Posts Tagged ‘budget’
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To follow in Freeland’s footsteps child care must be a national priority
Monday, August 24th, 2020
As Freeland is briefed on the competing economic interests across sectors, and considers the disproportionate impact on women, I hope she steers us toward unprecedented child care solutions. Her uniquely strong relationships with provincial leaders could help in co-ordinating the effort across jurisdictional lines… The trajectory of a generation of women’s lives and careers — and in turn, our country’s economic future — depends on it.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, Health, ideology, participation, standard of living, women
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Why do Canada’s wealthiest families get huge tax breaks?
Monday, August 24th, 2020
If you’re a billionaire looking to pass on your fortune tax-free to your kids, Canada is a great place to do it… Canada is the only G7 country that doesn’t have an estate tax… Of course, the absence of an inheritance tax is only one of several avenues that the elite have at their disposal to lighten their tax burden. The capital gains tax is another. And its distributional impact is huge… But change is in the air
Tags: budget, economy, featured, ideology, standard of living
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Facing a huge COVID-19 backlog, prosecutors are quietly diverting more drug possession and impaired driving charges from criminal court
Monday, August 24th, 2020
TheStar.com – GTA Aug. 23, 2020. By Betsy Powell, Courts Reporter Without fanfare, the federal and provincial governments have begun targeting drug possession and drinking and driving offences as potential charges that can be diverted out of the criminal justice system to help reduce massive backlogs that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. But just […]
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention, ideology, jurisdiction
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Canadians risk becoming addicted to pandemic aid
Thursday, August 20th, 2020
We have remortgaged the house to get through the pandemic, as we should, but now we must pay for it, otherwise we are creating intergenerational inequity by effectively taxing future generations for today’s crisis. The way to address this particular moral hazard is a clear and credible economic and fiscal plan.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, standard of living, youth
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Liberals ease EI eligibility as part of $37-billion in new emergency income supports
Thursday, August 20th, 2020
The new Canada Recovery Benefit is for workers who are self-employed or are not eligible for EI and cannot resume work. The Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit is for workers who are ill or who must self-isolate for reasons related to COVID-19. The Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit is for workers who are unable to work because they are caring for a child, dependent or family member because schools or daycares are closed due to COVID-19.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, ideology, jurisdiction
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A long-term care home is no place for younger people with disabilities
Thursday, August 20th, 2020
“We don’t know how many young people are living in LTC homes. What we do know is there are far too many”… Self-directed or self-managed care programs exist all over Europe and in several Canadian provinces… The common assumption… is that institutional care is cost-effective and self-directed care is too expensive. But that’s not true.
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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COVID-19 could break Ontario’s mental health system, psychologists have a solution
Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
four major benefits… of publicly-funded psychological care: Freeing up physicians time to focus on primary health care; Providing equal access to mental health care… Decreasing the use of medications to treat mental health issues… [and] Providing earlier treatment, which can reduce severity in the long term and give clients the knowledge and skills to prevent future mental health difficulties.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, mental Health
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Policy reflections about social assistance: Where we’ve been, and where we’re going
Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
We will need to think differently about social policy, so that our social safety net puts people and their social and economic rights at the centre. We need to rebuild our systems to promote equitable outcomes across race, gender, immigration status, disability, and for every person in Canada. Now’s the time to show that we truly are in all of this together.
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, economy, featured, Health, housing, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, standard of living
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How Canadians learned the art of sharing
Monday, August 17th, 2020
The often-fractious Canadian federation is certainly not without defects – and the now-convoluted equalization program is flawed. But since Ottawa sent out the first equalization cheques in April, 1957, that willingness to share has encouraged social unity and mutual trust. We save ourselves when we save each other.
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Poverty reduction central to building back better
Monday, August 17th, 2020
While the pandemic has laid bare many pre-existing inequities, it has also created an opportunity to reimagine and rebuild our social infrastructure… Given that unpaid care work is a source of women’s marginalization and poverty, we believe a basic income program will support women on low and fixed incomes in particular.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, ideology, Indigenous, participation, poverty, standard of living, women
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