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Economic analysis of child benefit bolsters case for national basic income
Thursday, September 19th, 2019
The Canada Child Benefit has not only lifted kids out of poverty, but it has boosted the country’s economy by $139 billion since 2016, according to a new economic analysis of the initiative… Every dollar Ottawa spends in child benefits generates almost $2 in economic activity, says the report by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis
Tags: child care, economy, featured, Health, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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Smart health-care policy must include affordable housing
Tuesday, September 17th, 2019
The link between housing and health is clear: You can’t live a healthy life if you don’t have a roof over your head. Without stable housing, people die younger, suffer more and have more severe chronic illnesses, make far more emergency room visits, are more likely to be hospitalized and readmitted, and stay longer in hospital when they are admitted.
Tags: featured, Health, homelessness, housing, poverty, standard of living
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Impressive GDP numbers don’t tell the real story of the economy and inequality
Sunday, September 8th, 2019
From 1982 to 2015, the share of total income going to those in the top 1 per cent grew from 8 per cent to 14.2 per cent — a jump of 78 per cent. Meanwhile, the share of income going to the bottom 50 per cent — half the country — fell by 29 per cent. So while our economy has grown, the bulk of those gains are flowing to the richest 1 per cent of people.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Open Letter to federal candidates urging support for a national basic income
Friday, September 6th, 2019
A great many [issues] are linked to income insecurity, which manifests itself in the form of costly symptoms, like anxiety, illness and societal unrest. If the underlying problem is about income, however, then the solution must be too or it will not get better.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Election 2019: The home stretch for universal, public pharmacare
Thursday, September 5th, 2019
Only a universal, public pharmacare program would ensure that everyone in Canada can access the medications they need. Instead of adopting half-measures and band-aid solutions, it’s time to reform our broken system. Pharmacare is a key missing piece of Canada’s public health care system. This much-needed new program would save money and save lives.
Tags: budget, economy, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health, pharmaceutical, poverty, standard of living
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Don’t Panic: How to End Poverty in 15 Years
Sunday, September 1st, 2019
Rosling explains how one billion people around the world still live in extreme poverty, but that number has halved since the UN last set development goals 15 years earlier. Rosling uses holographic projection technology to present data that give an upbeat assessment of our ability to end world poverty by 2030.
Tags: economy, globalization, participation, poverty, standard of living
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We need to rethink student loans across this country
Sunday, September 1st, 2019
The taxpayer already subsidizes about half the cost of post-secondary education through direct transfers to colleges and universities. It’s a 50-per-cent-off sale that cash-strapped provincial governments are struggling to keep on offer. Asking them to pay more isn’t an option on the table, nor should it be.
Tags: ideology, participation, poverty, youth
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Tax on super-rich a popular idea, except in the media
Thursday, August 29th, 2019
Given that 26 individuals now have as much wealth as the bottom half of humanity (3.8 billion people), one wonders at what point conservative commentators might consider this a problem… Let’s not forget that the super-rich typically made their fortunes by selling products built by employees we all paid to educate, and shipping those products on roads we all paid to build.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Cancelling the Transition Child Benefit in Ontario is bad policy
Wednesday, August 28th, 2019
… the TCB has provided support for children who are among the most vulnerable in our society at a time when their families are most in need… it goes to about ten per cent of children receiving social assistance, at less than one per cent of total social assistance program costs… elimination of the TCB will undeniably have downstream impacts not only on social assistance, but on other services, like housing, education, and health care.
Tags: budget, child care, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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Liberals committed $13B to affordable housing, report says
Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
Legislation passed in June requires Ottawa to advance a human rights-based approach to housing that prioritizes the needs of the most vulnerable and requires regular reporting to Parliament on progress toward meeting its housing strategy goals… “It promotes diverse communities, and builds housing that is sustainable, accessible, mixed income, mixed use and that is fully integrated into the community — close to transit, close to work and close to public services.
Tags: budget, housing, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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