Posts Tagged ‘jurisdiction’
Tax the Rich: Forging a future for the many, not the few
Thursday, July 22nd, 2021
The evidence for a wealth tax keeps increasing. As per PBO’s latest numbers, a one-time 3% tax on Canadians with net wealth over $10 million, and 5% tax on net wealth over $20 million could raise upto $82.5 billion over five years… By instituting wealth tax, a pandemic profits tax, and closing tax loopholes, Canada stands to gain over $50 billion dollars in revenue every year for #ClimateAction, expanding healthcare, bolstering social security systems, providing clean drinking water in Indigenous communities and improving infrastructure.
Tags: economy, Health, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, standard of living, tax
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Evidence suggests there was no benefit to Ontario closing its schools
Wednesday, July 7th, 2021
By comparing the experience of Ontario with that of other provinces it is now clear that provinces that kept schools open longer had outcomes that were no worse and, in many cases, better… To this end, the government must solicit advice from a deeper bench of experts, from economics and other social science backgrounds, who can provide a more nuanced approach to the costs and benefits of keeping schools open.
Tags: child care, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health
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Doctors’ focus on ‘missing patients’ is just first step in leading the pandemic recovery
Sunday, July 4th, 2021
Through the OMA’s public survey, a series of round tables and consultations with other health-care providers and community leaders, doctors are developing a plan that will recommend the bold ideas necessary to take us through the recovery phase and well into the future. We encourage everyone to speak up. Have your say at www.betterhealthcare.ca, and help shape the future of health care with us.
Tags: Health, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
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Social Assistance Summaries 2020
Tuesday, June 29th, 2021
The Social Assistance Summaries series tracks the number of recipients of social assistance (welfare payments) in each province and territory. It was established by the Caledon Institute of Social Policy to maintain data previously published by the federal government as the Social Assistance Statistical Report. The data is provided by provincial and territorial government officials.
Tags: budget, disabilities, jurisdiction, participation, poverty
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Canada’s citizenship study guide for newcomers is getting an ‘unvarnished’ makeover. Here’s how it’s evolved — from 1947 to today
Monday, June 28th, 2021
… in the wake of the recent revelations of hundreds of unmarked graves being found at the site of former residential schools in Kamloops, B.C., and Marieval, Sask., the federal government now says it expects to roll out… a more “honest” portrait of the country’s past and present… the guide will include a section outlining the government’s attempts to compel Indigenous Peoples to adopt European customs through policies “designed to end Indigenous ways of life, languages and spiritual beliefs.”
Tags: child care, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, rights, standard of living, youth
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‘An important beginning’: Toronto police to divert some 911 mental health calls to civilian crisis centre
Friday, June 25th, 2021
Amid growing public pressure to send social workers and health care professionals to mental health calls — not police — city council voted earlier this year to launch a separate pilot program to see civilian dispatched to mental health crisis calls where violence is not being threatened… The cost of the project, estimated to be $522,000, will be absorbed by the service’s operating budget, police said.
Tags: budget, jurisdiction, mental Health
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The success of CERB is proof a universal basic income is doable and beneficial
Thursday, June 24th, 2021
A UBI is a government payment that tops up family income so that it modestly exceeds the poverty line, or low-income threshold. As households are able to generate more income on their own, UBI payments are scaled back and eventually discontinued. A UBI holds promise as our most powerful tool in eradicating poverty and solving the crisis of income inequality.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, standard of living
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A global minimum corporate tax is an important step toward fairness
Monday, June 7th, 2021
The whole idea of a minimum global tax is to prevent multinationals from tax-shopping, so it will be effective only to the extent that many countries agree to it. The next step is to get the bigger G20 group on board, and then there’s the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation… the biggest companies that have flourished during the pandemic, should pay their share.
Tags: budget, economy, globalization, ideology, jurisdiction, tax
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Do pandemic income supports encourage people to stay off work? Of course — and that could be a good thing
Friday, June 4th, 2021
… this could really shake up capitalism for the better. How? If workers choose to stay in bed, employers might (rationally) choose to entice them back with higher wages… Higher pay though would also narrow the equality gap… People just don’t like bed that much. In fact, they like work, especially if it involves some satisfaction.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living
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Toronto has the chance to create affordable housing, improving thousands of lives
Wednesday, May 26th, 2021
Toronto’s housing market is in the brutal process of evicting low-income residents from our city. Without bold action from our governments things will continue to get worse… It would only require 5 to 10 per cent of the floor area of new highrise condo buildings and 3 to 5 per cent of new highrise rental buildings to be affordable to lower-income residents… Inclusive Zoning is only one of a number of policies that, if implemented in earnest, could make housing affordable for all Canadians.
Tags: housing, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living
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