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Is it time for Ontario to end Catholic school funding?
Thursday, March 18th, 2021
… such a move would save taxpayers an estimated $1.6 billion a year… And school boards across Ontario are facing huge financial crunches, with dropping enrolment often resulting in half-empty schools… a single public system would also mean thousands of students could attend schools closer to home and put a permanent end to calls for public funding for schools operated by Jewish, Muslim and Christian fundamentalists groups.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, multiculturalism
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Is Indigenous education in jeopardy at Laurentian University?
Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
The prospect that the progress that has been made on Indigenous education since Indigenous Studies was established over 40 years ago will be wiped out is deeply saddening for an institution that, in partnership with the University of Sudbury, is among those few universities in Canada with the longest history of serving the educational needs of Indigenous communities.
Tags: budget, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, youth
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The Divorce Act has grown up, but will we?
Monday, March 15th, 2021
Over the last 25 years, non-court alternate dispute resolution processes have evolved, such as mediation and collaborative law. A major step forward was achieved with the amendments to the Divorce Act that came into effect on March 1 of this year… Mediation and collaborative law processes are almost always faster and less expensive than court. They’re also less stressful on the parties, their children and other family members. Ultimately, they are much more likely to result in a resolution that both parties find acceptable.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, rights
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Women, work and COVID-19: Priorities for supporting women and the economy
Friday, March 12th, 2021
This report looks at the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economic security of women in Canada and the current efforts to respond to urgent economic need in the short- to medium-term, as well as demands for fundamental systemic change moving forward… Are they setting a course for an intersectional feminist recovery—one that not only recovers lost ground, but also tackles long-standing economic disparities?
Tags: budget, economy, Health, ideology, participation, poverty, women
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Will Canada’s Federal Budget meet the COVID-19 Challenge?
Friday, March 12th, 2021
Responding to an unprecedented crisis, the federal government mobilized billions in new support programs within weeks – an important “possibility proof” that rapid social policy change can happen. The fact that the sky did not fall when governments increased their deficits by billions of dollars also clearly demonstrated that the barriers to a better social safety net are political, not economic. The pandemic is the formative experience that will shape the lifetime political perspective of a generation.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, globalization, ideology, participation, standard of living
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From Keynesian Consensus to Neo-Liberalism to the Green New Deal: 75 years of income inequality in Canada
Friday, March 12th, 2021
… slowing growth and the concentration of income gains at the top produced widening income gaps, increasing discontent and political instability—even before COVID-19 hit. In the post-COVID-19 era, the Green New Deal emphasizes social and environmental sustainability, and is reflective of the economic policy changes that likely lie ahead.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, featured, globalization, Health, ideology, participation, standard of living
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Immediate Government Action Needed to Restore Access to Life-Saving, Needs-Based Mental Health Services to Kids in Ontario’s Youth Justice System
Friday, March 12th, 2021
Without consultation, MCCSS has closed and reduced youth justice facilities across the province where vulnerable youth were receiving mental health services. Experts are clear that the rates of mental health issues in the youth justice population are as high as 90 per cent, with one quarter requiring a specialized “significant and immediate” treatment… half of the youth receiving specialized mental health treatment are Black, Indigenous and racialized… over half of these youth have attempted suicide
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention, Indigenous, mental Health, youth
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The Ford government can’t leave Ontario universities in this financial mess
Wednesday, March 10th, 2021
Increased costs and reduced revenues due to COVID has left Ontario universities scrambling to fill a billion-dollar hole… The crisis at Laurentian is the most visible manifestation of a longstanding structural and funding crisis that has simply been exacerbated by the pandemic… this government has made things worse, not better, for universities and colleges. In 2019, it cut tuition by 10 per cent and then froze it for two years.
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction
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Doug Ford helped create a crisis for Ontario’s universities. Now it’s up to him to save them
Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
Bleeding cash, Ontario’s universities are begging for a $500 million cash infusion to stay alive during COVID-19… The premier’s antics created the problem in the first place with that 10 per cent cut. A compensating 10 per cent top-up today is the price to pay to help universities get over the hump — through government funding, not a tuition increase (students cannot be expected to pay, given the disruptions of the pandemic).
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, youth
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When will the Liberal government keep its promises on national pharmacare?
Saturday, March 6th, 2021
Canadians have waited for decades for universal pharmacare. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, they cannot wait any longer… The 2021 federal budget is just around the corner. If the government’s rejection of C-213 was because it was written on the terms of an opposition party and not their own, this may be one of the last opportunities for the prime minister to make good on his public support for universal, public pharmacare.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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