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Social assistance: Do higher benefit levels lead to higher caseloads?
by Nick Falvo on October 18, 2020 I’ve recently co-authored a journal article¹ with Ali Jadidzadeh that asks the question: Do higher social assistance benefit levels lead to greater take-up? The short answer is...Ontario’s plan to deregulate child care is a bad movie that parents have seen – and rejected – before
by Carolyn Ferns on October 13, 2020 Parents, children and the child care sector are facing an extraordinary crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. So you might reasonably hope that the Ontario government would...A Disability Inclusion Plan. Finally … but will it deliver?
by Katherine Scott on October 8, 2020 People with disabilities last in line October 30th is the day that people with disabilities will begin to receive a one-time payment of $600 in recognition of the significant...The meaning of the third of November to the Negro
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by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood on September 30, 2020 In the first moments of last week’s speech from the throne, which outlined the priorities of the federal government for the next session of Parliament, Governor General Julie...
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