
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Dec. 20, 2011
Social services come in all shapes and sizes. Some are remarkably effective, and some are not. Some are nimble and creative, and some are not. The best ones change people’s lives. But too many of them mistake activity for results… Good social-service agencies are incredibly important, because the government can’t possibly do what they do. Governments aren’t flexible, efficient or smart enough. But social-service agencies, like everybody else, will have to get much better at what they do. They’ve got to compete harder than ever for donor money.
Tags: budget, ideology, philanthropy
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When it comes to charity, Quebec still can’t find its wallet
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Dec 15, 2011
Quebec is the least religious of the provinces (and in fact the most militantly anti-religious). Quebec is also the most statist (and highly taxed) of the provinces. Quebecers figure their taxes are taking care of all the social problems, or should be taking care of them, and it is therefore no surprise that they are the least likely to take responsibility for the afflictions of others. Which is a great argument against statism… Statism tends to suffocate the blessing of empathy. Statism promotes civic immaturity. One more in a long litany of reasons for working to bring down the size of government.
Tags: ideology, philanthropy, standard of living, tax
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Better service for disabled key goal of new policy
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Dec 04 2011
Under the new standards, it will be mandatory as of Jan. 1, 2012, for all businesses to have a plan to train employees to provide services to those with disabilities… The core goal of the AODA, created in 2005, is to make the entire province accessible to the disabled by 2025… For example: • Accommodating a customer’s service dog. • Writing answers to questions for someone who is deaf. • Using simple language and speaking slowly and in short sentences when helping someone with a developmental disability. • Accommodating those who accompany someone with a disability.
Tags: disabilities, participation, rights, standard of living
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Having a sense of purpose
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Nov. 30, 2011
In 2006 the Ministry of Health invested funding in the Mental Health Network… First and foremost, we act as the voice of persons living with mental illness… We provide information, guidance, and education to all community stakeholders… We also link people to services they might not know about… We provide daily meals and offer education around healthy eating, budgeting and nutrition. We offer exercise and fitness programs every day… The most important thing that we offer is an opportunity to be together in a safe, encouraging, healthy environment. We encourage a sense of purpose…
Tags: mental Health, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Affordable housing deal between Ottawa and Queen’s Park finally signed
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Nov 08 2011
A new $481 million program to bring new or renovated affordable housing units to about 7,000 Ontario families will only put a dent in the problem, but is nonetheless welcome, a Toronto city councillor said Tuesday… Housing advocates say about 152,000 Ontario households are on waiting lists for affordable housing and an estimated 20 per cent of tenants are paying more than 50 per cent of their income on shelter.
Tags: homelessness, housing, poverty, standard of living
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New social impact bond targets the greater good
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Oct. 31, 2011
Champions of social finance foresee a world in which profit motives and the greater good move in tandem. They are hoping that investors will evaluate potential investments not only according to how big the return might be, but also according to how much good it will do. The approach could revolutionize the way social programs are delivered… One of the barriers that stands in the way of convincing investors to put their money into social impact investments is the need for a standard, reliable set of metrics to quantify social impacts.
Tags: ideology, philanthropy, standard of living, tax
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Corporate giving coming with more strings attached
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Oct. 29, 2011
Canadian charities are in a double bind: As donations from the business community decline, the biggest corporations are also becoming more strategic about their giving. Faced with an ever-increasing swell of requests, companies have raised the bar for funding in recent years by focusing on causes that are linked to their business goals or the promotion of their brands. Many would rather sponsor specific projects than write a cheque to pay for a charity’s general operations.
Tags: budget, ideology, philanthropy
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Ottawa looks at rewriting rules on charitable giving
Friday, October 28th, 2011
Oct. 28, 2011
Ottawa is conducting a sweeping overhaul of the way it finances charities and non-profit organizations, pledging a new era of accountability in which businesses and citizens shoulder more of the cost of giving… financing will come with more strings attached in an effort to ensure that organizations deliver promised social gains. While the first steps will be small, the government’s ultimate goal is a shift in public expectations as to the role of government in assisting social causes.
Tags: ideology, philanthropy
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Poor go to the back of the line for housing
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Sep 27 2011
Families living in poverty are being bumped down on the first-come-first-served municipal lists by families escaping domestic abuse, who leapfrog to the front of the line because of a provincial policy that gives them priority. Overall, the system is so broken that, according to a new study, up to 70 per cent of applicants just give up when they can’t find housing within four years and drop off the list… fewer than half of the subsidized units in the GTA go to the low-income residents who have signed on to social housing wait lists in good faith. On average, their names will languish there for a minimum of five years before getting a unit.
Tags: budget, homelessness, housing, poverty, tax
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