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Anti-Muslim hatred has no place in my Canada
Like it or not, religious accommodation is the law, and the schools are devoted to inclusiveness. Our interest is to integrate new Canadians, not segregate them. We want their children to be educated in the public schools, not religious schools. So we’d better make sure the kids (and parents) feel comfortable there… We won’t always agree, especially over symbols that touch our deepest values. Let’s just hope we can keep finding ways to disagree politely.
Tags: featured, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, rights, youth
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The Case Against Policy Advocacy Deregulation
There are certainly cases in which charities have played a productive role in changing public policy for the better — successful campaigns to combat smoking and drunk driving come readily to mind. And though these contributions have produced clearly beneficial results, it does not necessarily follow that the general regulatory framework should be relaxed or amended to allow charities to engage more actively in public policymaking.
Tags: Health, ideology, participation, philanthropy, standard of living
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Safeguard Disability Rights – Sign The Un Protocol
With great fanfare in 2010, the Harper government ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). However, it never took the next step of ratifying its Optional Protocol, which is essential for holding Canada accountable for its commitment… Over 26,000 Canadians are looking forward to having Prime Minister Trudeau safeguard disability rights by signing and ratifying the Protocol by the end of 2017.
Tags: budget, disabilities, globalization, ideology, participation, rights
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Canada Without Poverty, the UN and Human Rights
In March-April 2017, Canada will be reviewed for its compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Canada ratified the Convention in 2010 which makes this the first review cycle that applies to Canada… The first step is to provide a written submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. For NGOs, the written submission details ongoing issues and concerns about the state’s human rights record.
Tags: disabilities, globalization, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Growing number of migrants renouncing Canadian immigrant status
A large number of these are so-called astronaut parents, who work offshore while their spouses and school-attending children remain in Canada, usually in urban centres… “Some have bought multiple properties. By renouncing their permanent resident status they can stay below the radar and avoid Canadian taxes… “They can visit Canada whenever they want on a 10-year visa. Why would they want anything else?”
Tags: economy, globalization, rights, tax
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Canadian citizenship must be a constitutional right
Particularly heinous is the untold number of Indigenous Canadians that are currently stateless because their parents never registered their births, rightfully fearing their children would be sent to a residential school. Now adults, these Canadians have no rights or benefits. They are citizens of nowhere, unable to legally work, marry, attend school, buy a home, get a loan, drive a car or even take a bus, train or plane without identification.
Tags: ideology, immigration, Indigenous, participation, rights
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Canadians are generous, but government spending on charities is not
The key problem for charities is not a decline in the generosity of individual Canadians, which has been quite steady in the context of a soft economy, but the general retrenchment of government social spending… the Trudeau government has promised to develop a “social innovation” strategy and to increase investment in “social infrastructure.” … a strong charitable and not-for-profit sector also requires strong public financial support.
Tags: budget, ideology, participation, philanthropy, standard of living, tax
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Ontario should expand legal aid, not cut it
At the moment, a single person with no dependents must have an income of about $13,000 a year or less to qualify for legal aid. That’s an absurdly low level, considering that Statistics Canada calculates the low-income cut-off for a single individual in a large city as closer to $25,000… Now, sadly, with the cuts to service because of the agency’s deficit, access to legal aid has gotten even worse for the poorest of the poor.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Donation Incentives: The Canadian Advantage
As of 2016, tax credits have increased with tax rates for the highest income Canadians… income of more than $200,000… with proper estate planning, a Canadian taxpayer may eliminate taxes at death by giving to charity and in most cases not disadvantage family heirs… Canadians have a rich array of donation tax incentives that together surpass other developed countries in the world, even the United States.
Tags: ideology, jurisdiction, philanthropy, tax
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Sluggish Economic Outlook Forces Charities and Policymakers to Plan for a Looming Social Deficit
Charities and non-profits, too, need to pay attention to broader economic issues and policy. Lagging economic performance will in part generate the projected structural social deficit. Charities and non-profits have a vital interest in policies and programs that address fundamental economic issues of productivity and growth… The overlap between the smart growth agenda (growth that is equitable, inclusive, and environmentally responsible) and the mission-driven charitable and non-profit sector is significant.
Tags: economy, ideology, participation, standard of living
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