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A remarkable 20-year struggle for disabled rights
TheStar.com – Opinion/Commentary – How a one-hour meeting sparked a two-decade movement responsible for key accessibility laws in Ontario. Nov 26 2014. By: Bob Hepburn, Politics Back in 1994, David Lepofsky and 20 other people walked down a corridor at Queen’s Park and entered a small room to vent their frustrations over the NDP government’s […]
Tags: disabilities, rights, standard of living
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Canada’s unheard aboriginal narrative
… aboriginal peoples have been making a remarkable recovery and are now on the verge of taking a prominent place in this country… There’s a new aboriginal elite. We have Inuit and Cree corporations. Supreme Court victories are giving aboriginals more control over the commodity-rich lands of the North. Climate change is playing to their agenda. The aboriginal population is rapidly increasing, as is aboriginal youth enrolment in universities and colleges.
Tags: economy, ideology, Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living
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Premier Kathleen Wynne’s apology to Huronia survivors offers fresh start
This was a signature moment for the former residents, many of whom suffered at the hands of caregivers and other residents… “unchecked physical and emotional abuse by some staff and residents.” Former residents carry those scars to this day. And that made for an emotional scene in the legislature… An apology cannot change the past. But hopefully, Wynne’s gesture will help heal the hurt and allow Huronia’s former residents to move on.
Tags: disabilities, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Newly released case files reveal details of Huronia Regional Centre children
The two children arrived in the institution a month apart. They died a month and one day apart. Each of their stories, as documented in letters, medical notes and admissions records… provide a window into how Ontario treated people with developmental disabilities for more than 100 years… a $35-million settlement… promise[s] to disclose 65,000 documents such as police reports, witness testimony and internal incident reports.
Tags: disabilities, Health, ideology, mental Health, poverty, rights, standard of living, youth
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Case study highlights conflict between bureaucrats, Minister Kenney on direction of multiculturalism programs
… bureaucrats embraced a set of assumptions laid down in the days of Pierre Trudeau and maintained by every Conservative and Liberal government that followed: Multiculturalism programs should foster mutual tolerance among cultural communities. Citizenship should be easy to acquire, and citizenship classes and programs should emphasize the federal government’s contribution to peacekeeping, the United Nations and expanding civil liberties at home and abroad. The Harper government saw things differently.
Tags: ideology, immigration, jurisdiction, multiculturalism
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Ugly secret of Ontario psychiatric hospitals won’t stay hidden
The suit was launched three years ago. In a precedent-setting move, the Ontario Superior Court certified it, making this the first collective legal action against a government-operated psychiatric facility. But it has yet to be heard. Every time a trial looked imminent, the Attorney General of Ontario delayed the proceedings… Ontario once ran 16 of these institutions. All are closed now. But shutting the doors doesn’t undo the damage provincial employees did to thousands of cognitively disabled youngsters.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, mental Health, rights, standard of living
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The Power of Idle No More’s Resurgent Radicalism
Jan. 14, 2013
It is up against formidable odds: not just the normal difficulties of any new movement but a ruthless Harper government which responds only to power and an entrenched aboriginal leadership which is completely dependent on that same government. It is a leadership which long ago made a deal with the neo-colonial devil: you pay us and we will pretend to lead while you pretend to listen.
Tags: budget, Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living
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Immigrant women changed the face of Toronto
Dec. 16, 2012
They developed a network of support services for themselves and future generations of newcomers. They created training and employment programs for women with no Canadian experience, no connections and no way of getting a foothold in the workforce. They set up female-run businesses that employed newcomers… where they could earn a living wage, become citizens and break down the barriers that had confronted them. They made multiculturalism work.
Tags: immigration, participation, rights, standard of living, women
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