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Finance Minister Bill Morneau could be just what Parliament needs
In the past, he has written that the welfare state is big enough already, and that Canadian taxes are as high as they can go… he seems motivated by a sense of duty, coupled with a businessman’s zeal for problem-solving… Today, he has softened his views on stopping the growth of the safety net. As standard-bearer for Liberal economic policy, he enthusiastically touts the party’s pledge to raise the Guaranteed Income Supplement for single, low-income seniors; bolster the Canada Pension Plan; and ease access to employment insurance.
Tags: economy, ideology, pensions, standard of living, tax, youth
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Justin Trudeau won by redefining what ‘good government’ can mean
… Trudeau often wasn’t speaking merely of skilfulness or efficiency. He meant morally good. Virtuous. Right. It was a little shocking to hear. It echoed the language of an earlier generation before the relentless Conservative assault on the size, scope and nature of democratic government impoverished our speech and slackened our hopes… it dramatically evoked the notion of a Canadian body politic with a conscience — and a national economy with a human purpose.
Tags: economy, featured, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation, standard of living, tax, women, youth
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Autism therapy wait-list swells to more than 16,000 kids
Children and Youth Services Minister Tracy MacCharles said autism funding has increased by $100 million annually since 2004, to $190 million this year, but conceded more can be done. “We know that the prevalence of autism has increased in recent years, from 1 in 100 to 1 in 68, and we know that we need to make further progress for these children and their families,” said MacCharles, who has an expert panel looking at the issue.
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, Health, mental Health, standard of living, youth
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We know that Canada has one of the highest rates of kids in care in the world. What we don’t know may be worse
So why does Canada have so many kids in care? … The answer largely lies in the approach. Canada (as well as the U.S.) favours a “child safety” approach to children’s welfare. This means that if a welfare agency identifies a child at risk, he or she is removed from the home… It’s time we took a dramatic new approach to kids in care and overhauled our system to focus on preventing rather than reacting to child maltreatment.
Tags: child care, crime prevention, Health, ideology, mental Health, youth
Posted in Child & Family Policy Context | 2 Comments »
How the Tories abandoned desperate fathers
Stephen Harper resisted modernizing the culturally-superannuated Divorce Act — that is, making equal shared parenting (ESP) the default after separation to reflect the gender-equality paradigm in modern marriages — because, fearing the wrath of progressive ideologues, he didn’t want even to appear to believe that fathers are as important to their children as mothers… About 80 per cent of Canadians (almost 90 per cent in Quebec) have consistently polled favourably toward ESP during Harper’s years in office.
Tags: child care, ideology, rights, youth
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When it comes to voting, all young people are not the same
Improving youth engagement, therefore, depends on reaching less educated youth specifically…. Many young people with lower levels of education find it very hard to understand who stands for what when it comes time to vote — not just where to mark the proverbial X. The decision-making process is intimidating and platforms are blurry… youth with lower levels of education are largely ignored by war rooms that see catering to youth as risky. Instead, platforms are constructed to assiduously woo older, more educated voters who can be counted on to come out.
Tags: ideology, rights, youth
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Social spending gap to favour seniors: election analysis
… the four major parties have all promised a significantly higher amount of new investment dollars by 2019/20 to Canadians over 65-years-old compared to their younger counterparts… the Conservatives will do 18 cents per person under 45 for every dollar they put into a retiree, the NDP will do 27 cents, the Liberals will be 28 cents, and the Greens will do 34 cents… “There’s lots of challenges with having to delay family planning or home ownership, the possibility of that is much less…
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, pensions, standard of living, tax, youth
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Stop ‘streaming’ students in Grade 9
The OECD… recommends a “common curriculum” until the senior years of high school so that kids won’t see their post-secondary options limited… Keeping them in the academic stream for their first year, at least, can lead to higher pass rates, give more teens a chance to go onto university if they choose to, and stop the practice of seeing vulnerable poor and racialized groups over-represented in the applied courses.
Tags: featured, ideology, immigration, Indigenous, mental Health, multiculturalism, participation, youth
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Politicians are ignoring poverty in chase after middle-class votes
Of particular concern is the ever-widening gap between the rich and poor… One of the reasons for the growing gap is the trend toward precarious and part-time employment… Youth unemployment rose to 21.65 per cent in 2014. The working poor now make up 10.7 per cent of the workforce… More disturbing still: a full 29 per cent of Toronto’s children live in poverty… there are 80,000 families in the GTA on the waiting list for affordable housing…
Tags: budget, child care, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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How the deck got stacked against young Canadians
Ottawa contributes to a federal/provincial spending pattern that invests more than $33,000 per person over 65 compared to less than $12,000 per person under 45. This calculation includes the PM’s universal child care benefit, and income-splitting for one in three families with kids… it’s time all parties commit Ottawa to reporting how spending breaks down by age, and whether we are leaving at least as much as we inherited.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, participation, standard of living, youth
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