Posts Tagged ‘child care’
There’s nothing moderate about this Ontario budget
Saturday, April 20th, 2019
… the cuts are large. But so, too, are the tax cuts that rob the province of billions… the government took billions of dollars from the budget. That lost revenue, plus new corporate tax breaks, will drain an average of $3.6 billion a year from provincial coffers over the next three years. That money could have stayed in vital programs; it could have reduced the deficit. It did neither… But as a public relations exercise designed to conceal bad news, the budget did its job.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, featured, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living, tax
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Thumbs up for Ontario’s new Childcare Plan
Friday, April 19th, 2019
The new Ontario Childcare Access and Relief from Expenses (CARE) tax credit, initially estimated to cost around $400 million, will incentivize thousands of stay-at-home parents (mostly mothers) to join the workforce, generating additional taxable employment income and boosting tax revenues in the long run. The credit is targeted, mostly, at low- to modest-income families, where gaps from the current childcare expense tax deduction are the greatest… The CARE refundable tax credit will fill this gap, refunding up to 75 percent of the cost.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, women
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A forensic accountant’s take on the Ontario budget
Saturday, April 13th, 2019
Ontario taxes more and spends more, per capita, than Ottawa… Before annual debt costs, both Ontario and Ottawa are just treading water… Ontario has a $4.1 billion operating surplus ($280 per person). Ottawa’s operating surplus is $9.4 billion ($252 per Canadian)… Ontario — spending cuts for many, more money for a few… Among the 19 losing ministries are: … Children and Community Services… Environment… Indigenous Affairs… Training, Colleges and Universities
Tags: budget, child care, corrections, crime prevention, disabilities, featured, Health, ideology, immigration, Indigenous, jurisdiction, youth
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New parental-leave benefit inches us ever closer toward gender equality
Monday, April 1st, 2019
… women who take a longer maternity leave are seen as less committed to their jobs by co-workers and managers. This is a foundational fact in the chronic underrepresentation of women in upper management. Reducing mothers’ time away from work by shifting more child-care responsibilities on to fathers could play a major role in correcting this problem.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, ideology, participation, rights, women
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Don’t balance Ontario’s budget on the backs of vulnerable kids
Tuesday, March 19th, 2019
First he cut a planned welfare increase in half. He ended a guaranteed annual income pilot program halfway through its mandate. Then he ditched a planned $1-an-hour increase in the minimum wage. Now his government is putting the province’s most vulnerable children in danger by putting budgetary pressures on children’s aid societies by changing up their funding formulas. So far that’s resulted in 26 child protection workers being laid off in the Brantford area.
Tags: budget, child care, featured, Health, ideology, mental Health, youth
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Ford government to boost school funding by $12,300 for every child with autism who enters the system
Monday, March 11th, 2019
“These supports will start, absolutely, immediately… We are making changes to school board funding so supports will be in place for this school year.” The government has come under considerable criticism from parents and school boards for the changes, which will see limited lifetime budgets for children with autism, which has led boards to anticipate an influx of students into the system when they lose their current level of therapy… Thompson said by 2021 all teachers in the public system will have training in autism spectrum disorder.
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, featured, ideology, mental Health, participation, youth
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One solution to the current autism funding crisis
Wednesday, February 27th, 2019
… parent-mediated models have been running since 2016, with regular reporting to the ministry. In many cases, parents and toddlers are making significant gains. While these particular models may not be the solution for all children and families, the resource efficiency of parent-mediated models makes this an appealing approach worthy of further investment and exploration.
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, featured, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Some Ontario parents look to Alberta after Ford overhauls autism support
Wednesday, February 27th, 2019
Advocates and parents have reacted with anger to the change, which they say allocates funding based on parents’ income instead of individual children’s needs. Bergeret and her husband started looking at other provinces. She says Alberta stood out because of its needs-based system: children are assessed through a provincial program, which then gives families the choice of how to spend their funding.
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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Questions swirl around therapy at centre of Ontario’s autism changes
Saturday, February 23rd, 2019
About one in 66 children in Canada is diagnosed with autism. More than 100,000 Ontarians, including about 40,000 kids, have the disorder… The lack of consultation with adults living with autism has been a longtime concern for Dr. Kevin Stoddart, director of the Toronto-based Redpath Centre, Ontario’s largest mental health treatment centre for adults and youth on the autism spectrum… the mental health of people with autism requires “more focused investigation.”
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living, youth
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The Ford government needs to stop its bully tactics
Friday, February 15th, 2019
A government that has genuinely and openly consulted with affected groups, ahead of making changes, and believes its new policy can stand up to fair public scrutiny doesn’t run around demanding unknowing and unconditional support… it can be difficult for people and vulnerable groups that rely heavily on provincial policies or funding to speak out against the government of the day. But this government’s bully tactics seem to have pushed them into doing just that.
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, featured, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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