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Proven ‘quick fix’ for CAS can’t keep up with demand
Provincial funding for “family group conferencing,” a program that has been shown to keep indigenous and racialized children with their extended families and out of children’s aid, is not keeping up with demand, according to local officials. At a time when Ontario’s Chief Human Rights Commissioner and others are calling for provincial action on the overrepresentation of First Nations and black children in foster care and group homes, Queen’s Park is ignoring a proven “quick fix,”
Tags: budget, child care, crime prevention, Indigenous, mental Health, multiculturalism, participation, youth
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Residential schools report challenges us all
The report records the voices of 6,000 courageous witnesses and the history of their suffering, stubborn resilience and later struggles, plus historical background data and context. While Sinclair released his main findings earlier this year… the final report contains the searing evidentiary base that shaped his findings… Trudeau promised to work for a “total renewal” of the nation-to-nation relationship between Canada and 1.4 million indigenous peoples. He thanked Sinclair for charting “a way forward.”
Tags: featured, ideology, Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living
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How to build a bright future for First Nations and our new government
There are two important things to consider as we embark on this new path together. The first is the continuing cost of failing to right the wrongs of the past. The second is the tremendous benefit to be realized when Canada’s First Peoples enjoy the same quality of life as Canadians. The Centre for the Study of Living Standards found that, by 2026, closing the gap that exists between First Nations and Canadians could add as much as $400-billion to Canada’s economy and save $115-billion in social spending.
Tags: Indigenous, jurisdiction, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Liberal government to announce plans for inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women
Trudeau stressed his commitment to improving the lives of aboriginals. “For Indigenous Peoples, life in Canada has not been — and is not today — easy, equitable, or fair.” On his pledge to establish a national inquiry into missing women, he said it would be “responsible and responsive (and) informed by all the broad stakeholders that are concerned about this… We need such an inquiry to provide justice to the victims, to provide healing for the families, and to ensure that as we go forward this tragedy is ended.”
Tags: budget, crime prevention, Health, Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights, women
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A throne speech short on words, long on ambition
… this is a radical government. Expanding the Canada Pension Plan, pricing carbon, reforming the electoral system, adopting all 94 recommendations of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission, combining four different child benefits into one $23-billion plan: whatever else may be said about it, this is indeed “real change.” Much… will depend on cooperation from the provinces: the carbon pricing plan, CPP expansion, a new health accord… [and] the state of the federal government’s finances.
Tags: budget, globalization, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, tax
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Why men commit suicide
Firstly, suicide in men may be linked to occupational stress. Men continue to make up the overwhelming proportion of people working in the most dangerous and dirty occupations… Secondly, male suicide has been associated with specific life events, which particularly affect middle-aged men. Divorce is an event that may have a particularly deleterious effect… Thirdly, dominant notions of masculinity may affect suicide rates.
Tags: Health, Indigenous, mental Health, standard of living
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End head-butting over resource projects
… minerals, forestry, commercial fishing, electricity generation and waste management. These industries account for 20 per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product. They all impinge on the rights, territories and way of life of life of aboriginal communities… “Before any particular project is being considered, the responsible government departments or agencies should be on the ground working with local communities to identify needs, opportunities and help set expectations. This should happen before project proponents enter the scene.”
Tags: economy, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, rights
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Agenda includes national poverty plan
… a new health accord with the provinces and territories… annual funding increases for First Nations programs… invest in improving the quality of on-reserve education… consultations to set up a National Early Learning and Childcare Framework… [for] affordable, high-quality, flexible and fully inclusive child care… boost federal spending on affordable and seniors’ housing… reforming the Employment Insurance system… expanding the Canada Student Grant for low-income students
Tags: budget, child care, featured, Health, housing, Indigenous, poverty, youth
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Tall order for Finance Minister Bill Morneau
Balance the budget in 2019-20 while “continuing to reduce the federal debt-to-GDP ratio throughout our mandate.” / Implement a promised middle-class tax cut by raising taxes on those earning more than $200,000. / Cancel “income-splitting” for families while retaining it for seniors / Bring in a new and enhanced Canada Child benefit / Enhance” the Canada Pension Plan / Mount a massive 10-year infrastructure program / pare back the Conservatives’ boutique tax credits…
Tags: budget, child care, economy, featured, ideology, Indigenous, pensions, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Canada will implement UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Carolyn Bennett says
The Crown already has a constitutionally protected “duty to consult” with aboriginal peoples on issues that might affect their interests, but the UN declaration goes much further and calls on governments to obtain “free, prior and informed consent,” including when it comes to natural resources development… “We are committed to sitting down early, at the earliest possible moment, on every single thing that will affect indigenous people in Canada…”
Tags: budget, crime prevention, ideology, Indigenous, participation, standard of living
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