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Court victory for Ontario couple sets new precedent for precarious workers
The pair went on to spend three decades working together for a Toronto-area furniture company renovating kitchens. When the business closed in 2009, the Keenans were abruptly let go, with no notice or severance. The reason: their company had classified them as “independent contractors,” a category with no protection under Ontario’s employment laws.
Tags: crime prevention, economy, participation, pensions, rights, standard of living
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OCUFA releases first-ever public opinion poll on precarious academic work
… 94 per cent of Ontarians think universities should be model employers and support good jobs in their communities. 88 per cent want part-time professors to be converted into full-time positions. 85 per cent want part-time professors to receive fair pay and 84 per cent believe part-time professors should have the same access to benefits as their full-time colleagues. 64 per cent of Ontarians want to be taught by, or have their child taught by, a full-time professor with job security and benefits…
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, pensions, poverty, standard of living
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The world according to business
… the Fraser Institute pointed out that the CPP, despite the size of its asset base, was not cheaper to administer (in a ratio between assets and costs) than other public sector pension funds. The finding, essentially? That CPP should not be expanded and an Ontario Pension Plan should not be launched (thereby saving business owners money). What the study didn’t point out, is that an ever-growing number of Canadians will have none of those better-performing pension funds to fall back on. CPP may be their only option — but don’t expand it, for God’s sake.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, participation, pensions, poverty, privatization, standard of living
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Sanders at fulcrum of debate on progressives
For most of the 20th century, left politics centred on economic justice… By the 1980s, it was clear that the right, the capitalist side, was going to “win.” Their world view would become the world’s. Many on the left made a strategic shift, from an economic focus to other issues: race, gender, human rights, identity politics… [But] if you awake each morning with a sick feeling because you’ve lost or might lose your job, your wage is declining, you have to cut back and back… it only works so far.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, globalization, ideology, participation, pensions, standard of living
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Why Canadian medicare badly lags most countries
… pharmacare had been an election perennial — promised in policy platforms released by the Liberals and Tories — but it didn’t even make the cut in the campaign of 2015. Our politicians talked about the right to assisted dying and debated access to marijuana (medical or otherwise). But they avoided any mention of the inalienable right to life-saving drugs for every Canadian, rich or poor, employed or jobless, pensioner or precarious worker.
Tags: budget, disabilities, featured, Health, ideology, pensions, pharmaceutical, standard of living
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How Ottawa can help families with disabilities
According to a 2014 study, only about 15 per cent of eligible Canadians take part in the program, meaning almost half a million eligible people are losing out… Here are three quick ways the government can improve the RDSP: 1. Establish an RDSP automatically once an individual is eligible for Revenue Canada’s Disability Tax Credit… 2. Raise awareness and understanding of the RDSP program… 3. Allow other family members and friends to contribute to an RDSP.
Tags: disabilities, featured, pensions, standard of living, tax
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