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Canadian CEO pay soars to a new all-time high due to inflation: report
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023
They now make 243 times more than the average worker wage in Canada… While inflation hurts workers, it’s great for corporate profit that have hit historic highs. When profits go up, executive bonuses are driven way up… This report proposes four policy solutions for governments to address this rampant income inequality between the rich and the rest of us through taxation measures…
Tags: featured, ideology, standard of living, tax
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Federal healthcare funding should have strings attached
Saturday, December 17th, 2022
Simply dumping health care dollars in provincial capitals is not a solution. Tossing money at Doug Ford, who has chosen license rebates and gas tax cuts (extended for another year) over more health spending is a particularly bad idea. It would offer a bandage when triage is required. Without a strategy and targets, there would be no assurance the extra federal funds would be going to healthcare…
Tags: budget, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction
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Covid Vaccine Campaigns Saved $Billions In Damages
Thursday, December 15th, 2022
“Overall, our analysis shows vaccines were highly effective at reducing COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths – estimates suggest 21 percent fewer cases, 37 percent fewer hospitalizations and 34,900 fewer deaths (from January 2021 to May 2022),”
Tags: economy, featured, Health, participation, standard of living
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Doug Ford appointed unqualified party loyalists to fill key tribunal spots. Now Ontarians are paying the price as wait lists swell
Wednesday, December 14th, 2022
Tribunals are supposed to be the one place where justice, and access to justice, is equal for all — an alternative to high-priced lawyers and endless court dates. Yet Ontario’s front-line administrative tribunals have become dysfunctional on Ford’s watch… Ordinary Ontarians are paying the price for the premier’s pork barrelling, with a queue exceeding 67,000 cases in key areas:
Tags: featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, rights
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Canadians can now apply for new dental benefit: here’s how
Friday, December 2nd, 2022
For now, the “Canada Dental Benefit” will be offered to children under the age of 12, with an annual family income of less than $90,000, with the amount provided per child per year dependant on family income… While only those under 12 years old will get access for now, the government says it remains committed to following through on seeing this stop-gap measure become a fully-fledged national dental care plan by 2025.
Tags: featured, Health, participation, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Prescription for a broken health care system can’t be more politics
Sunday, November 13th, 2022
Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos arrived promising an increase in health care transfers to the provinces in return for agreement on national health care indicators and creation of a health care data system. Duclos left Vancouver blaming premiers for undercutting the work of their health ministers by issuing a statement that the Vancouver meeting was a failure, even as the meeting was ongoing.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, jurisdiction
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Don’t delay federal disability benefit
Saturday, November 12th, 2022
Ten per cent of able-bodied working age adults live below the poverty line, compared with 14 per cent of those with mild disabilities and 28 per cent of those whose disabilities are severe… The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance highlights other problems with the bill… It doesn’t detail “the size of the benefit, when it will start, how much if any will it be increased due to inflation, and who is eligible for it.”
Tags: budget, disabilities, featured, ideology, participation, pensions, poverty, standard of living
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‘A dangerous time for public medicare’: False promise of privatization won’t solve health-care crisis
Sunday, November 6th, 2022
Pro-privatization doctors and associated businesses are pushing hard to take advantage of Canadians’ fears and frustration that their loved ones will suffer with unmet health needs. But the promises of reduced wait times through privatization ring false for most Canadians… We need to apply pressure to both levels of government to attend to this crisis now. Provinces need to take bold steps, including…
Tags: budget, featured, Health, jurisdiction, privatization, standard of living
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Doug Ford’s math on social assistance doesn’t add up — and doesn’t solve the problem of legislated poverty for people on ODSP
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022
… none of the increases noted above come anywhere close enough to lift people on ODSP to a livable income, especially in the face of rampant inflation, years of stagnated rates and various “clawback” rules that reduce other sources of income… Doubling ODSP rates wouldn’t just mean more money in the pockets of clients — it would mean more money spent in local communities. It would mean reduced reliance on food banks and other public supports.
Tags: budget, disabilities, economy, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living
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Insiders say Justin Trudeau ready to freeze out Quebec and other provinces in federal health-care deals
Friday, October 28th, 2022
… if Ottawa needs to sign deals with only some provinces and leave others… it’s a move the federal government is prepared to make… Government sources suggest there will be money — but with “light” conditions. Ottawa won’t allow federal cash to offset provincial money, they say. If the provinces choose to reduce their level of health-care funding, the federal government wants to reduce its transfers by the same amount.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health
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