Poverty report shows single men faring less well than single moms
Monday, June 20th, 2011
June 15, 2011
A new national study by Statistics Canada shows poverty is still much higher among single mothers than among the general public. But with one in five single moms living in poverty, they have seen a steady improvement for the last 15 years — even during the recession. The same study… found that almost a third of single men are living in poverty. Single men have long wrestled with a poverty problem, and 2009 was no different. The percentage living with low incomes was 30.1, up from 27.9 per cent in 2008.
Tags: poverty, standard of living, women, youth
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Will the disgrace ever end?
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
June 13/2011
… federal programs for First Nations require a legislative basis that will designate respective roles, responsibilities and eligibility. As it stands, there is no legislation or clarity on important areas such as education, health and drinking water. There is also a need for legislation that commits Ottawa to provide statutory funding to meet defined levels of service, which would eliminate the current climate of uncertainty about funding from year to year. First Nations also need organizations to support local service delivery, such as school boards, health service boards and social service organizations.
Tags: budget, Indigenous, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Poverty, food banks are different issues
Friday, November 26th, 2010
26/11/2010
Many people believe that food banks are a necessary evil, a community response to the failure of governments to address increasing poverty, and even a canary in the mine for our society. The evidence, however, does not support the notion that food bank use and poverty rates are closely linked. Over the period the food banks have been collecting statistics, while food bank utilization has been rising, poverty has in fact been falling… If poverty is not getting worse, why are more people using food banks? The answer probably lies in the way food banks operate their service.
Tags: Health, poverty, standard of living
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Young men the face of poverty in post-recession Canada: study
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
23/11/2010
…the recession has revealed two key trends. The good news… is that federal and provincial programs for families have helped single mothers deal with poverty. They have better access to child support than in the past, as well as new child benefits… As a result, the number of single mothers relying on welfare has actually fallen… The opposite is true for young, single men. In Ontario, the number in this group on welfare has risen 61 per cent in nine years, to 148,000 from 92,000… “Single, young men are the new face of poverty in Canadian cities”
Tags: poverty, standard of living, youth
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Inner-city job project cuts welfare costs, turns profit
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
30/08/2010
During its first seven years in business, Inner City Renovations has saved the public purse close to three-quarters of a million dollars. That calculation of social assistance payments saved and income taxes paid is one indication of the success of the construction/renovation firm, which was formed in 2002 with a dual bottom-line mandate: the traditional financial one and a far-less-common social one.
Tags: housing, participation, poverty
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Plight of poor puts Canada’s social fabric at risk
Saturday, August 7th, 2010
August 6, 2010
“Poverty affects us all,” said Eggleton… “If we help give these people the tools they need to lift them up — education, training, support services, child care — they are contributing to our social programs. We’ve got an aging population and if we don’t have workers contributing to CPP and EI we’re in trouble.”
Tags: economy, Health, poverty
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Provinces need to pull children out of poverty
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Aug. 3, 2010
Canada’s impoverished children deserve to be at the table of the country’s economic recovery. Why then, on the agenda of the premiers meeting in Winnipeg this week, is there no mention of how to pull those families that suffered most damage from the recession along in the plan for sustained growth? They need a recovery more than anyone else… We [the SPC of Winnipeg and Campaign 2000] want the Council of the Federation to establish a working group to report back in a year to outline core provincial/territorial roles and expected federal contributions to a joint plan “to eliminate poverty in Canada for all.” And, we want the premiers to pressure the federal government to contribute to the plan and to join a task force to implement it.
Tags: featured, poverty, standard of living
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It’s time to focus on healing
Sunday, July 11th, 2010
July 9, 2010
The reconciliation acknowledges that tragic negligence and affirms that such things should never happen again. But its value has been questioned in some quarters. Enough is enough already… constantly revisiting incidents of abuse is like repeatedly picking a scab… It reignites anger slowly and distorts the healing process… Promotion of the negative through the past 20-some years has led many aboriginals to blame the residential schools for all of life’s hardships and miseries… our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we ultimately become.
Tags: Indigenous, participation
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Ignatieff defaults to the right
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
July 7, 2010
“…he isn’t losing to a worthy opponent, or even to a sweeping change of popular sentiment…” He’s losing because his default instinct is always right-wing… Paul Adams believes the Liberals have “overlearned” the disastrous lesson of their 2008 Green Shift carbon tax imbroglio. Fearful of policy, they became tactical… This led to the most negative impulse Canadians have about the Liberal party; that it’s only objective is power… By making the deficit his overriding priority, he made jobs, education, health care, day care, pensions, and so on, secondary: a wish list for another day.”
Tags: economy, ideology
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Cash cuts increase child abuse
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
July 7, 2010
… the single best predictor of child abuse is poverty. Children raised in families with annual incomes of less than $15,000 are 22 times more likely to be abused. One in five American children, more than 14 million, live in poverty… If the most prosperous country in the world can afford to fight two wars, battle terrorism in far-off lands and bail out Wall Street by the billions, why can’t it offer its most vulnerable and voiceless citizens anything but bureaucratic red tape? Children are the only investment with guaranteed dividends. Our refusal to make our children’s well-being a priority foreshadows a terrifying future…
Tags: budget, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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