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How to make community housing work better for Ontarians
Friday, June 28th, 2019
The proposed regulations to simplify the RGI rent amounts aim to reduce barriers to work and decrease administrative complexity. However, as currently outlined they would create a two-tier system that would make it harder for social assistance recipients to enter employment. To avoid this, our submission on the RGI calculation recommends the government consider disregarding social assistance payments from income for the purposes of calculating RGI rent amounts.
Tags: housing, ideology, participation, poverty
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Increased Supports for Single Adults Living with Low Incomes
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
… create a new program to support ill and unemployed Canadians whose temporary Employment Insurance (EI) or disability benefits are about to run out… make single, low-income adults a priority consideration in all future poverty reduction policy measures to ensure that this vulnerable population is no longer left behind… implement our Basic Income recommendation
Tags: budget, ideology, participation, poverty
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Ontario eliminates Indigenous Culture Fund as government cuts millions of dollars in arts funding
Monday, May 27th, 2019
Arts sector support is cut from 18.5 million dollars to 6.5 million, and the Ontario Arts Council, which awards grants, is receiving 10 million dollars less from the government this year. Five million dollars of that comes from axing an Indigenous Culture Fund… Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler says the arts, including music and storytelling, are a very important part of Indigenous culture, and cutting this fund sends a terrible message.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism
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Ford still doesn’t understand the difference between charity and government
Saturday, May 18th, 2019
Almost a year into the job, Ford still doesn’t seem to understand the difference between an act of personal charity and the necessary role of government. If Ford is a decent citizen who spends his personal time doing good deeds in the community, that’s really great. But it doesn’t absolve him, as premier, of leading a government with policies that help people, rather than hurt them.
Tags: budget, disabilities, ideology, participation, standard of living
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Canadian Jean Vanier’s charity work helped improve conditions for people with disabilities
Tuesday, May 7th, 2019
Vanier argued that the Western culture of individualism which values beauty, money and success, also creates a gap between the healthy and the disabled. ”We have a fear of accompanying people who are weak … They are seen as a financial and social liability,” he said… He argued that the greatest threat to peace is a widening gap between rich and poor, between strong and weak. But rather than urging people to open their wallets to the less fortunate, Vanier asked them to open their hearts.
Tags: disabilities, ideology, participation, standard of living
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Passing Bill C-81 is critical to making Canada accessible for all Canadians
Monday, April 22nd, 2019
… only three provinces – Ontario, Manitoba and Nova Scotia – have accessibility legislation in place to remove barriers and mandate a minimum standard that enables meaningful access in the built environment and helps create a place where people with disabilities are living to their full potential. While the Charter offered a profound statement of equality for people with disabilities, we still have a long way to go to achieve the outcomes Canadians expect.
Tags: disabilities, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, rights, standard of living
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Ontario abandons property ownership as source of jurors
Saturday, April 20th, 2019
Ontario is making a fundamental change to the province’s justice system by vastly expanding the pool of potential jurors to better reflect economic and racial diversity… “Serving on a jury effectively means giving up income in a large number of cases… That barrier still exists. Hopefully this (change) indicates the government is open to making other changes that will help our juries better reflect our communities that they sit in judgement of.”
Tags: ideology, participation
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Province pledges $1 billion for social housing, plans to restrict access to wait-lists
Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
Ontario has pledged to invest $1 billion to help repair social housing and reduce homelessness and plans to propose new rules restricting access to housing wait-lists, including a cap on how much potential tenants can be worth financially… Housing providers will also be empowered to “turn away tenants” who have been evicted for criminal activity… to reduce crime and gang-related violence in community housing so that all residents feel safer in their home,”
Tags: budget, housing, ideology, poverty
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On the spectrum, Part 1: What makes the autism debate in Ontario so complicated
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
“… now we realize it’s not a single gene. It’s maybe 200 genes.” Add to that the possibility that environmental factors may contribute to autism… and determining the possible causes of autism becomes even more complex… That leaves us, Hollander said, with only intensive, personalized therapy as a viable option for the children of today. And it’s also what brings us to the debate raging across Ontario.
Tags: disabilities, mental Health, participation
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First Things First: What non-Indigenous Canadians need to know
Thursday, April 4th, 2019
In the first episode of this four-part TVO video series, Anishinaabe educator and public speaker Eddy Robinson talks about the importance of taking time to listen to Indigenous stories. He recounts leaving home as a teenager, getting in trouble with the law, being disappointed with his parents, and how he ultimately came to an understanding of their traumatic past in residential schools.
Tags: ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation
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