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Thursday, February 18th, 2016
The issue of sex trafficking of indigenous and vulnerable women and girls is part of a broader issue of women’s inequality and violence against women. In Canada, we continue to turn a blind eye to attitudes of entitlement that allow the buying and selling of women and girls. We have an obligation to recognize the fundamental evil facts and act on them… We need to ask ourselves who is buying women and girls and end this practice, because without demand, there is no crime.
Tags: crime prevention, Indigenous, poverty, standard of living, women, youth
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2016
Evidence shows that Mincome was a resounding success and therefore we endorse your call for a renewed set of pilots. / The elephant in the room is that it lets government and business off the hook. Governments need no longer maintain the pretense of full employment, and companies can continue to be subsidized by the state, offering low-paid, part-time work to fewer people.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, poverty
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Monday, February 15th, 2016
The concept is simple. Replace the raft of income-support provisions currently administered, means-tested, audited and doled out by various levels of government – welfare, community housing allowances, employment insurance – with a single benefit. It could be run through the tax system. If your income is below a certain level, you get a cheque… It’s time to test the assumptions in the real world. Launch some guaranteed annual income pilot programs.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, ideology, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Thursday, February 11th, 2016
This kind of income support enables seniors in Canada to live better lives and keep contributing to society and the economy. It has also improved the lives of working-age families with children for many years. It is now time to cover those left out — the working-age adults… in the communities where our children and grandchildren are growing up… having a basic income for all is no different — and no less important — than when we established universal health care more than 50 years ago.
Tags: disabilities, economy, featured, globalization, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Thursday, February 11th, 2016
… 94 per cent of Ontarians think universities should be model employers and support good jobs in their communities. 88 per cent want part-time professors to be converted into full-time positions. 85 per cent want part-time professors to receive fair pay and 84 per cent believe part-time professors should have the same access to benefits as their full-time colleagues. 64 per cent of Ontarians want to be taught by, or have their child taught by, a full-time professor with job security and benefits…
Tags: budget, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, pensions, poverty, standard of living
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2016
… the Fraser Institute pointed out that the CPP, despite the size of its asset base, was not cheaper to administer (in a ratio between assets and costs) than other public sector pension funds. The finding, essentially? That CPP should not be expanded and an Ontario Pension Plan should not be launched (thereby saving business owners money). What the study didn’t point out, is that an ever-growing number of Canadians will have none of those better-performing pension funds to fall back on. CPP may be their only option — but don’t expand it, for God’s sake.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, participation, pensions, poverty, privatization, standard of living
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
Canada’s Constitution clearly spells out the responsibilities of the provinces and those of Ottawa… Personal and corporate incomes are taxed and split between each province and Ottawa… Combined, for better or worse, these governments are mandated to ease poverty and have the only tools to redistribute income… Let each level of government focus on its own complicated duties… triplication will only be slower and costlier in the long run.
Tags: budget, economy, homelessness, ideology, jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Monday, February 8th, 2016
… a GAI would avoid the discrimination and stigmatization suffered by many welfare recipients. Also, it would increase personal freedom because use of the money would not be directed in a specific way. And it would compensate those involved in unpaid care work (mostly women), unlike current income-support programs that tie eligibility to labour market attachment.
Tags: budget, economy, globalization, ideology, poverty, standard of living, tax
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Saturday, February 6th, 2016
Society has gone online, and anyone without reliable, fast Internet service risks being left in the dust. For too many low-income people, that’s exactly what’s happening… Either they do without, and find they can’t fully participate in public life. Or… they pony up for Internet while making a cruel trade-off with other basics like food and rent… Children are potentially among the biggest losers, unable to keep up at school.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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Saturday, February 6th, 2016
… councillors voted… in favour of a motion calling on provincial and federal governments to work towards developing a guaranteed basic income – adding their support to a motion approved by the City of Kingston in December… “We know that working is no longer a pathway out of poverty, when working full time at minimum wage means that you are still living below the poverty line.” She said automation is replacing human labour, and it’s taking away many people’s livelihoods.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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