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Scales of justice tipped against disabled kids
… the Administrative Justice Support Network, an online guide to the appeal process… provides clear definitions of legal terms. It outlines what individuals with disabilities and their caregivers can expect, what they need to know and what they need to do to improve their odds of success… on the eight most commonly used tribunals: the Health Services Appeal and Review Board, the Social Benefits Tribunal, the Landlord and Tenant Board, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Special Education Appeal Board, the Child and Family Services Review Board, the Consent and Capacity Board and the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board.
Tags: disabilities, ideology, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living, youth
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Meal Smokescreen
Perhaps school meal programs could make a difference if they were part of a comprehensive and effective anti-poverty strategy that enabled families to meet their basic needs… Otherwise, meal programs are simply another smokescreen allowing us to feel good about feeding hungry kids and implicitly blaming their parents for their irresponsibility… If we really cared about children, we would ensure that they and their families could live in dignity, with the resources they need for food, shelter, clothing and social inclusion.
Tags: ideology, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Help young workers, don’t raise the minimum wage
In Canada, more than a dozen studies have examined the impact of provincial minimum wage increases. Based on those findings, a 10% minimum wage hike decreases employment for young workers (ages 15-24) by an average of 3-6%. For young workers most affected — those earning between the current minimum wage and the proposed higher wage — the impact is more acute, with job losses of up to 20%.
Tags: economy, ideology, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Native despair: face to face with ennui on a reserve
It’s the system that brings a people to that. It’s the Indian Act. It’s an imposed welfare mentality. It’s generation after generation of crushing isolation andpoverty. It’s the deeply ingrained belief that there is nothing else possible and that no one sees us or cares about us anyway. It’s the entire history of Canada and her relationship with native people focused despairingly on our most vulnerable.
Tags: Indigenous, jurisdiction, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Fraser Institute is wrong, there’s no such thing as cheap kids
According to the author – who previously wrote a report that said poverty is not really a problem in this country – parents here only need to spend around $3,000 to $4,500 a year to raise a child… Most studies and estimates place the annual cost of raising children at between $10,000 and $15,000 a year… Are there ways to economize to get your annual child care costs down to the conservative think tank’s target of about four grand a year?
Tags: child care, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Canada’s job numbers don’t tell the real story
As of April, there were six unemployed workers for every job vacancy… 61.7 per cent of Canadians are employed today, compared to 63.8 per cent four years ago… Temporary, contract and casual work has grown at triple the rate of permanent employment since the recession. Part-time work has also climbed steadily… The duration of joblessness has risen since the recession… And young people have been hammered repeatedly.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, participation, standard of living, youth
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Middle-class incomes are stuck: Why it matters and how to fix it
… a society where big slices of the population don’t benefit from economic growth invites trouble… [un]fairness, and… the concentration of economic power… stagnating middle incomes can be a problem in a democracy… [But] Demand for cognitive, non-routine, personal service, and creative labour remains high… long-run structural measures — like education — that can build a sustainable framework for broadly-based income growth for the future.
Tags: economy, globalization, standard of living, youth
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Mr. Harper’s drug stance falls behind
If the Harper government needs more evidence it is heading in the wrong direction on marijuana laws, it was provided Monday by the U.S. attorney general, who conceded America’s drug laws have been a failure and have wrongly punished and injured millions of young people… The Conservatives are on the wrong course and the wrong side of history…
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, poverty, youth
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Ontario’s troubled youth deserve better care at Brampton superjail
… the Ontario government must take immediate action to transform an unpredictable and punitive jailhouse culture, especially when it enables certain staff to treat young people like hardened adult criminals. While some teens… have been toughened by years in street gangs, that doesn’t mean they can’t be reached… troubling is the shocking lack of programs for anger management, life counseling and substance abuse… to help inmates become functioning members of society.
Tags: corrections, crime prevention, ideology, mental Health, youth
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Clear priority: Vision tests for school-age children
When vision impairment goes unchecked it becomes a kind of invisible disability, affecting literacy, numeracy and skill development. It can also contribute to social exclusion… academic struggles are wrongly attributed to another cause, such as bad behaviour or cognitive ability… one in six children has a vision problem that makes it difficult to learn and read. At present, in many regions across the country, a child’s vision impairment may never be detected
Tags: disabilities, Health, standard of living, youth
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