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Canada can end poverty and shrink inequality by adding an annual basic income of $22K, new report says
Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
“Basic income in Canada is not a question of possibilities, but of priorities… It is clear from child and seniors’ benefits that basic income works for many Canadians already. The federal government’s priority now must be to take leadership to make it work for everybody”… “We say we want to do something about poverty. And yet we give away $122 billion worth of tax expenditures every year to people who aren’t anywhere close to the poverty line…”
Tags: budget, economy, featured, Health, homelessness, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Fear and division really are bad for our health
Monday, January 20th, 2020
If you take fear and division and add a dose of cynicism about experts and government you produce an excellent culture medium for anxiety. Anxiety is bad for our health. A smoker loses on average 8.5 years of life. Anxiety can decrease your life expectancy by 7… When things seem more predictable, we feel more in control and we are less anxious.
Tags: crime prevention, Health, homelessness, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
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Solving homelessness will require infringing on individual rights
Wednesday, January 8th, 2020
We are stuck between two fundamental tenets of a fair and just society: a person’s right to freedom and personal agency, versus the duty authorities have to protect a person from self-harm and any attempts to harm others. If one of those was to trump the other, it would be the government’s responsibility to stop someone from harming oneself or harming others.
Tags: homelessness, ideology, mental Health, rights
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Resolution on social housing benefit provides hope for many in 2020
Wednesday, January 1st, 2020
There are few things more important to health than a roof over one’s head. Life expectancy for a homeless person is substantially worse than for the general population and 57 per cent of homeless people in Toronto have a chronic medical condition… living in ill-maintained housing increases the risk of accidents due to unsafe structures, infestations such as mice, cockroaches, and a variety of infections…
Tags: budget, Health, homelessness, housing, ideology, mental Health, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Putting economic and social rights at the heart of policy-making
Wednesday, December 4th, 2019
Too many people are currently being left behind as changing social, economic, and political tides wash past them… we must help people and communities weather these changes by strengthening how we think about, and develop, public policy. We can do this by prioritizing the human rights and dignities of all Canadians. Not only civil and political rights, but economic and social rights, too.
Tags: featured, Health, homelessness, ideology, Indigenous, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Marginalized people need social connections, too
Tuesday, November 12th, 2019
… we almost never talk about the lack of opportunities for something pro-social and meaningful for the homeless and marginalized to do… Funding for programming, for actual engagement with others — especially those who are not easy to engage with — is the last to be offered and first to be cut.
Tags: disabilities, Health, homelessness, mental Health, participation
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Beyond Shelters – Solutions to Homelessness in Canada from the Front Lines
Tuesday, October 29th, 2019
The essays introduce the reader to a diverse ecosystem of Canadian shelters and describe some of the significant changes in ideology and approach that many shelters have undergone over the last quarter of a century… shelters are not enough to solve homelessness in Canada and the shelter of the future must move beyond basic accommodation in its efforts to address this complex issue.
Tags: homelessness, housing, ideology, philanthropy
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Forced to the frontlines of mental health: Police have become the new first responders for vulnerable Canadians
Sunday, October 27th, 2019
… a mobile program called HealthIM, which gives police a medical checklist to assess a person’s risk level for self-harm, harm to others and an inability to care for themselves. If they decide to take the person to hospital, the information is sent ahead to a waiting triage nurse, so the medical team knows to expect them and can review the police assessment of the patient. Police can access the program from their cars or via smartphone.
Tags: disabilities, Health, homelessness, mental Health, multiculturalism, poverty
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First and foremost, the homeless need housing
Monday, October 14th, 2019
Despite some notable success stories, most people don’t magically get better when housing is available… people with severe mental-health issues, substance-use disorders and the other illnesses and social challenges that come along with them need a lot of support… Housing first is a way of saying we haven’t given up on people and on the belief that homelessness can be, if not eliminated, at least managed more effectively and humanely.
Tags: disabilities, economy, Health, homelessness, ideology, mental Health, standard of living
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Addressing social needs is a bold new way to improve health care
Thursday, October 3rd, 2019
… known as the Social Medicine Initiative… Its goal is to address poverty and homelessness issues faced by many people… and in doing so improve their health levels… The aim of the initiative is to co-ordinate systems so it’s “easier for patients to access the services they need,” thus reducing the number of patients who require higher levels of care and decreasing the burden on the overall health and social services systems.
Tags: featured, Health, homelessness, ideology, mental Health, poverty
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