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Human Rights and Charity — Regulatory Challenges
… a charity risks being labelled “political” – and thus non-charitable – if it pursues its mission either solely or even predominantly by advocating that governments behave (or not) in some particular way. The question for present purposes is how, if at all, things change when charities frame their advocacy as a defence of human rights… does human rights advocacy receive special treatment under the doctrine of political purposes?
Tags: featured, ideology, participation, philanthropy, poverty, rights
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The taxman versus the charity, and vice versa
What the CRA’s auditors found, instead, was that Canada Without Poverty was devoting a fulsome 98.5% of its financial resources to politically partisan activity… Who doesn’t hate poverty? But what donor, regardless of political stripe, wants his or her charitable donation going almost wholly to fighting politicians rather than fighting poverty?
Tags: budget, economy, Health, ideology, participation, poverty, rights, tax
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Charter Challenge for Freedom of Expression Launched
The question is, having accepted relief of poverty as a charitable purpose, is the government permitted, under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, to restrict our members from speaking out about the changes to laws and policies that are necessary for our purpose to be achieved,” Ms Farha stated. “We think that’s an infringement of freedom of expression and association for people living in poverty and that’s why we filed this case.”
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living, tax
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Payments will erode under Liberal’s new child benefit program, watchdog says
The original three benefits that were replaced by the new system — the universal child care benefit, the Canada child tax benefit and the national child benefit supplement — were all indexed to inflation. The changes that ushered in the Canada Child Benefit removed that index, meaning that over time, inflation will reduce the buying power, or so-called “real value,” of the monthly payments… The PBO predicts that by 2025, the new Liberal benefit will cost less than the three programs it replaced, including the universal child care benefit.
Tags: budget, child care, featured, ideology, poverty, standard of living
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Close the wage gap by creating a province-wide child care program
Ontario must commit to an affordable and publicly funded geared-to-income child-care program if it hopes to make a dent in the pay gap. That’s a tall order for a provincial government facing a $4.3-billion deficit… [but]… The task force found that every dollar invested in child care adds $2.47 to the Ontario economy…early childhood education pays off for kids — and reduces spending on social programs down the road.
Tags: budget, child care, economy, Health, ideology, multiculturalism, participation, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Children’s aid societies should not discriminate against poor children
It’s a product of the former Ontario Conservative government’s actions in the 1990s, when it slashed welfare payments and social services while at the same time introducing the notion into children’s aid societies of maltreatment by “omission,” which included not having enough food in the home… the number of children taken into care spiked. The solution is for the province to create social safety net policies that address the fact that some 550,000 children in this province live in poverty.
Tags: child care, featured, ideology, poverty, rights, standard of living, youth
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Report shines light on poverty’s role on kids in CAS system
A new report that for the first time calculates the effect of poverty in Ontario child protection has found it plays a significant role in kids being taken from their families and placed into care. Children whose families ran out of money for housing were twice as likely to be placed with foster parents or group homes, according to an analysis of Ontario children taken into care in 2013. Similar rates were found for families who ran out of money for food or for utilities.
Tags: child care, crime prevention, featured, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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