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Our cost-of-living crisis: In just three years rent has doubled, groceries are up nearly 40 per cent. There are solutions
Sunday, March 24th, 2024
… a new model of economic governance… would… strengthen the social safety net with universal basic income (UBI) and “living wages,” which pay workers according to the cost of living in their localities… Bottom line: The cost-of-living crisis is real, will not go away on its own, and threatens to stoke social unrest… there are solutions to it
Tags: ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Under Doug Ford, Ontario’s tribunals are under severe attack
Thursday, March 21st, 2024
When Premier Doug Ford announced he wanted to appoint “like-minded” judges, critics were quick to condemn the assault on judicial independence. In contrast, a similar assault on the independence of adjudicative tribunals has flown almost entirely under the radar… In fact, connections to the Ford government or the federal Conservatives seems a much more valuable asset than experience or expertise.
Tags: ideology, jurisdiction, participation
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Ontario needs to pony up more cash for colleges and universities
Friday, March 8th, 2024
A short-term, piecemeal funding plan won’t work. The Ford PCs won’t be able to solve decades of chronic post-secondary underfunding in a year or two or three. But they can begin the process of instituting stable, predictable, and sufficient funding… It’s the smart thing to do. It’s the right thing to do. And in the long run, the money the government invests in education today will return more than it’s worth.
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living
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Pharma-Scare Tactics: Dispensing Garbage Takes
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024
There is nothing to prevent provinces from going above and beyond a federal program, there is nothing to prevent private plans from going above and beyond a federal program. The idea that increasing public funding to health care would somehow limit access to coverage is illogical and not borne out by the evidence.
Tags: Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, pharmaceutical, privatization, standard of living
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Beyond the cafeteria: The economic case for investing in school meals
Monday, March 4th, 2024
In the long-term, universal free school lunches can also improve children’s health, academic performance and subsequent economic outcomes throughout life… Our new research summarizes the strong economic rationale for investing in school meal programs in Canada. Universal school meals can not only provide immediate relief to families, but also build a legacy of improved public health and economic prosperity for generations to come.
Tags: economy, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, women, youth
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The perverse logic of social assistance
Monday, March 4th, 2024
In Ontario, single adults who are unhoused… receive $343 per month for basic needs, and $0 for shelter. That works out to about $11 per day. No one can say with a straight face that $11 per day is a program designed to help people. How is it possible for someone to get by, let alone to get back on their feet, with so little? … It doesn’t function to bolster their well-being, or stop them from falling further into poverty. Instead, it responds to a person who has lost their home by making their life even harder.
Tags: featured, homelessness, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Trudeau government unveils national pharmacare bill
Thursday, February 29th, 2024
Health Minister Mark Holland has unveiled the Liberal government’s plan to kick-start a national pharmacare program, introducing a bill that spells out a single-payer plan to cover prescription drugs and related medical equipment for diabetes and birth control… Holland introduced a short bill in Parliament Thursday that sets out steps to create the broader plan, all of which will depend on provincial governments’ agreement
Tags: budget, featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, pharmaceutical, women
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How should the new Canada Disability Benefit interact with existing disability supports?
Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
For the new Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) to meet its goal of financially supporting and reducing poverty of people with disabilities, it will need to supplement existing supports rather than causing them to be clawed back. This policy brief analyzes how the new CDB should interact with provincial/territorial social assistance programs and the federal Canada Pension Plan disability benefit (CPP-D).
Tags: disabilities, jurisdiction, participation, pensions, standard of living
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Canada needs a national system for cancer clinical trials
Monday, February 19th, 2024
Clinical trials are the most effective means of ensuring we have better cancer treatments. A national cancer clinical trial system, with education and training, streamlined ethics, and support for initiatives to address genomic testing for trials, and reduce regulatory and other trial burdens, would be an investment in our health-care system.
Tags: Health, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living
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Ontario professors offer a blueprint for revitalizing public universities
Tuesday, February 6th, 2024
Ontario has the lowest per-domestic student funding level for universities in Canada… The government of Ontario’s disinvestment has led universities to look elsewhere for revenue, including sky-high international student tuition fees… said Jenny Ahn, OCUFA Executive Director. “The current state of affairs for Ontario universities is unsustainable. Our recommendations for the provincial budget provide a path forward for investing in public education.”
Tags: budget, jurisdiction, participation
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