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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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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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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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The solutions at hand for aboriginal women
… both aboriginal and non-aboriginal leaders have spoken of the need for comprehensive improvement in aboriginal Canadians’ lives: better and less crowded housing, education improvement, fighting addictions, job opportunities… the bulk of the problem is bound up in precisely those “sociological phenomena” — poverty, misery, addictions, hopelessness — that can be relied upon to produce violent outcomes in any society, of any ethnicity.
Tags: crime prevention, Health, housing, Indigenous, mental Health, poverty, rights, women, youth
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Small victory for aboriginal women
The Prime Minister refused to acknowledge any “sociological” link between dramatic overrepresentation of aboriginal women in the homicide statistics and the miserable conditions in which they lived. Their deaths were merely crimes that the police had a “good track record” of solving. A dialogue among the willing — all 13 provincial premiers and territorial leaders, two federal cabinet ministers, the leaders of the Assembly of First Nations, the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, the Native Women’s Association of Canada… may not offer the ultimate solution but it is the best option at this juncture.
Tags: crime prevention, Health, Indigenous, jurisdiction, mental Health, rights, standard of living, women
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A breakthrough in teaching aboriginal children should be funded by Ottawa
Reading proficiency at the age of 9 or 10, in particular, “is the most reliable school-based predictor of high school graduation,” according to the program report… Martin’s pioneering initiative has done more than make vulnerable children at two schools achieve an academic breakthrough. It shows how thousands of aboriginal children across Canada can be helped. The way forward is clear. What’s needed now is bold investment by Ottawa.
Tags: budget, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights, standard of living
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Canada fails First Nations children
The historic motion [Jordan’s Principle] endorsed the idea that meeting the health needs of indigenous children should be a top priority. And Parliament made it clear that the issue of which level of government should pay for health services should not impede the delivery of those services. Unfortunately, much more work still needs to be done on this file. Last week, a bracing report was published, laying bare the social inequities that continue to deprive First Nations children of timely care and assistance.
Tags: budget, Health, housing, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Indigenous thought belongs in the classroom
… a recommendation of the 1996 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, which says, “Aboriginal children are entitled to learn and achieve in an environment that supports their development as whole individuals.” … must penetrate the conscience of the nation, for it means that we cannot ignore the need for indigenous thought and fairer funding in on-reserve schools. It also means we can no longer ignore the need for indigenous history in all of our schools.
Tags: featured, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights, standard of living
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How Harper created a more conservative Canada
Nine years after Stephen Harper was sworn in as prime minister, we are a more conservative land… Absolutely not, you say? Then would you support increasing the GST by two percentage points? Do you want to relax parole eligibility for sex offenders? Would you get behind some big new national program, even if it infuriated Quebec and Alberta? … If a ship filled with refugee claimants appears, should we just let them in? And how do you think your neighbours would answer these questions?
Tags: budget, child care, corrections, crime prevention, economy, globalization, Health, housing, ideology, immigration, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, pensions, poverty, rights, tax
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Long-form census crucial to understanding povert
Social scientists have long understood that less educated Canadians, recent immigrants, lower income persons, aboriginal Canadians, young adults living alone, and persons with only a cursory knowledge of either English or French are more difficult to reach through standard survey research. This is exactly why the census is so useful. It collects detailed information on specific neighbourhoods, and the data is of high quality due to its mandatory nature.
Tags: budget, housing, ideology, immigration, Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation, poverty, standard of living
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