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What more is needed for the Ford government to do the right thing on long-term care?
Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
The Ford government chose a commission over a public inquiry. Then it set a narrower mandate for the commission than what’s needed to truly fix a system that often warehouses seniors more than it helps them live in dignity. And the immediate changes it has made to long-term care fall short of the need.
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, housing, standard of living
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Ranked ballots for municipal elections matter and why Doug Ford should care
Monday, October 26th, 2020
… what is Premier Doug Ford afraid of? Municipalities deserve to decide how they conduct their own affairs, including how they elect their leaders. In fact, in referendums in Kingston and Cambridge, ranked ballots were chosen by voters as the way to elect their representatives.
Tags: ideology, jurisdiction, multiculturalism, participation, rights
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Ottawa now has a road map to rein in digital giants
Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
… an Australian-type regime in Canada would allow news publishers to recover about $620 million in ad revenue a year that’s now going to swell the bottom lines of Google and Facebook. That would make up most of the revenue losses the publishers are expected to suffer in the next few years. And it would be enough to save the jobs of an estimated 700 journalists (and all the content they produce), along with some 1,400 others in the news industry alone.
Tags: budget, economy, globalization, ideology, rights
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Province to scrap controversial teacher hiring rule
Thursday, October 15th, 2020
The Ontario government is going to… scrap a controversial hiring rule that gives preference to supply teachers with the most seniority… After years of complaints from boards and principals about Regulation 274 — which essentially forces them to hire from among a small group of teachers who have spent the most time on the supply list… Education Minister Stephen Lecce… prefers that schools hire the best fit for the job.
Tags: ideology, participation, rights
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Pandemic’s impact on mental health must not be overlooked
Wednesday, October 14th, 2020
Resources are online at www.crisisservicescanada.ca or you can connect to the national suicide prevention helpline at 1-833-456-4566, or the Kids Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868… to nurture your mental well-being: learn, since new knowledge can give a sense of achievement; connect through meaningful interactions that can promote self-worth; take notice of the present to shift focus away from the negative; give back since contributing can provide a sense of purpose; be active; and build a routine.
Tags: mental Health
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Ontario needs to step in and protect workers
Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
Too many companies have built business models that maximize profit by exploiting workers, largely by finding ways to avoid treating them as employees… Business exploiting lax labour laws to the detriment of workers is a concern in the world of temp agencies and their increasingly unscrupulous money-making tactics, the misclassification of workers as independent contractors to strip them of basic employment rights, and the expansion of temporary and part-time work that comes with few benefits.
Tags: economy, Health, ideology, rights, standard of living
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Ontario should make pay hikes for personal support workers permanent
Monday, October 5th, 2020
The pay increase for PSWs announced last week is long overdue but, now that it’s here, let’s at least make it permanent… the premier has repeatedly admitted that these workers are “overworked”… That would mean setting — and funding — daily care standards so the important work of caring for our vulnerable seniors can be done well and safely for everyone. The pandemic has shown us all how essential much low-paid, undervalued work really is.
Tags: Health, ideology, standard of living, women
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A new chance for disability reforms
Friday, October 2nd, 2020
An income adequate to keep people out of poverty cannot be understated as a means to social inclusion… For federal and provincial programs to provide adequate income, punitive clawbacks by one program of another’s funds must end… Benefits should stack onto each other not cancel each other out. Income supports should also work in tandem with housing, employment, childcare, and other programs to lift people out of poverty.
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, housing, ideology, participation, standard of living
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A national child-care system is crucial for recovery and rebuilding
Tuesday, September 29th, 2020
Federal leadership is urgently required to stabilize child care and build toward a system that stimulates and sustains economic recovery… The wrong decisions — or indecision — will slow economic and social recovery, and lead to a more unfair Canada. Tax credits or cash payments may seem a simple and expedient approach, but parents can’t buy what doesn’t exist; child-care services are collapsing all across Canada.
Tags: child care, economy, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women
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History suggests Justin Trudeau’s national child care proposal is already doomed. Could Doug Ford be its saviour?
Monday, September 28th, 2020
The pandemic and its dire impact on women’s participation in the workforce have given the file more impetus than at any other time in recent history… Trudeau’s cabinet similarly boasts a sizable number of women who are liable to hold their government’s feet to the fire, starting with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland… Who knows? Ford could be as instrumental in securing a more productive outcome to the latest round of child-care politics as the billions of dollars Ottawa (again) promises to put on the table.
Tags: child care, ideology, participation, women
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