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10 charts that defined Ontario in 2016
#1: Ontario’s Persistent Gender Pay Gap… #2: Ontario’s social assistance gap… #3: The predatory loan trap… #4: Ontario’s inadequate minimum wage… #5: Where the jobs are… #6: Housing affordability out of reach… #7: Home Sharing or Alt-Hotels? … #8: Toronto is finally talking revenue options… #9: Neglecting public services… #10: On the path to balanced budget
Tags: budget, economy, participation, poverty, standard of living, tax, women
Posted in Governance Debates | 1 Comment »
Eight Solutions to Canada’s Housing Crisis
The first step is the simple commitment to get it done. The federal government has opened the dialogue with its Let’s Talk Housing initiative and will be publishing a national housing strategy in 2017… Solution 1: Restrict foreign ownership and end tax evasion… Solution 2: Use municipal powers… to require developers to make 30 per cent, 50 per cent, or 100 per cent of new units of a development affordable and family-friendly, creating mixed-income communities.
Tags: budget, homelessness, housing, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, tax
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The cost of poverty affects us all
… the biggest barrier to ending poverty is the political orthodoxy we have lived by for the past 40 years: that good government is small government, that social programs must shrink, and that taxes are evil. It is over this period we have seen the most dramatic rise in poverty rates and income inequality… I’d be more than happy to pay more taxes if I knew that money would help my community to be healthier and happier.
Tags: budget, disabilities, Health, homelessness, ideology, mental Health, participation, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Precarious Jobs Need Stronger Safety Net
Canada should strengthen the safety net under workers in precarious jobs, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute… “But it would be a mistake for policymakers to emphasize rigid labour legislation over other social policies in search for solutions.” … . Interventions to shape employment arrangements with legislation pose significant risks of stymying job creation.
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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New charity wants Canada to put children first
… statistics show one in five children are living in poverty, one in three Canadians have experienced some form of child abuse and one in five kids have considered suicide… The charity is calling on Ottawa to appoint an independent children’s commissioner to champion kids at the federal level and to publish an annual children’s budget to track federal funding.
Tags: budget, ideology, poverty, standard of living, youth
Posted in Child & Family Debates | 1 Comment »
Basic income is not just about work, it’s about health
The social-welfare system is parsimonious, judgmental, demeaning, complex and bureaucratic. Worst of all, it tends to perpetuate, rather than alleviate, poverty… One of the unstated assumptions is that a basic-income approach would be revenue-neutral. But that is delusional… While a basic income will likely be helpful, it does not obviate the need for housing support, job training, education, subsidies for prescription drugs and so on.
Tags: budget, Health, homelessness, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
Posted in Health Debates | 1 Comment »
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