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Throwing money at Big Pharma won’t guarantee vaccine supply
Thursday, April 8th, 2021
Now we’re poised to give Sanofi hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars in the hope of ensuring a future vaccine supply… If we really want a biotech company we can rely on and that doesn’t hold a gun to our head, we should spend our money creating an enterprise that we actually own and control – a little secret learned by Cuba and, decades earlier, by the brilliant Canadians who created Connaught.
Tags: budget, economy, globalization, Health, ideology, pharmaceutical, privatization
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Canadians should be able to access dental care with a health card instead of a credit card
Thursday, April 8th, 2021
Dental care is not luxury. Oral health is a critical part of overall health. Dentists and emergency physicians see the consequences of poor oral health on a daily basis… Providing dental care improves diabetic control, reduces the risk of aspiration pneumonia in long-term care homes, improves completion of treatment for substance use disorder and increases drug abstinence. It has even been shown to increase employability
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Childcare Reform Key to Post-Covid Economic Recovery
Sunday, April 4th, 2021
Among a suite of reforms at the federal and provincial levels, the authors recommend: The existing Child Care Expense Deduction (CCED), a regressive tax deduction that reinforces patriarchal gender roles for parents, be replaced with a more generous, progressive and more frequently paid refundable tax credit… Provinces… increase childcare spaces… a single, dedicated and permanent [federal] transfer to provinces.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, tax
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The ‘torture’ of Canadian prisoners in solitary confinement must stop immediately
Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
It is time to simply prohibit prolonged solitary confinement (15 days straight or more). Then, appoint a non-CSC expert to ensure legislative compliance. Prisoners would remain locked-up but in a manner that is Charter-compliant. This simple change would ensure taxpayers do not see another $135 million squandered on confinement that violates the Charter and offends our values.
Tags: budget, corrections, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, rights
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Ontario’s vision for social assistance is encouraging – but the budget tells a different story
Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
Last week’s provincial budget did not include significant funds for housing or other services that contribute to well-being… Current rates are woefully inadequate. The last time rates were increased was 2018. As the cost of living has continued to rise, this means that people have, in effect, had their rates cut during this period. To support people to live with dignity, social assistance must provide both sufficient income and access to services.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living
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Childcare Reform Key to Post-Covid Economic Recovery
Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
“We need immediate attention and incremental but aggressive reforms to get this right, for women, for families and for Canada as we emerge from the pandemic.” … the authors recommend… a more generous, progressive and more frequently paid refundable tax credit… increasing operating and/or capital grants for licensed providers… new federal dollars for childcare be consolidated into a single, dedicated and permanent transfer to provinces.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women
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Taxing extreme wealth to offset the costs of the pandemic would be unquestionably fair
Monday, March 29th, 2021
… we should look to new tax measures on extreme wealth transfers, including inheritance taxes, and to changes in the tax treatment of investment income to ensure more equitable treatment in relation to employment income. But for now, as we look to Budget 2021, we should ask those with extreme wealth to pay for our national recovery.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, ideology, standard of living, tax
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Finally, everyone agrees that Canada needs better child care. But what should it look like?
Sunday, March 28th, 2021
High-quality child care gives children an early, productive start on their educations and a more certain path to prosperous careers… It’s an equalizer … It increases the labour force participation of women by giving mothers more certain options to go to work… Tax incentives or fee limits to help families pay the child-care bills are a moot point if there aren’t enough spaces to go around.
Tags: budget, child care, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women
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The Ford government’s second pandemic budget is another missed opportunity
Thursday, March 25th, 2021
The budget unveils plans to “establish a task force to advise the government on how to address the unique and disproportionate economic barriers women face.” It’s ridiculous — the government already knows what to do. It should be making meaningful changes for women and other vulnerable workers now, not delaying action with a task force that will repeat what has been said before.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, Health, ideology, participation, rights
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2021 budget a missed opportunity to invest in Ontario’s future
Thursday, March 25th, 2021
The budget doesn’t increase operating grants for universities, which continues the chronic underfunding of Ontario’s public university system. Under the Ford government, per-student funding for universities will drop even further, as institutions will be expected to increase enrolment over the next three years without any additional money… further destabilizing a sector already reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic and jeopardizing our economic recovery.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, youth
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