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Harper government should end its attack on refugees’ health
The courts couldn’t be more clear: the federal government’s stubborn refusal to fund health care for refugee claimants is baseless, abusive and must stop… Renewal of federal funding isn’t just the humanitarian way forward (that, alone, is enough to justify the measure); it’s now a matter of avoiding contempt of court… If Ottawa were truly intent on doing the right thing it would restore coverage, not just until an appeal is heard, but in full measure and for the foreseeable future.
Tags: Health, ideology, immigration, standard of living
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Canada should get back into the social housing game
Instead of turning over a profit to the federal government, CMHC should return to its original mandate of helping all Canadians access housing. Without any new government expenditures, Canada could multiply its new social housing commitment by a factor of ten and, with the leverage of the market, by much more. This would give poorer Canadians, and most importantly their children, a chance for safe, affordable, stable housing.
Tags: economy, featured, housing, ideology, participation, standard of living
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Canada to open the door wider to ‘higher calibre’ immigrants
… the government will be introducing a system known as express entry to select skilled workers, who make up the largest chunk of Canada’s immigration streams… [Also]… The government will drop the requirement that nannies live with their employers during their first years in Canada… The government says it will also speed the processing of permanent residency applications from the live-in caregiver stream. The backlog was so large it could take as long as 10 years for someone to bring over relatives
Tags: economy, immigration, rights, standard of living
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Court denies federal appeal to delay reversing refugee health cuts
The changes to the Interim Federal Health Program introduced by the federal government in 2012 created tiers of health-care access. Those most affected by this were rejected refugee claimants… [Justice] Mactavish rejected the government’s claims of abuse: “It puts their lives at risk and perpetuates the stereotypical view that they are cheats and queue-jumpers.” Her decision to strike down the changes means failed refugee claimants and those from designated countries of origin will be covered again
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, immigration, rights, standard of living
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Charities under audit fire band together for answers from Canada Revenue Agency
For two years now environmental, aid, human rights and free speech charities have felt they were targeted for newly funded CRA audits of their political activities because they had been outspoken critics of government policies. At first they were fearful to speak out lest they draw the ire of the tax man, and lose their charitable status… But then the government… increased the number of charitable organizations selected for the onerous reviews, targeting 60, and increased the new budget for auditing political activities to $13.4 million from $8 million.
Tags: ideology, philanthropy, rights, tax
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Give homeless a decent place and savings may follow
… if you want to end homelessness, just put people into decent housing. Cynics warn of soaring costs, but a study done on the homeless in Toronto shows that “Housing First” initiatives don’t just improve lives, they can also deliver considerable savings… when society provides down-and-out people with a room they can call their own — a place to put down roots, where they don’t have to worry about being assaulted or arrested — they begin to heal. Hospitalizations drop, shelter use declines, and arrests go down
Tags: budget, crime prevention, disabilities, Health, homelessness, ideology, mental Health, poverty
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Barbara Hall lays out path to a stigma-free Ontario
Last week [Ontario Human Rights Commissioner Barbara Hall] released a policy manual to help citizens and institutions prevent and deal with this deeply entrenched form of discrimination. The 109-page document doesn’t provide a clear-cut answer to every question. It would be impossible to reduce equitable treatment to a simple formula. But it offers guidance, uses legal casework to show what is expected and highlights real-life examples of accommodation.
Tags: ideology, mental Health, rights, standard of living
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Human Rights Commission releasing guidelines to protect people with mental illness and addictions
Ontario’s Human Rights Commission is releasing new user-friendly guidelines on how to define, assess, handle and resolve discrimination related to mental health and addiction disabilities… The 109-page policy… is based on recommendations in the commission’s 2012 report on human rights issues affecting people with mental illness or addictions. That report was the result of a two-year consultation with more than 1,500 individuals and groups
Tags: disabilities, featured, ideology, mental Health, rights, standard of living
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Foreign workers won’t be temporary if we make them permanent
… nothing is worse for a country than having a large number of unaccompanied individuals living in your country with no ability to form family, educational or economic ties. Whereas permanent immigrants are a net gain, temporary ones do nothing for our development and often harm their lives… Since this is a chronically underpopulated country with an aging population and an inadequately sized consumer and taxpayer base for its geography and culture, there is no reason for Canada to make any of its immigrants anything other than permanent.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, immigration, standard of living
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Ontario’s big investment in developmental services is overdue
It’s no secret that Ontario’s system to help people with autism and other developmental disabilities is in crisis. For years, families have begged for help while their children languished on waiting lists for day programs, training or personal support workers… the government is promising that waiting lists for children will be eliminated within two years and those for adults within four. Right now, Ontario spends more than $1.7 billion on developmental services, but some 21,000 adults and children still can’t get the help they need.
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, mental Health, standard of living, youth
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