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Stephen Harper has altered the face of Canada
Who would have foreseen the Law Reform Commission of Canada, the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (Rights and Democracy), the Health Council of Canada, the National Anti- Poverty Organization and the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy would all be scrapped? These agencies brought Canadians together to tackle common problems, focused on areas of public concern and produced well-researched non-partisan policy reports.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, rights, standard of living
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Bill C-24 is wrong: There is only one kind of Canadian citizen
Bill C-24… strengthens Canadian citizenship by making it more difficult to acquire… But the law has a flip side that is much darker. It gives the government the discretion to strip the citizenship of any dual citizen convicted of terrorism, treason or spying abroad. The consequences are disturbing and unfair for Canada’s 863,000 dual nationals. They run the risk of being treated as somehow less Canadian. There is an ugly, xenophobic side to this law
Tags: ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, rights
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Crafting a plan to tackle poverty from the ground up
Toronto has the highest rate of child poverty, more working poor and the largest inequality gap of any city in the country. It is a recipe for urban decay and social unrest that anti-poverty activists say the city can no longer ignore… it is costing us money already. And it’s going to cost us more in community health and urban decay down the road if we don’t act… “This is an investment in the future. An investment in prosperity. An investment in people.”
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, housing, ideology, immigration, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Index ranks Canada as sixth most socially advanced country
Canada sits in 6th place of 133 countries – the highest of any G7 nation – in an annual “social progress index”… The index… is meant to complement the traditional measure of gross domestic product in assessing progress. It tracks 52 indicators – from crime levels to literacy rates and gender equality – that reflect whether a country is providing essential needs to its citizens and opportunities for people to improve their lot in society.
Tags: child care, corrections, disabilities, Health, housing, ideology, immigration, Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Ont. pledges $50 million to fight poverty
Local community groups on the front lines of the battle against poverty may be eligible to tap into a $50-million fund set up by the Ontario government… the Local Poverty Reduction Fund will support local initiatives that prevent and lift people out of poverty… Projects which may qualify for funding include those that assist groups such as single parents, newcomers and aboriginals who are disproportionately impacted by poverty, the government says. The $50-million fund will be spent over six years.
Tags: budget, ideology, immigration, Indigenous, poverty, standard of living
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Three ways Liberals and NDP can win over conservative voters
… nobody likes the idea of wasting money… The voluntary National Household Survey cost $22-million more than the old census while yielding a lower-quality result. The Parliamentary Budget Office reported in 2013 that spending on the criminal justice system increased by $5-billion during the Conservatives’ first six years in government – a big spend (mostly from provincial budgets) on a problem that was improving on its own… between 2009 and 2013, the government spent over $370-million dollars on advertising
Tags: budget, child care, crime prevention, economy, ideology, immigration, participation, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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Forget terrorists — be terrified of Harperites
… it’s the Conservatives we should be scared of… The Harperites gutted the gun registry against the advice of police chiefs across the country…. the Fair Elections Act that made elections unfair; Access to Information Act that made information inaccessible; Privacy Act that invaded your privacy… The Harperites want us to be terrified of terrorists, niqabis, criminals, thieves, etc. Time for us, in fact, to be terrified of the Harperite bigots, bullies and ideologues.
Tags: crime prevention, globalization, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, rights, standard of living
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Sweden’s prostitution solution
In 1999, it passed a law to criminalize the buyers of sex, but not the sellers… street prostitution has been cut by more than half since 1995… Many Swedes view prostitution not as a choice or a moral offence, but a form of male violence against women… when Amnesty International said it planned to lobby for legalization, Swedish women’s rights organizations were outraged.
Tags: crime prevention, featured, Health, ideology, immigration, Indigenous, mental Health, poverty, rights, standard of living, women
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Between budgets, jobs and combat, how does Harper find time for the niqab?
His point was that those who cover their faces are not making a choice of their own free will – but are victims of subjugation… You can dislike the niqab and still think it’s not the Prime Minister’s place to comment in this way on individual behavior, and to imagine that he knows the reasons why people make the choices they do.
Tags: featured, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, rights, women
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Trouble in Stephen Harper’s backyard
The Harper government encouraged employers in Alberta to become dependent on migrant labour, then throttled the supply. What is not understandable is the rationale westerners use to defend the flawed program… Wouldn’t [the oil price collapse] obviate the need for migrant workers? Not according to the think-tank… It dismisses the possibility of hiring jobless Albertans… It is cool to the idea of recruiting aboriginal workers or people with disabilities…
Tags: disabilities, economy, globalization, ideology, immigration, Indigenous, participation, standard of living
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