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Child poverty increasing
… there has been no improvement concerning child poverty, which is on the increase. Mr. Coyne states that the 2011 report shows that the Low Income Cut Off fell to its lowest level ever, which is indeed good news. That said, according to newly-released figures from Statistics Canada, the child-poverty rate in British Columbia rose from 10.5 per cent in 2010 to 11.3 per cent in 2011. In Quebec, the story is basically the same, with approximately one-in-10 Montrealers relying on social assistance for income support, including 46,500 children per month.
Tags: economy, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Troublesome use of stats for poverty figures
… LICOs are not the best calculators of poverty. Any measurement of poverty needs to look at single parents, immigrant families, refugees and others as independent groups. LICOs oversimplify the complex issue of poverty by combining all these groups with the population as a whole, then coming up with an average. They do not separate single-parent families from two-parent households, or profitable provinces from those that are struggling. To boot, LICOs ignore on-reserve First Nations altogether.
Tags: ideology, Indigenous, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Canada’s legacy of abuse
… that native peoples were once regarded as lower beings with no basic rights who couldn’t hire a lawyer, vote, or leave their reserve without permission, who were relocated and dislocated by government diktat, ignored, dismissed as children, starved, robbed of their land and even their children, who were physically and sexually abused… is not new… The abuse fits into a historical context, which needs to be understood, but it does not wipe the slate clean or absolve Canada and Canadians of their responsibilities to a people who have been repeatedly victimized
Tags: child care, featured, ideology, Indigenous, poverty, rights, standard of living, youth
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A Canadian genocide in search of a name
It is time for Canadians to face the sad truth. Canada engaged in a deliberate policy of attempted genocide against First Nations people. And the starvation experiments were only the first of a litany of similar such attempts to control, delegitimize and, yes, even annihilate First Nations to suit the needs of a growing Dominion… a genocide that began at the time of first contact and that was still very active in our own lifetimes; a genocide… no longer in search of historical facts.
Tags: child care, ideology, Indigenous, poverty, rights, standard of living, youth
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Best amends would be more aid for kids: Atleo
The head of Canada’s largest aboriginal group says Prime Minister Stephen Harper must acknowledge the “horrors” of nutritional experiments once done on hungry children by increasing support for native child welfare… Well aware that the children and adults were hungry and living on starvation-level diets, the researchers chose to use them as unwitting subjects for tests on the effects of nutritional supplements instead of recommending they be properly fed.
Tags: ideology, Indigenous, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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We’re missing jobs, not skills, Mr. Kenney
The number of jobs unfilled because of a genuine lack of qualified applicants is surely fewer than 100,000…. Even officially… there are more than six unemployed Canadians for each job vacancy. Practically, the ratio is more like 20 to one. Job creation should occupy 95 per cent of Mr. Kenney’s attention. Instead, he will likely focus on more social engineering: adjusting the expectations, attitudes and flexibility of the unemployed, rather than trying to stimulate job creation.
Tags: economy, ideology, immigration, participation, standard of living, youth
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Groups want CAS oversight
“Ontario is the only province in the country that does not allow the ombudsman to investigate schools, hospitals, long-term care facilities, universities and police services.”… Bill 42… would give the Ontario ombudsman more authority over child welfare organizations… “The CAS tends to target low income families and families obviously living in poverty… but their rates of disability or Ontario Works aren’t high enough
Tags: child care, Indigenous, poverty, rights, youth
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First Nations urged to implement their own education acts
The proposed federal act threatens the self-determination goal of Indian control of Indian education… “They’re going to say, ‘We passed legislation and if you don’t abide by us we’re going to withhold your funding.’ It’s disrespectful.” The federal government honours and respects francophone language and culture, providing around $18,000 per year per student, he noted. Meanwhile, it provides around $6,500 per student to on-reserve schools
Tags: budget, Indigenous, jurisdiction, poverty, rights, standard of living, youth
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Lessons from Ontario’s campaign to cut child poverty
the past strategy provides five important lessons. The first is that setting targets matters… The second lesson is that public engagement matters… Third, there are no silver bullets when it comes to complex issues such as poverty… Fourth, good social policy makes all the difference… Lastly, when it comes to investments, you only get out of it as much as you put in… The most important lesson of all is that building dignity and opportunity for all cannot stop at words and aspirations.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, poverty, standard of living, women, youth
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Wynne turning her attention to economics
The Liberals are ruling out some money-saving measures such as increasing school class sizes or delaying the roll-out of full-day kindergarten… Queen’s Park wants to avoid significant public sector layoffs… The Premier contends that subsidizing the wages of young workers while they learn in-demand skills will lead to permanent employment, and a better-trained work force will allow businesses to expand… Where once she framed these matters in social-justice terms, now she speaks of them in economic ones.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, standard of living, youth
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