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Liberals should be bold in tackling challenges of second year
Reassert federal leadership in health care. There’s a crying need for more money in areas such as homecare… Simply handing over cash won’t buy change. The federal government should insist on national standards in this area. – Get pharmacare on the national agenda… – Fix Bill C-51, the fatally flawed anti-terror bill… Match rhetoric with action in fixing relations with indigenous people.
Tags: economy, Health, immigration, Indigenous, pharmaceutical
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Is incremental equality for First Nations Children compatible with reconciliation?
… the Canadian government is racially discriminating against 163,000 First Nations children and their families by providing flawed and inequitable child welfare services and failing to ensure equitable access to government services. When governments know better they should do better for kids, and this talk will discuss the history of the Canadian Government’s relationship with First Nations children and highlight the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling in the context of this value.
Tags: budget, featured, Health, housing, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living, youth
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New indigenous court system could set precedents across the country
Imagine a legal system where the goal wasn’t punishment, but to “restore relationships and harmony in the community.” … a court system with that very purpose has been operating in the Mohawk community of Akwesasne since Aug. 12… the Justice Department is holding talks between the federal, Ontario and Quebec governments to draft a framework to recognize the new legal system… The court could set a good precedent for other indigenous communities and there is much that federal and provincial courts could learn from it.
Tags: crime prevention, featured, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living
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Government must act to end racism in children’s aid system
… four in 10 children in the care of the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto are black in a city where only 8 per cent of children are. Worse, the problem is not just in Toronto, but throughout the province… Ontario’s children’s minister, Michael Coteau, refused to promise any funding to implement the report’s 18 important recommendations to address issues of racism in the system. This is unacceptable.
Tags: budget, child care, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism, poverty, rights, youth
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Changes to children’s aid system are a promising start
… the overly complex system of 47 children’s aid societies responsible for more than 15,000 kids in foster care and group homes is a mess that puts at risk the well-being, and sometimes the very lives, of children in its care. Now, finally, after a decades-long hands-off approach, the Ministry of Children and Youth Services has a plan to overhaul the system… [they] have been left to operate in silos without sufficient oversight and direction from the provincial government.
Tags: child care, Indigenous, jurisdiction, multiculturalism, rights, youth
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Think tank releases report card on Canada’s justice system
… there’s an awful lot of people being dragged through the Ontario criminal justice system who are ultimately having their charges stayed, withdrawn or acquitted. That is costing millions of dollars to the province but it’s also plugging up the system so that really important cases don’t make it through… And, in fact, there’s no national statistics that you can get broken down by province and territory on recidivism rates
Tags: budget, corrections, crime prevention, Indigenous
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Federal government failing to comply with ruling on First Nations child welfare: tribunal
The federal government has done virtually nothing to comply with a Human Rights Tribunal decision issued in January that ruled First Nations kids are discriminated against because of inadequate funding for child and welfare services… The quasi-judicial tribunal has now issued a second compliance order to force the government to take immediate action and rectify funding shortfalls
Tags: budget, child care, Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights, standard of living, youth
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When it’s too costly even to be poor
… in three remote Ontario reserve communities. They found food insecurity is rampant; people are being gouged by retail monopolies; not enough communities meet eligibility requirements; and there is deficient transparency in terms of data collection… If we are going to incur the considerable expense of subsidizing life in remote northern communities – and evidently we are – let us at least do a competent and effective job of it.
Tags: economy, Health, Indigenous, participation
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Six pervasive myths about Canada we must stop believing
Myth #1: Canada is a post-racial nation… Myth #2: Canada is a post-colonial nation… Myth #3: Canada welcomes and protects its Muslim communities… Myth #4: Canada is a safe haven for immigrants and refugees… Myth #5: Canada safeguards the rights of LGBTQ communities… Myth #6: Canada isn’t complicit in global human rights abuse
Tags: featured, globalization, ideology, immigration, Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation
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Economic equality must be part of indigenous reconciliation
Leaving economic equality out of any conversation on reconciliation risks wallpapering over deeper realities… The core of economic reconciliation is supporting indigenous communities, no matter how small, so that they have access to resources and opportunities to succeed… there are a number of overarching obstacles to economic growth that, if addressed, would unlock the potential of the fastest-growing segment of Canada’s population.
Tags: economy, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living
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