Posts Tagged ‘featured’
The ‘We Are Canadian’ Video Is Serving Nationalism with a Twist
Monday, March 17th, 2025
The new “We Are Canadian” slogan might resonate with many voters who still see Canada as a country built on collective effort — on socialized health care, multiculturalism and government intervention for the common good. But for the modern CPC, which leans heavily on the language of personal responsibility, rugged individualism and minimal government, this shift in national sentimentality could be a liability… if “We Are Canadian” is any indication, the broader electorate may be moving in a different direction — one that values community over the individual.
Tags: featured, ideology, Media
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This is war. Time for a wartime funding mechanism: Victory bonds
Saturday, March 15th, 2025
… tax cuts and spending cuts [are not] what the nation needs most now, and neither will build the economic strength needed to defend our interests and sovereignty… Raise the floor, raise the ceiling and make EI last longer so it can do the job it was designed to do, acting as an automatic economic stabilizer to sustain purchasing power… prohibit the purchase of [businesses, resources and vital services] by non-Canadians… [and] create a “wartime” funding mechanism: victory bonds… an infusion of cash could fund desperately needed spending in the public interest.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, participation
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There is no way this Ontario agency should have such a large surplus. Here’s what it needs to do
Sunday, March 9th, 2025
Legal Aid Ontario’s surplus offers a chance to address systemic issues by raising eligibility thresholds to reflect real living costs. Current thresholds barely align with poverty levels, excluding many in need. Setting realistic criteria would expand access to justice. Expanding legal aid coverage is crucial, especially in family, immigration and housing law, where representation can prevent crises like evictions, deportations and custody losses. A well-funded system must treat these as essential, not secondary, issues.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living
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A basic income can be a strong investment in mental health
Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
Research shows how poor mental health is a direct consequence of poverty. Money not only helps meet people’s material needs but also alleviates their worries. Reducing poverty translates into significant savings for the economy and the public purse. Canada could save $4 to $10 for every dollar spent on mental health supports. Poverty is not caused by personal failings. It is the social environment people live in that has the greatest impact on life trajectories.
Tags: featured, mental Health, participation, poverty, standard of living
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In the Ontario election, we’re not talking about money—which the province urgently needs
Wednesday, February 26th, 2025
Ontario is a rich province. We have the resources, but the provincial government needs to act with resolve in collecting revenue and investing it… Ontario also raises less revenue than almost all provinces on a per capita basis. Every year, it raises $2,400 less in revenue per person than British Columbia and $4,100 less than Quebec… Ontario’s low revenues mean less funding for public services
Tags: budget, economy, featured, Health, housing, standard of living, tax
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‘Against The People’ and the truth about ‘populist’ Doug Ford
Friday, January 31st, 2025
In every public policy area, “the voices of the public, civil society organizations, local governments and the provincial public service Ford has aggressively marginalized as red tape”… Consistently, Ford is following the Conservative strategy of “creating a crisis” and then corporatizing and privatizing the solution, transferring wealth to the wealthy and keeping wages low.
Tags: economy, featured, Health, ideology, standard of living
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Doug Ford’s $612-million beer boondoggle tab could hardly have arrived at a worse time for him
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
Why starve hospitals and deprive patients of family physicians while pouring money down the drain for beer and wine?… Ford had the past seven years to make good on his promises — on health care and housing, if not booze. Yet only on Monday, on the eve of an election, did his government come forward with a last-minute plan to give two million more Ontarians access to a family doctor within four years (in time for another election).
Tags: budget, economy, Education, featured, Health, homelessness, standard of living
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Doug Ford always had a mandate to invest in Ontario, he just didn’t do his job
Friday, January 24th, 2025
Does the current government have the mandate to expand child care provision, tackle the colossal school repair backlog, reduce emergency room waiting times and assist the more than 100,000 Torontonians relying on food banks and 80,000 Ontarians experiencing homelessness? It does.
Yet, that’s not the focus. Year in and year out, the Ontario government’s attention and dollars have been poured into populist and nonsense measures nobody asked for.
Tags: child care, economy, Education, featured, Health, homelessness, poverty
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Access to care: 5 principles for action on primary health-care teams
Friday, January 10th, 2025
… a “health home”…would guarantee every person access to a primary care team close to where they live. The Primary Care Action Team has announced its plans to achieve this goal within five years. A health home is the front door to the health system and includes a team of primary care providers that supports an individual’s health and wellness; co-ordinating care across the system and through every stage of their lives… based on where you live… just as you would have access to your local school.
Tags: featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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Say what you want about Justin Trudeau — there’s still no arguing Canadians became wealthier while he was in power
Tuesday, January 7th, 2025
…the poverty rate… now nine per cent, [is] down from 14.5 per cent when he first took office… achieved in large part by Trudeau’s Canada Child Benefit, which has lifted as many as half a million children from poverty. Trudeau’s national daycare program has also helped, reducing monthly daycare expenses to $400 from about $2,000, dropping further to about $200 in the next two years… [and] introduction of limited denticare and pharmacare, a foundation for future governments to build on.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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