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Why are citizens increasingly filling up bread lines?
It’s been more than 25 years since the nation dedicated itself to ending child poverty and it has since doubled. Unemployment continues to climb with each succeeding year, regardless of supposed financial recoveries… To say we have no answers is to admit that 2014 will look much like the year just passed. For such a highly educated and diverse society, this is a sell-out that is beneath the example of ingenuity and sacrifice set by our parents and grandparents.
Tags: economy, homelessness, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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Low-income social housing residents anxious as Ottawa ends subsidies
… the mortgages on many social-housing properties have now been paid off, so the government has fulfilled its commitment. “To suggest that because these agreements expire, every single complex can no longer provide subsidies to people based on their income is not true; many of these complexes will be in as good shape now, or better, once these agreements expire because the subsidy equalled what the mortgage payment was…
Tags: budget, homelessness, housing, ideology, jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living
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Conservatives dismantling social programs built over generations
… at a time when 1.3 million are without jobs, the federal government has toughened the criteria that employment insurance recipients must meet to hang on to their benefits. In all, only 37 per cent of jobless Canadians are eligible for EI benefits… Dozens of groups dedicated to improving human rights or the well-being of the most vulnerable citizens have also seen their funding reduced or eliminated as Ottawa redraws its priorities and budget allocations.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, homelessness, housing, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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Solving Canada’s adoption crisis
30,000 Canadian children in foster or institutional care… If they “age out” of care at age 16 or 17, without becoming part of a family, the odds rise dramatically that they will fall prey to many social ills. Criminal activity, homelessness, mental illness, substance abuse, teen pregnancy — all become more likely. Ironically, this is likely to lead to another generation of children living out their lives in foster or institutional care, as their parents won’t be able to provide for them.
Tags: child care, crime prevention, homelessness, mental Health, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Broken promises on affordable housing
In its March budget, the federal government committed to renew its Investment in Affordable Housing Program at $253 million per year over five years to be matched by provincial and territorial governments, bringing the annual total for new social and affordable housing to $506 million. Eight months later, we’re still waiting for an announcement that any province or territory has negotiated a funding agreement with Ottawa… The wait list has continued to set new records since then.
Tags: budget, featured, homelessness, housing, ideology, standard of living
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The downside of the condo boom
There is no evidence that the increase in rental condos had moderated conditions in the overall rental housing market. Condos have not contributed to Toronto’s affordable housing stock, nor have they helped us stem the tide of increased income segregation… All evidence suggests that need for affordable housing in Toronto has only increased throughout the boom years.
Tags: homelessness, housing, ideology, privatization, standard of living
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The great Canadian experiment to house the homeless
At Home/Chez Soi, funded by the Canadian government, is a randomized controlled trial focused on housing for the mentally ill. At Home/Chez Soi is built around the concept that housing is the first order of business, and then comes support services that honour a person’s choices and offer a range of resources… those who had their own apartments started asking for additional help to keep their home and the stability, privacy and safety it offered…
Tags: homelessness, housing, ideology, mental Health, standard of living
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Homelessness in decline thanks to federal efforts, minister says
… about 4,000 people in Toronto have moved into permanent housing in the past eight years, Candice Bergen told the National Conference on Homelessness on Tuesday. “These are some of the strongest results that we’ve ever seen in any attempt to reduce homelessness”… The government, she added, is committed to expanding the so-called Housing First program that is driving the trend.
Tags: homelessness, housing, jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living
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Mental health requires more than health care
Healthy communities throughout the world are ones that have considered the impact of the determinants of health and have focused strategies on addressing them, which in turn results in a healthier community… Often, clients are more consumed with making ends meet, putting food in their families’ mouths, ensuring they can pay the rent or mortgage or fretting over their job security. These worries begin to consume and exhaust an individual, which can lead to many forms of mental and physical illness…
Tags: disabilities, Health, homelessness, housing, ideology, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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