Posts Tagged ‘poverty’
« Older Entries | Newer Entries »
Tuesday, February 14th, 2017
Duclos said the work of the committee, as well as similar consultations being undertaken by a panel of MPs, is needed to finally build a federal vision on poverty reduction… “how it measures it, how it’s going to monitor the progress in reducing it and how it’s going to collaborate with other governments in order to better support our families living in need and to encourage them to enter the middle class. All of that has been missing.”
Tags: budget, economy, featured, ideology, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, poverty
Posted in Social Security Debates | No Comments »
Friday, February 10th, 2017
… most periods of low-income are relatively short, requiring supports that cannot be well met by tax-based basic income designs… for the minority of low-income people who are persistently poor, the best solutions involve integrated mixes of income and a variety of services — not a stand-alone standardized income benefit, which is not based on individual circumstances and needs.
Tags: economy, featured, poverty, standard of living, tax
Posted in Social Security Debates | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 31st, 2017
A local initiative called Fix the Gap has launched a postcard writing campaign and website, among other efforts, to press the Liberal government at Queen’s Park to enact the bill that would set the stage for Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program recipients to receive payments that are more consistent with the cost of living… A key feature of the bill would be establishing an expert panel to clarify differences in the cost of living in different regions of the province.
Tags: ideology, jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living
Posted in Social Security Debates | No Comments »
Monday, January 30th, 2017
“Initially, we had thought the main reason for this epidemic in our community was we were seeing the intergenerational trauma from residential schools being resurrected… But that’s not the main factor driving people, particularly young people, into addiction… We’re finding out that the number one social determinant for what we’re seeing with addictions in this community is poverty.”
Tags: featured, Health, ideology, Indigenous, mental Health, poverty, standard of living
Posted in Health Debates | No Comments »
Saturday, January 28th, 2017
Hunger is what happens as a result of privation and poverty. Treating hunger through society’s waste compounds the indignity of hunger, and points us away from more permanent solutions… The millions of people going without food will only change with decent, liveable wages, affordable housing and strong social supports. These public policies can help people to live with health and dignity .
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, poverty
Posted in Debates | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 24th, 2017
… aside from their high cost, [GAI programs] do not respond well to new information about the nature of poverty. In particular, most periods of low income are short-lived and often require solutions that are more time-sensitive and more attuned to individual circumstances than is possible in traditional GAI designs. As well, for the minority of low-income people who are persistently poor, the best solutions involve integrated mixes of income supports and, often, a variety of services.
Tags: budget, ideology, participation, poverty
Posted in Social Security Debates | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 24th, 2017
With the renewed interest in basic income, the Mincome data and technical documentation are available for public access. Certainly the socio-economic context of 2017 is different than that of 1977; however, the research design and quality control used to collect the data was state-of-the-art, which remains obvious to this day. Important questions on income and wealth, the impact of a basic income on family stability and how changes in income affect investment in education are all topics Mincome can still usefully address.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, standard of living
Posted in Social Security History | No Comments »
Thursday, January 19th, 2017
Toronto Community Housing is planning to close 425 subsidized units this year because it can no longer afford to maintain them. TCH told the Star an additional 17,500 units — 30 per cent of the corporation’s total housing stock — are in critical disrepair… A 2014 report by the financial services firm KPMG rated Toronto as the most tax-competitive major city in the world… “The money is there if they want it to be, it just comes with trade-offs,”
Tags: budget, homelessness, housing, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, standard of living
Posted in Inclusion Debates | No Comments »
Monday, January 16th, 2017
At the moment, a single person with no dependents must have an income of about $13,000 a year or less to qualify for legal aid. That’s an absurdly low level, considering that Statistics Canada calculates the low-income cut-off for a single individual in a large city as closer to $25,000… Now, sadly, with the cuts to service because of the agency’s deficit, access to legal aid has gotten even worse for the poorest of the poor.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, standard of living
Posted in Inclusion Policy Context | No Comments »
« Older Entries |
Newer Entries »
Recent Comments