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Why Doug Ford will once again win the Ontario election
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
If a politician or a political party believes voters cast ballots in favour of policy positions laid out in a party platform, then they badly misunderstand persuasion and what it takes to motivate a voter… elections are communication challenges, and communication is not a rational process of information transmission… Communication is a process of producing an impact on others, not transmitting information on policy goals.
Tags: ideology, participation
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Children across Canada deserve a professional early childhood education workforce
Saturday, April 30th, 2022
Children depend on educators who are skilled and knowledgeable… Decent work for Canada’s child-care workforce should be more than just a slogan; it must be the foundation of Canada’s early learning and child-care plan to ensure that children receive the high-quality care they deserve.
Tags: budget, child care, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women
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Filling the gaps: Why Canada still needs a public dental health plan despite decades of medicare
Tuesday, April 26th, 2022
The Liberal government promised to explore universal dental care in its throne speech of December 2019, and in October 2020, the Parliamentary Budget Office costed a program to provide dental care to all Canadians with a household income of under $90,000, similar to what the Non-Insured Health Benefitsprogram provides for Indigenous people… Most recently, the Liberal government agreed to provide a denticare program, starting with children under 12 and expanding it until everyone with a household income of under $90,000 is covered…
Tags: Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, youth
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How mRNA and DNA vaccines could soon treat cancers, HIV, autoimmune disorders and genetic diseases
Monday, April 25th, 2022
Using DNA or an mRNA vaccine, researchers are investigating the feasibility of essentially replacing the missing gene and allowing someone’s body to transiently produce the missing protein. Once the protein is present, the symptoms could disappear, at least temporarily. The mRNA would not persist very long in the human body, nor would it integrate into people’s genomes or change the genome in any way. So additional doses would be needed as the effect wore off.
Tags: featured, Health, pharmaceutical
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Housing co-ops could solve Canada’s housing affordability crisis
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
TheConversation.com April 19, 2022. Margaret Kohn The housing affordability crisis seems impossible to solve. Policies intended to help people priced out of the market often serve to fan the flames and increase costs. An example is tax-free down payment plans like the one just announced in the federal 2022 budget, which can drive up prices by […]
Tags: economy, homelessness, housing, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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It’s the 40th anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but recent protests show a serious misunderstanding of what those mean
Friday, April 15th, 2022
On the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Charter, it is important to reflect on the rights Canadians share and, more importantly, understand that these rights entail responsibilities to each other. Perhaps if misunderstandings about rights and freedoms were clarified, there would be a greater sense of unity.
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, participation, rights
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What Ontario parents really need to know about the new early learning and child care agreement
Wednesday, April 6th, 2022
… with the largest share of the country’s youngest children, Ontario is creating only one new space for every 12 children under six years old in the province… the province will need another 9,000 ECEs, plus support workers to staff new classrooms. As the least generous supporter of its workforce, Ontario won’t achieve its goals until it gets serious about compensation… Increasing college enrolment only adds water to a bucket full of holes.
Tags: budget, child care, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women
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Close to home: The Canadian far right, COVID-19 and social media
Monday, April 4th, 2022
The far-right benefited from social media’s tendency to privilege reductionist and simplified narratives… algorithmic dynamics helped the far-right in propagating the binary populist framework — “we, the people” versus “the corrupt and evil elites,” “bad politicians and leaders” who implemented COVID-19 measures versus “good politicians and leaders” who don’t — to foster and incite rage among discontent Canadians.
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, mental Health, multiculturalism, participation, rights
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Why Canada hasn’t been getting the new antibiotics we need to fight drug-resistant ‘superbugs’
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022
… due to the cost of developing these drugs and their susceptibility to eventual resistance, many pharmaceutical companies have abandoned antibiotic development… newer antibiotics are used only as a last resort, reducing the volume of sales and return on investment for companies that are still willing to bear the costs of development… [and] manufacturers still producing antibiotics tend to shy away from the Canadian market due to Canada’s small population, financial barriers in our publicly funded system and burdensome regulatory processes.
Tags: Health, pharmaceutical, privatization, standard of living
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How authorities are targeting the ‘freedom convoy’ money via the Emergencies Act
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022
The Canadian government gave itself extraordinary powers for a 30-day period to end the “freedom convoy” occupation of Ottawa by invoking the Emergencies Act… The backbone of the convoy’s activities was its access to a steady flow of financing from donors both domestic and foreign. By deterring convoy supporters and participants, the federal government made it easier for law enforcement to bring a relatively peaceful end to an unprecedented crisis in Canada.
Tags: crime prevention, economy, jurisdiction
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