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Canada must set a higher bar on data protection in an era of ‘surveillance capitalism’
Thursday, January 31st, 2019
Companies should protect the data they manage, not exploit it. Every individual should own their own data. It should be yours, and yours only. Data protection and security should be paramount. Privacy should be embedded by design in the development of products and services… Now is the time for a robust discussion between policy-makers and the tech sector about how much regulatory oversight is needed, both to protect privacy and to spur innovation and competition.
Tags: crime prevention, globalization, participation, rights
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Freedom and democracy cannot exist without privacy
Monday, January 28th, 2019
In December, AI ethics researchers released the Montreal Declaration for the Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence — a set of 10 principles for developers and organizations that implement AI, as well as the individuals subject to it… public authorities now need to act. Governments and legislators in particular have an important role to play in drawing on ethical principles to create an enforceable legal framework for AI that formally requires relevant actors to act fairly and responsibly.
Tags: featured, ideology, participation, rights
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First Nations to have more control over on-reserve education as Ottawa looks to close funding gap
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019
The new approach, which will take effect April 1, will not see Ottawa spend any additional money over what has previously been committed. The government says the gap core funding between the funding for provincially run schools and reserve schools has already closed in some provinces, is not far apart in others, and will cease to exist entirely over the next two years as a result of the investments that have already been committed in previous budgets. It also recognizes that there are additional gaps in needs that will be addressed separately.
Tags: budget, featured, Indigenous, participation, rights, standard of living, youth
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Young Barrie widow elated to see end of age discrimination
Monday, January 14th, 2019
… the legislation said if a person is under 35 and has no children, they do not qualify for a spouse’s CPP. The belief was a young widow without children could adapt financially to a loss… And now, she’s received a letter from the government asking her to reapply for CPP. “It said effective Jan. 1 you are no longer required to have dependent children”… The government estimates it will affect 40,000 people.
Tags: ideology, pensions, rights, women
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This is why conflicts with First Nations often seem insoluble
Saturday, January 12th, 2019
There is no overriding governing body to render final decisions when needed, or a judicial system able to issue judgments all parties are compelled to obey. Although Canadian courts make rulings on First Nations questions, it’s a toss-up as to whether they can be enforced. In instance after instance we have seen judges issue orders, only to have them ignored by bands who maintain they’re not bound by “settler” or “colonial” law. The majority does not necessarily rule; a small but determined portion of a larger community can stymie the will of the others.
Tags: economy, featured, Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, rights
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Ontario government’s lawyer says teachers can use own judgment in sex-ed lessons
Saturday, January 12th, 2019
ETFO president Sam Hammond said he was surprised to hear the government’s position on using the 2015 curriculum as a resource… He said that if the government had told teachers that they were free to use their professional judgment and the 2015 curriculum as a resource in implementing the current curriculum, “we wouldn’t be here today, quite frankly.” Instead, Mr. Hammond said the government chose to publicly threaten teachers.
Tags: Health, ideology, mental Health, rights, youth
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You can’t say inclusive education doesn’t work. We haven’t even begun to try
Friday, January 11th, 2019
Education is not a privilege. It is a human right. That means no child has more of a right to walk into a classroom than any other child. We all know that is not how the system currently works. Our education model was created to support “typically developing” children. When segregated classrooms were abolished, we invited children with disabilities and children who were neurodiverse into a space that was essentially designed to guarantee their failure.
Tags: disabilities, ideology, participation, rights, youth
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Supreme Court rules voting restrictions on expatriate citizens are unconstitutional
Friday, January 11th, 2019
A lower-court judge had found the voting prohibition unconstitutional. But the Ontario Court of Appeal then ruled 2-1 that the law could stand, saying that non-residents do not live with the consequences of their votes on a daily basis. The dissenting judge said the restrictions had the effect of making non-resident Canadians second-class citizens… The 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms says without qualification that every Canadian citizen has the right to vote.
Tags: globalization, participation, rights
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As parents of complex special-needs kids, we know inclusive education doesn’t work
Wednesday, January 9th, 2019
… inclusion – a system which seeks to include special-needs students in regular classrooms – does not work for complex special-needs students (those, for example, with low functioning autism, Down syndrome, a physical disability and/or who are medically fragile.) However, it can work for mid and moderate special-needs students. (Those with dyslexia for example, or high-functioning Down syndrome or autism.)… The truth is that both camps have their place in education.
Tags: child care, disabilities, featured, ideology, participation, rights, youth
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Advocates for students with disabilities call on Ontario to stop school exclusions
Monday, January 7th, 2019
Autism advocates in Ontario are calling on the province to remove a principal’s power to exclude students from school for an indefinite period, saying it is being misused as a disciplinary measure that disproportionately targets children with special needs… families with children who have intellectual and developmental disabilities are increasingly being asked to pick up kids early, start the school day later or simply keep them home for days.
Tags: disabilities, ideology, jurisdiction, rights, youth
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