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Head of Canadian Medical Association wants to draw attention to root causes of illness
Doctors at the CMA are… experts at seeing the negative downstream effects of these inequities… An estimated 20 per cent of the $200 billion Canada spends on health care every year is attributable to socio-economic disparities, such as early childhood education and family income… “The larger the income disparity, the worse the health gets,” Reid said. Income is the No. 1 social determinant on health and longevity, she said, followed by early childhood development and education.
Tags: economy, featured, Health, homelessness, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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The Aboriginal population: younger and more troubled
Forty-nine per cent of First Nations people live on reserve, where education is provided by band councils using federal funds – and where other studies found that about 60 per cent fail to graduate…. lack of education is but one facet of the troubled lives of many aboriginals… “In order for the numbers to change, the government is going to have to address root causes such as poverty and discrimination…The focus cannot just be on education. It has to be broader than that.”
Tags: crime prevention, Health, homelessness, housing, Indigenous, mental Health, poverty, standard of living, youth
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How Martin Luther King’s legacy speaks to our Canadian reality
Apr 03 2013
In Canada, we have spent $11.3 billion on the mission in Afghanistan, yet in the latest federal budget there was little for the 3.2 million of our fellow citizens who live in poverty. We can afford to spend upward of $25 billion on new fighter jets to patrol the skies, but do not have the money to address the crisis of affordable housing that leaves so many Canadians homeless or precariously housed… We live with racial inequalities … yet do little to address institutionalized racism in our labour markets and criminal justice systems.
Tags: economy, homelessness, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism, poverty, standard of living
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Canada’s homeless showing
Feb. 26, 2013
it’s been 20 years since federal funding was frozen for housing programs, longer than that since the gradual withdrawal from housing began. Today, Canada is the only G8 country without a national housing strategy, and it shows: It’s estimated about 300,000 Canadians are homeless, and about 1.7 million Canadians have trouble affording their housing.
Tags: Health, homelessness, housing, poverty, standard of living
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Where the homeless go on Christmas Day
Dec. 18, 2012
Homelessness will worsen in January when the Ontario government cancels its community start-up and maintenance benefit, which provided some social assistance recipients with money to pay the rent deposit on an apartment, replace furniture infested with bedbugs or pay overdue utility bills… “People have to demand that our political leaders treat housing as a priority. If they keep loading the burden on the charitable sector, they’re going to kill it.”
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, homelessness, housing, mental Health, poverty
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Can Goldman Sachs help the homeless?
Nov. 22 2012,
The yearly cost of caring for a homeless person with substance abuse and mental issues (that is, most of them) ranges from $55,000 up to $134,000, according to various research studies… Even though preventive services can often save money in the long run, governments are loath to fund them. Prevention is expensive. It requires long-term investment, which is not how governments operate.
Tags: budget, crime prevention, homelessness, ideology, philanthropy, tax
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