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September 3, 2020 | National Office | Reports & StudiesThe case for investing in community and social support for imprisoned racialized women in CanadaJune 23, 2020 | Ontario Office | Reports & StudiesImproving wages and staffing levels in Ontario’s long-term care facilitiesLatest posts from behindthenumbers.ca
Urgent action required to realize promise of the Speech from the Throne
by Katherine Scott on September 25, 2020 “We must not let the legacy of the pandemic be one of rolling back the clock on women’s participation in the workforce, nor one of backtracking on the social and political gains...If not now, when? The throne speech and long term care
by Pat Armstrong on September 24, 2020 Wednesday’s throne speech offered hints of promising changes to long term care policies—something COVID-19 has exposed as urgently needed. Specifically, the federal government...After the throne speech: a test of our resolve
by Trish Hennessy on September 24, 2020 Overcoming this pandemic that we’re living in requires the work and resolve of every order of government, every community, and each one of us—throne speech 2020 is a test of that...A parable of two roads: Why the COVID crisis is exactly the right time to push for a low-carbon economy
by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood on September 23, 2020 Picture it: You’re driving down a long straight road. Far in the distance you can see the road getting bumpier and bumpier before suddenly dropping over a cliff. Bright yellow and...Now is not the time to get hysterical about the federal debt
by Marc Lee on September 22, 2020 Public policy in Canada remains haunted by large deficits that prevailed in the 1980s and early 1990s. With COVID-19 economic response pushing the federal deficit to an estimated...
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