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Evangelical Christians find a home in Conservative politics
Thursday, October 11th, 2012
Oct. 10 2012
Evangelicals’ support for the Conservatives is tremendously helpful in the form of financial contributions and votes. Only occasionally does their presence make itself felt, as in the abortion debate, usually without much direct effect. But indirectly, their view contributes to how the Conservatives see the world and act within it.
Tags: ideology, participation, rights, women
Posted in Governance Debates | 1 Comment »
Character of country has changed
Saturday, September 22nd, 2012
September 21, 2012
… In 2011, building on a trend established in 2006, only 39.2 per cent of Canadian census families… had children. A significantly larger number – 44.5 per cent – had no children. And the proportion of those without children is rising. “Traditional” nuclear families – married couples with children – now make up barely more than a third of families, 31.9 per cent. That’s well down from 37.4 per cent in the 2001 census.
Tags: ideology, standard of living, women, youth
Posted in Child & Family Policy Context | No Comments »
Finishing the Fight on Poverty
Monday, August 27th, 2012
27 August, 2012
… the percentage of single parent families living below Statistics Canada’s Low-Income Cut-Off (LICO) after taxes has plummeted in the last 15 years, falling by more than half. Canada’s welfare rolls have dropped, too, from 3 million people in 1995 to just over 1.6 million in 2005… it’s a combination of “tough love” welfare-to-work policies that forced single parents off income assistance, matched with other, “soft-love” measures such as the introduction of a National Child Benefit Supplement in 1998.
Tags: child care, economy, housing, ideology, poverty, tax, women
Posted in Social Security Debates | 1 Comment »
Women never said ‘we wanted it all’
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
8 August 2012
Millions of women cannot afford to care for the children they have, work dead-end jobs, and cannot begin to imagine living the life of a superwoman. These are the women that the radical women’s liberation movement addressed and for whom they sought decent jobs, sustainable wages and government training, social services and child care. These are the women who are stuck on the sticky floor, not held back by a glass ceiling.
Tags: ideology, participation, standard of living, women
Posted in Equality Debates | No Comments »
Should you stay at home or pay for child care?
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
7 August 2012
A family paying $600 a month for daycare needs to cover an annual bill of $7,200, before taxes… parents in big cities are likely grappling with monthly bills that are significantly higher… “If the lowest-income spouse is not making more than $30,000, I don’t see how it can be worthwhile to pay that kind of money.”… In 1976, 46.4 per cent of mothers with a youngest child aged 6 to 17 were employed. By 2012, that number had surged to 79.3 per cent.
Tags: child care, standard of living, women
Posted in Child & Family Debates | 1 Comment »
Ministry of Health to close provincial women’s health agency
Friday, August 17th, 2012
4 August 2012
“If the provincial government does what it claims it is going to do, which is introduce a sex- and gender-based analysis in all research and all policy, that will be an improvement… However, the danger of course is that this is a way of soothing concerns about the closing of Echo… the Health System Research Fund… will provide up to $65 million over three years for policy-related research. Women’s health is one of 12 strategic priorities for the fund.
Tags: Health, standard of living, women
Posted in Health Debates | No Comments »
Violence problems transcend gender
Sunday, April 29th, 2012
April 29, 2012
Transition houses are full of women whose health and well-being are threatened due to violence, addictions, poverty, compromised life skills and a host of other issues. The focus, though, of them and us, men vs. women, is a disturbing trend. Can we not agree that “hurt people hurt people”? The ones who do damage are the ones who are damaged themselves. If energies and money focused on this, rather on alienating and criminalizing an entire gender, we may come closer to dealing with the real issue – hurt people hurt people.
Tags: disabilities, featured, Health, mental Health, poverty, women
Posted in Child & Family Debates | No Comments »
Health Canada cuts funding to women’s health research groups
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
Apr 25 2012
Six organizations studying how government policies on everything from toxic chemicals to the legacy of residential schools impact women’s health will lose their funding as part of widespread cuts to the federal budget. Health Canada expects to save $2.85 million a year by eliminating the Women’s Health Contribution Program, which supports the work of four research centres and two communications networks across the country, by next March… the biggest loss will be how the groups went beyond clinical research to focus on how particular government policies and regulations affect the health of women.
Tags: budget, Health, standard of living, women
Posted in Health Debates | 8 Comments »
Superior Court stops destruction of Quebec’s long-gun registry data
Friday, April 6th, 2012
Apr. 05, 2012
Superior Court Judge Jean-François de Grandpré sided with the Quebec government and ordered Ottawa to not only temporarily safeguard the data but to allow the province the right to access the information contained in the registry. The ruling also requires that all new non-restricted firearms such as rifles and shotguns continue to be registered in the province. The order issued on Thursday took effect immediately, just hours before the bill abolishing the gun registry was given royal assent. The interim ruling will be enforced for a week, until further motions for an injunction can be argued next week.
Tags: crime prevention, ideology, rights, women
Posted in Child & Family Debates | 1 Comment »
Women in the dark about massive Ontario study of female health
Sunday, March 25th, 2012
Mar 06 2012
The most useful chapters for women seeking practical guidance are: cardiovascular disease, diabetes, depression, reproductive health and older women’s health. The chapters on cancer and musculoskeletal conditions (arthritis, osteoporosis) identify gender disparities, regional disparities and socioeconomic parities, but they don’t tell women much about how to improve their odds… it could be a catalyst for change. Its research team estimates that if Ontario had a truly equitable health-care system, there would be 230,000 fewer people with disabilities and 3,373 fewer premature deaths in the province’s big cities.
Tags: Health, participation, standard of living, women
Posted in Health Policy Context | No Comments »
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