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Ontario government apologizes for autism program changes; needs-based model won’t launch until next April
Tuesday, July 30th, 2019
Todd Smith, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, acknowledged for the first time on Monday that changes to the autism program announced earlier this year were poorly conceived. “It’s clear to me that we didn’t get the redesign right the first time. I’m here to tell you we will now”… He added: “We are certainly sorry for the anxiety this has caused parents across Ontario.”
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, featured, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living, youth
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Cuts to legal clinics a sinister plan to harm the most vulnerable
Monday, July 29th, 2019
Band-aid solutions are not the answer to address systemic issues, so the clinics saw their work as demolishing systemic barriers. Changes in ODSP, housing, employment insurance, and employment equity are directly correlated to the significance of legal clinic organizers building power… Legal clinic boards are not stewards of austerity or executioners of their already pared-down budgets: they should pride themselves of their role as defenders of the public good and of the welfare of their communities.
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, rights, standard of living
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Ontario must not leave accused people high and dry
Monday, July 29th, 2019
In yet another display of indifference by the Ford government towards those who can’t afford a lawyer, the province has failed to close a legal loophole so that paralegals and student-staffed legal clinics can continue to serve clients in certain criminal cases… The Ford government has already stripped funds from legal aid… there’s no reason to further restrict access to the current level of affordable or free legal representation
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living
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Ontarians pay their doctors $12 billion a year. So why can’t they know where their taxpayer money is going?
Sunday, July 28th, 2019
“We have a great shortage of doctors in needed areas like geriatrics, rehabilitation medicine and family medicine, at least in part because those doctors are underpaid relative to other specialties,” Glazier said. “Having the right mix of specialties to serve the population matters to everyone who cares about our health system and population health.”
Tags: budget, economy, Health, ideology, mental Health, rights, standard of living
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Mental health reform in Ontario is no easy matter
Friday, July 26th, 2019
Without innovative new approaches to treatment, the rising cost curve will place unprecedented pressure on already soaring health budgets… Experience shows that CBT yields impressive results with far shorter treatments, and can be delivered by other regulated health care practitioners, not just psychiatrists.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Here’s why the Liberals won’t brag about closing tax loopholes
Friday, July 26th, 2019
Morneau learned the hard way that raising taxes (or closing loopholes), unless in a manner that targets only a small number of extremely rich people, is a tricky business. However unfair or ineffective the loopholes, there will always be vociferous opposition to their closing, not least when those who have benefited most can well afford the best lobbyists.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, tax
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Expanding small claims court will not increase access to justice
Friday, July 26th, 2019
Small claims court lacks any strong disincentive for parties to proceed to trial, since the amounts one can collect as compensation for legal fees are minimal. The Superior Court of Justice forces litigants to make realistic offers to settle, or face consequences after judgment by way of a high costs award.
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, participation
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Doug Ford failing to keep his health care promises
Wednesday, July 24th, 2019
The funding reductions do not come to an Ontario health care system with excessive resources: indeed, Ontario already has fewer per capita hospital beds than any other province… The only apparent action the premier has taken on the mental health front is cutting, by more than $330 million per year, the previous government’s planned increase to mental health funding… Our new minister has publicly campaigned to revise the Canada Health Act to allow for private health care delivery.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, mental Health, privatization
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Overview of the Second Report of the Premier’s Council on Improving Healthcare and Ending Hallway Medicine: Part II
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019
Much of the focus of the Report, including Chapter 2 (summarized above) is on the integration of the healthcare system. Since Part I was published, significant steps have been taken in the province to support such integration… by inviting selected groups to submit a full application to become Ontario Health Teams.
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, ideology, mental Health
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Justin Trudeau made reconciliation a top priority. Four years later, what’s changed?
Sunday, July 21st, 2019
Annual funding for health services, education, children’s programs, housing and more has jumped by 50 per cent, from $11 billion in 2015-16 to more than $17 billion slated for 2021-22… Yet striking disparities remain… “There’s still a huge socio-economic gap between First Nations and the rest of Canadians. And that gap is not going to close in one, two or three years,” Bellegarde said. “You need long-term, sustained investments.”
Tags: budget, featured, Health, housing, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, rights, standard of living
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