Posts Tagged ‘jurisdiction’
Carney government makes long-awaited move to restrict social media access for children
Friday, June 12th, 2026
The Carney Liberals have introduced a revamped online harms bill that would restrict access to social media for those under 16, make AI chatbots safer, and impose new rules on digital platforms… The bill does not lay out what those safeguards must be, but suggests that some of the criteria platforms must meet could include special accounts designed for children, parental controls, and other unspecified design features… measures to reduce the addictive nature of social media and deploying safe search settings.
Tags: crime prevention, Education, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, youth
Posted in Child & Family Policy Context | 15 Comments »
Debt by design: OSAP and the political economy of student aid in Canada
Tuesday, May 26th, 2026
… students in Ontario are being asked to shoulder a growing share of the cost of post-secondary education. While these changes may appear exceptional, they are not. Instead, they reflect a broader transformation in how post-secondary education is funded across Canada, where the costs have steadily shifted from the public to the individual… restoring OSAP alone will not make post-secondary education truly affordable. That requires a broader commitment to public investment, and in turn, that means raising the province’s revenue.
Tags: budget, Education, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, tax, youth
Posted in Education Policy Context | 123 Comments »
Ontario’s child support system failing families to the tune of $2.1 billion, auditor general says
Sunday, May 17th, 2026
Families are owed $2.1 billion in overdue child and spousal support from Ontario’s Family Responsibility Office because of enforcement problems, a new auditor general’s report has found… More than 116,000 families rely on the FRO, which enforces court orders for the payment of child and spousal support… Families are being left without answers while the Ford government continues to look the other way.”
Tags: jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living, women, youth
Posted in Social Security Policy Context | 51 Comments »
Doug Ford cited abuse of OSAP as one reason for its overhaul. Here’s what new data actually shows
Sunday, May 17th, 2026
“They’re using these allegations as a way to justify gutting the financial assistance”… “What students are seeing is a government using a very limited number of cases to rationalize broader austerity measures in post-secondary education. The impact of these decisions are being felt by ordinary students who are now expected to graduate with deeper debt in a province where employment is not guaranteed.
Tags: budget, Education, ideology, jurisdiction
Posted in Education Policy Context | 17 Comments »
New Ontario water and sanitation law could pave the way for the financialization of public water
Wednesday, May 13th, 2026
Whether the WCA leads to outright privatization, its proposed reforms are consistent with an insidious global push to make municipal water and sanitation systems more amenable to private investment. This essentially transforms them into tradeable assets. This process, known as financialization, would erode the public health and social mandate of public water infrastructure, undermining the capacity of communities to cope with growing ecological and financial stresses.
Tags: ideology, jurisdiction, privatization, standard of living
Posted in Governance Policy Context | 30 Comments »
Government expects $140M in savings this year with refugee health care co-pay
Friday, May 8th, 2026
Claimants will cover a $4 fee for prescriptions and cover 30 per cent of the cost for services not typically covered by the public health care system… co-pays are expected to cover about $140 million in 2026-27, including $92.9 million in savings from dental care alone… Another $10.6 million is expected to be saved on prescriptions, $6.2 million from vision care, and $16.7 million from counselling… Routine doctor visits, emergency medicine, vaccines, hospital stays and lab work continue to be fully covered by the program.
Tags: budget, Health, immigration, jurisdiction, pharmaceutical
Posted in Inclusion Policy Context | 10 Comments »
Ford government’s internal surveys expose failures in disability job training program
Friday, May 8th, 2026
Ford’s plan to get Ontarians off social assistance and into jobs is failing those with complex disabilities, according to the province’s own research… employers “don’t know how to support” workers with disabilities, and performance targets are pressuring agencies to place clients into jobs too quickly — even when those with “complex barriers” need more time to prepare… the Ford government hired third-party operators to oversee the program’s new rules for funding and contract renewals… “The new model is a disaster”
Tags: budget, disabilities, jurisdiction, participation
Posted in Delivery System, Inclusion Delivery System | 16 Comments »
When Canada negotiates with Donald Trump’s America, it’s not just trade that’s at stake. It’s our sovereignty
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
… CUSMA… does not just regulate trade. It restricts what Parliament can legislate, what regulators can require and what courts can enforce… Canada needs to govern its own digital economy. We need sovereignty over data, accountability for algorithms, and protection of critical digital infrastructure… We have just under sixty days until we move dangerously close to becoming the fifty-first state. We can still reverse course, but only if we act before the review’s July 1 Canada Day deadline.
Tags: economy, globalization, jurisdiction, rights
Posted in Governance Policy Context | 7 Comments »
Mark Carney has forgotten who helped get him elected
Sunday, May 3rd, 2026
Headlines like “A Canada for All” sound nice. As do statements like: “the government is protecting the essential social programs that give Canadians a fair chance to get ahead — child care, dental care, and pharmacare.” But dig into the details and you learn national pharmacare is ending. There is no new money to create more child care spaces. Federal health-care spending is drastically being cut… There is effectively no new money in Carney’s fiscal plan to support what he calls “essential social programs.”
Tags: budget, child care, featured, Health, housing, jurisdiction, poverty
Posted in Governance Debates | 9 Comments »
Any social media ban for kids must be national in scope, culture minister says
Thursday, April 30th, 2026
The federal government says any move to restrict kids from using social media must be co-ordinated with the provinces, as Manitoba pushes ahead with a ban and Ontario signals it may follow… “this is a shared jurisdiction, and both levels have to be doing their jobs to make sure kids are kept safe.” … Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon acknowledged… that the risks youth are exposed to on social media and AI chatbots “are the same.”
Tags: Education, jurisdiction, youth
Posted in Education Policy Context | 1 Comment »
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