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Ontario’s child support law faces constitutional challenge
… under the federal Divorce Act, disabled adult children are eligible for child support whether or not they are still in school. But Ontario’s Family Law Act, which covers child support for unmarried parents, makes no provision for adult disabled children. “If children of divorced parents can claim support for both education and disability beyond age 18, then children born to parents who were never married should enjoy the same rights”
Tags: disabilities, poverty, rights
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Getting to the root of Ontario’s family law mess
… Ontario’s family law system is utterly broken… How is it that these courts remain the expensive, convoluted, soul-crushing places they have become and how is that the players have allowed it to become normalized? … the lawyers involved, who have a duty to act in the best interests of the child and so often don’t. And judges ostensibly have control of their courtrooms; why won’t they exert it?
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty
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Canada Without Poverty, the UN and Human Rights
In March-April 2017, Canada will be reviewed for its compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Canada ratified the Convention in 2010 which makes this the first review cycle that applies to Canada… The first step is to provide a written submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. For NGOs, the written submission details ongoing issues and concerns about the state’s human rights record.
Tags: disabilities, globalization, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Study urges Liberals to overhaul parental leave benefits
[The IRPP] says the federal government should consider taking parental benefits out of the employment insurance system and give it a new federal program to ensure that more parents can qualify for benefits… As is… there is a cohort of those new parents, particularly mothers, who don’t qualify for benefits, or can’t qualify because they are self-employed or freelancers – a problem likely to increase with the widening of the “gig” economy.
Tags: child care, economy, participation, poverty, standard of living, women
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Meet the grandma who lost 3 grandkids over a home that needed repairs
When a child protection worker walked into Marlene’s home in Toronto, two things were immediately obvious: the love between Marlene and her grandchildren was profound, and her broken-down home was unsafe… The repairs cost her $3,000, a debt she is slowly trying to repay while falling further behind in her property tax payments. A contractor would have charged more, but nowhere near what it cost Ontario taxpayers to keep Marlene’s three grandchildren in foster care for a year — about $50,000.
Tags: child care, crime prevention, ideology, poverty, youth
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Paralegals can save legal system from overpriced lawyers
As long as lawyers charge extortionary rates — compounded by high overhead and outdated hourly billing practices — they will continue to price themselves out of the market, just as stock brokers did long ago. A system increasingly in disrepute needs the disruptive innovation of paralegals. They are trained, regulated, and ready to help self-represented people navigate the legal system at more affordable rates.
Tags: jurisdiction, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living
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Alternative Federal Budget 2017: High Stakes, Clear Choices
… we’re urging the federal government to table a budget that makes good on its promises to reduce income inequality and drive inclusive growth… the AFB proposes a federal budget that takes decisive action on what matters to Canadians: creating jobs, reducing income inequality, lowering poverty levels, closing unfair and expensive tax loopholes, and getting the economy moving.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Abortion pill rollout deeply flawed
… why should abortion still live in the realm of charity? It is legal. It is a basic human right. When women don’t have this right, some of them die… The drug, legalized 15 years ago in the U.S. and decades ago in countries like France and China, is included on the World Health Organization’s list of essential medicines. But in Canada, women in small towns will have to travel to make the request.
Tags: Health, ideology, pharmaceutical, poverty, women
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