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Canada’s new Poverty Reduction Strategy: Strong on accountability, short on action
Note: All figures in the above chart from the 2016 Census, based on Market Basket Measure, Canada’s official poverty line for 2015 income year. Numbers are rounded. These figures are slightly different from those report in the PRS based on the 2015 Canada Income Survey. Canada’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, Opportunity…
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Government to investigate deadly landslide
Months after five killed, experts to determine if failed logging road caused fatal mudslide Seven months after a mudslide killed five people on Highway 99, the provincial Ministry of Forests is launching an investigation into the event, marking the first time that it has indicated that a failed logging road…
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Access to seniors’ care worse today than in 2001: Bold action needed
It is becoming far too common. Many of us have a parent, relative or neighbour who has struggled to get the home support they need. Perhaps they have even waited in hospital because residential care or rehabilitation services were not available. Thousands of BC seniors rely upon and are well…
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Relationship rescue
How to fix Canada’s health care woes If there is anything the First Ministers and the new Prime Minister Paul Martin need before they meet to discuss health care late this week, it’s a good dose of Dr. Phil, the ubiquitous TV psychologist. It’s not news to hear the provinces…
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The Monitor, November/December 2021
The big ideas issue Download 3.83 MB November can feel like a bleak month. The crisp bright beauty of October fades away and a colder, quieter grey sets in as we prepare for longer, darker nights. On the heels of a particularly uninspired election season, with protests at hospitals across…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Fall 2002
In the eye of the storm: Ottawa pushes back against school board takeovers The spirit of local democracy is alive and well in the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB), half a month after Ontario Education Minister Elizabeth Witmer swept away the community’s elected public school trustees and replaced them with…
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Fast Facts: Caring for Home Care in Manitoba
In January, the government released the Toews report The Future of Home Care Services in Manitoba. The report was commissioned by the NDP government in 2015 as a follow up to an earlier report on Home Care (HC) from the province’s Auditor General. The two most compelling challenges identified in…
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Mobility pricing in practice: A look at London, Stockholm and Singapore
An independent commission on mobility pricing (also called “road pricing” or “congestion charging”) will report to TransLink and the Mayors’ Council shortly. In a recent CCPA paper, I looked at the types of mobility pricing that could be considered for Metro Vancouver and the challenge of ensuring a new system…
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Meilinomics I: The Little Boats
The following is an excerpt from Dr. Ryan Meili’s new book, A Healthy Society: How a Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy. There’s a family that comes frequently to the West Side Clinic; we’ll call them Lucas and Annie. Hardly a week goes by that I don’t see them in for a…
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Think system change for Canada’s low-carbon reboot
There is growing momentum for a low-carbon reboot of our high-carbon economy as we emerge from a pandemic-induced shutdown. Since business-as-usual has been so disrupted, the timing for a major leap has never been better. Earlier this year, the Australian wildfires provided humanity’s latest wake-up call. Many are nervous about…
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Swimming with the sharks
Poverty, pandemics, and payday lenders Download 424.67 KB16 pages As COVID-19-related layoffs affect workers across the country, Canada’s payday loan companies will see windfall profits at the expense of low- and moderate-income people. This new report details how a lack of government oversight allows payday lenders to prey on the most…
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Without new rules, COVID-19 will mean windfall profits for payday lenders: CCPA report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA— Canada’s payday loan companies will see windfall profits at the expense of low- and moderate-income people if governments don’t take immediate steps to tighten regulations on the industry, a new national report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) says. “Payday…
