Posts Tagged ‘budget’
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Misspeaking childcare: The Ford government’s evidence vacuum
Friday, May 31st, 2019
Taken together, this brew of rapid-fire cuts, chipping away, and misrepresentation of Ontario childcare add up to a picture of a childcare future that isn’t good for anyone — not children, parents, educators — but could be great for investors. Fortunately, the childcare community, together with supporters and political allies from across parties are speaking up to set the record straight on what accessible, affordable, high quality child care actually is, what’s needed to get it, and why Ontario families today recognize, need, want and demand it.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, participation, privatization, standard of living
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Let’s end the period taboo: Making menstrual products available is about dignity, nothing less
Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
Even with the products being tax exempt, they are unaffordable and inaccessible to some. Affordability and access need to be separately considered… Despite hoarding menstrual products in every nook and cranny possible, we all get caught from time to time without access to products. This is about helping women who are caught be able to finish their day without bleeding through their pants. It is about dignity.
Tags: budget, ideology, women
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Doug Ford’s reversal on city cuts is just a brief ceasefire before the war resumes
Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
In public policy terms, it means needed services are preserved for now. In political terms it means everyone involved lives to fight another day. But make no mistake: they will fight another day. Less than a year from now. And that battle early next year could be even messier and harder than this one that just finished.
Tags: budget, economy, Health, ideology, participation
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Ontario eliminates Indigenous Culture Fund as government cuts millions of dollars in arts funding
Monday, May 27th, 2019
Arts sector support is cut from 18.5 million dollars to 6.5 million, and the Ontario Arts Council, which awards grants, is receiving 10 million dollars less from the government this year. Five million dollars of that comes from axing an Indigenous Culture Fund… Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler says the arts, including music and storytelling, are a very important part of Indigenous culture, and cutting this fund sends a terrible message.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism
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The hidden fiscal hole in Doug Ford’s budget that will keep on hurting
Sunday, May 26th, 2019
Never before has an Ontario government spent so much more to deliver so much less. Instead of getting greater value for money, we are losing what we value most — in education, transit, health care and social services.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, ideology, standard of living
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Ontario health minister’s ‘modernization’ plan: cut now, figure out the details later
Friday, May 24th, 2019
They’ll scold the city for being a free-spending bastion of lefties. They’ll complain about the deficit their predecessors ran up. But they will not commit to continuing to fully fund the programs they claim to want to continue and improve… At some point taxes will have to be raised, or programs will have to be cut. Despite what Elliott says, it appears those are the choices. Not good ones. But soon necessary.
Tags: budget, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation
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Ontario government slashes funding to children’s aid societies
Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
The Ford government is reducing funding for children and youth at risk by $84.5 million, according to an analysis of provincial spending estimates by the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies… The cut comes as 18 child protection agencies struggle with deficits totalling more than $12 million. The deficits have already forced some agencies to lay off staff and reduce the number of children at risk they take into care.
Tags: budget, child care, featured, ideology, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Actually, this federal government has raised taxes on Canada’s middle class
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
This week, the Trudeau government announced that it will soon increase the Canada Child Benefit, a tax-free monthly payment to eligible families. It’s now clear the government has abandoned its promise to provide tax relief to middle-class families – and it continues to confuse government transfers with taxes, something that should worry all Canadians.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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Doug Ford’s post-budget plan to declare bankruptcy
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
His first budget would recast him as a kinder, gentler premier. Not too tough, not too soft — just right. It didn’t go according to plan. By holding back the bad news… Ford’s Tories are belatedly paying a heavy price… Ford’s popularity is tumbling… Time for a change of plan… Instead of moderation, desperation and disruption are Ford’s new watchwords — because desperate times allow for desperate measures.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, standard of living, tax
Posted in Governance Debates | 1 Comment »
Ready, fire, aim: the Ford’s reckless approach on cutting costs
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
Whether it be kids with autism, students in high school music programs, people who rely on public health services, medical researchers or Toronto subway riders, the pattern is the same. The government announces a spending cut that takes everyone by surprise and then stands back as those directly involved scramble to puzzle out what just happened.Ontarians deserve better… At the bare minimum they deserve a government that figures out the effects of its actions before it pulls the trigger.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, standard of living
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