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A heritage language lost can become a culture gained
Individuals, families and governments have to make choices about how to best use the resources – time, energy and money – available to them. My family chose to immigrate to Canada and is confident our lives are better for it. School boards are already struggling to help all students learn the basics in an official language… Cultures are unchanging only in memory. All evolve with the passage of time.
Tags: globalization, ideology, multiculturalism, participation, rights, standard of living
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Find emergency shelters for the homeless
The city has known there is a shortage of shelters for the homeless for years. A 2013 survey found there were 5,000 homeless people in the city, but currently there are only 4,300 beds. And Toronto’s wait list for subsidized housing stands at a stunning 172,087, forcing some people onto the streets… the city’s shelters for women, youth and families [were] all filled past their capacity last Thursday… Shelters for families were completely full.
Tags: disabilities, homelessness, housing, jurisdiction, mental Health, poverty
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Change the tax laws to boost charitable giving
The federal government should start to address that shortfall in its spring budget by bringing in a straightforward measure that could increase donations to Canadian charities by some $200 million a year.
The measure involves broadening the tax exemption on capital gains for charitable donations.
Tags: ideology, philanthropy, tax
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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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Charities of the Year 2016: Our annual report card on the good-deed doers worthy of your donations
More than one-quarter of Canada’s 86,000 charities mention children or youth in their names or descriptions… The annual report card assesses how efficiently charities are raising and spending money, and evaluates how transparent they are about their finances and the work they do. This year, we scrutinized the 740 children’s charities that raked in total donations of more than $100,000 in 2013, the most recent year with a full set of tax return data available. The charities all focus on helping children who are in need in some way, whether it be illness, poverty or belonging to a marginalized group
Tags: budget, philanthropy
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Eight Solutions to Canada’s Housing Crisis
The first step is the simple commitment to get it done. The federal government has opened the dialogue with its Let’s Talk Housing initiative and will be publishing a national housing strategy in 2017… Solution 1: Restrict foreign ownership and end tax evasion… Solution 2: Use municipal powers… to require developers to make 30 per cent, 50 per cent, or 100 per cent of new units of a development affordable and family-friendly, creating mixed-income communities.
Tags: budget, homelessness, housing, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, tax
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The last liberals
… though there are some misgivings, some 80% of Canadians think immigrants are good for the economy… Two linked factors bolster this pro-immigrant feeling. One is a matter of geography… The second is a matter of policy. Canada’s points system gives the government a way to admit only the sort of people it thinks the country needs. This ability to regulate the influx fosters public approval… Another reason why Canadians are not worried about immigration is that they feel less insecure… Poverty has fallen sharply since the mid-1990s.
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Why Canada has avoided an anti-trade, anti-immigration backlash
If declining incomes fuel anti-globalization… then what sets Canada apart is its recent income gains… More than 70 per cent of men aged 55 to 64 had full-time jobs in 1976; 20 years later, that ratio had fallen to less than 50 per cent. The only bright spot was provided by women. Even though their incomes were (and are) still less than men’s, they did see some income growth… enough to offset men’s losses
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, immigration, participation, women
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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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The Canadian Income Tax Act and the Concepts of Charitable Purposes and Activities
… there is merit in considering an entity’s planned or actual activities in determining its eligibility for registration, in particular with respect to two concerns: (1) mission drift; and, (2) inadvertent overstepping of bounds when an entity is constituted for purposes that are generally worded, rather than specific.. it is certainly legitimate to examine whether planned or actual activities are reasonably connected to stated purposes.
Tags: ideology, participation, philanthropy, poverty, rights, tax
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