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What do we get for our low taxes and supposed affordability measures? A less healthy, fractured country
Thursday, July 17th, 2025
If Canada were in the European Union… we would be in the bottom fifth for taxes… Recent polling shows Canadians are overwhelmingly supportive of a wealth tax… Now, a new group of Canadians called ”Patriotic Millionaires” are calling for higher taxes on the wealthy… While it may be true that the only certain things in life are death and taxes, it is also true taxes help us live better — and healthier — lives.
Tags: economy, Health, ideology, participation, standard of living, tax
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School lunches, the French way: It’s not just about nutrition, but togetherness and bon appetit
Tuesday, July 15th, 2025
… we need to shift from thinking of school lunches as a safety net for kids living in poverty to thinking about them as benefiting the health and well-being of children and their families… the cultural diversity of Canadian school communities is reflected in the food on offer… centralized kitchens can prepare thousands of servings of a main dish daily… to prepare food for daycares and for seniors who were home-bound — something to consider for Canadian cities…
Tags: Education, ideology, multiculturalism, participation, standard of living, youth
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Doug Ford’s fiscal time bomb is devastating Ontario’s colleges
Monday, July 14th, 2025
The root of the crisis in higher education lies with the fiscal time bomb planted by Doug Ford’s provincial government when it came to power seven full years ago… The latest job losses and cancelled courses were always foreseeable, because post-secondary funding remains unsustainable… universities say the government’s chronic underfunding will leave them unable to find spots for 80,000 worthy Ontario applicants over the next five years.
Tags: budget, Education, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, youth
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Cuts at Ontario colleges leading to nearly 10,000 job losses, union says
Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
… the suspended and cancelled programs are not only those primarily attended by international students. “It’s also programs we domestically need, programs like nursing, child and youth care, environmental technologies, specialized art training that is not offered anywhere else,” … the 10,000 reported layoffs represent a staff reduction of about 17 per cent in a workforce of more than 60,000… but is not proportional to the 45 per cent reduction in student enrolment,”
Tags: budget, Education, jurisdiction, participation, youth
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Mark Carney’s economic agenda misses something vital
Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
Concentrated ownership of our economy, and the inequality and plutocracy that result from it, are causing deep distress among working and young people who feel — quite accurately — that the economy is rigged against them. Broad-based Canadian ownership of our businesses, resources and assets needs to be part of the growth agenda… Sovereignty isn’t just about control of our border. It’s also about control of our resources and assets. We can’t truly be masters of our own home if that home is owned by an American hedge fund.
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, Indigenous, participation, privatization
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Primary care in Canada is suffering and doctors want input on how to fix it
Monday, June 30th, 2025
OurCare — the largest public conversation about primary care in Canadian history. Over 16 months, nearly 10,000 people across the country shared their experiences and hopes for the future through a national survey, citizen panels and community around tables. Despite differences in geography, age, and background, people largely agreed on what needs to change… six statements make up the OurCare Standard — a bold, people-powered vision for what primary care in Canada should look like.
Tags: featured, Health, mental Health, participation, standard of living
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It’s time to talk about what COVID did to Toronto, and to us
Thursday, June 26th, 2025
The isolation, loss, distrust and disruption that arose during the COVID-19 pandemic continue to make their mark on us today… neither the heroism, collective sacrifice or loss, nor the mistakes… We can’t move forward without finding a way to talk about — and process — what went right, what went wrong and what we all suffered during COVID-19… There is still so much misinformation out there about what actually happened during the pandemic. We desperately need a collective airing of the facts.
Tags: ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, participation
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To solve Canada’s housing crisis, we need to change the way we think about wealth
Monday, June 23rd, 2025
… younger generations are uniquely burdened by Canada’s tax code and its outdated understanding of affluence, which is no longer primarily based on income but on assets. Canadian wealth today is about what you own, not what you make — and whether you own depends largely on when you were born…. younger workers are paying taxes at rates originally meant for the wealthiest Canadians, all while struggling to achieve the markers of even a historically lower-middle-class lifestyle.
Tags: economy, ideology, participation, standard of living, youth
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Job Creation Falls Behind Rapid Population Growth
Thursday, June 5th, 2025
Canada’s labour market faces mounting pressures that cannot be fixed merely by adding more workers… “We cannot afford to leave talent on the sidelines – whether it’s older workers retiring too soon or immigrants struggling to use their skills,”… the country’s most acute demographic challenges [include] rapidly aging populations, lower workforce participation among seniors, high unemployment, and labour mismatches compounding regional disparities… “If we don’t act now, these gaps will only widen.”
Tags: economy, immigration, participation, pensions
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Ford government is still underfunding education despite budget increase, school boards say
Wednesday, June 4th, 2025
Spending $30.3 billion on per-pupil funding in 2025-26 doesn’t make up for years funding didn’t keep up with inflation, says the boards’ association… when the Ford government took power in 2018, per-pupil funding was $12,282, and in the upcoming school year will be $14,560 — but when adjusted to 2018 dollars, funding has actually dropped, leaving a $693-million gap for the province’s 31 English public boards alone.
Tags: budget, Education, featured, jurisdiction, participation
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