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Infographic: 5 lessons from Ontario’s first poverty reduction strategy
It’s been seven years since the Ontario government announced its commitment to reduce child poverty by 25 per cent between 2008 and 2013. But the full five years of data show that we’re still waiting for a reason to celebrate: Ontario ended its five-year strategy with the same level of…
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Short-term gain for long-term pain: Ontario’s 2015 Fall Economic Statement
It isn’t easy being a Minister of Finance. Especially when your starting point is: we want to meet the zero deficit target we set 5 years ago,[i] despite slower economic growth and slower growth in revenues than anticipated. But today Finance Minister Sousa pulled a rabbit out of the hat with…
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Cutting Pharmacare won’t cut health costs
Having painted itself into a fiscal corner through “dramatic” tax cuts, the BC government is now claiming it cannot afford Pharmacare (the province’s public drug benefit plan). But cutting Pharmacare won’t save the government money, nor will it reduce drug costs. Rather, cutting Pharmacare will merely shift drug costs onto…
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Beyond speed: Who is talking about access to e-government this election?
The problem of equitable access to high speed Internet in Canada entered the election campaign on Wednesday, August 26, when Stephen Harper promised that a re-elected Conservative government would spend an additional $200 million to promote high speed access in rural and remote communities. Although the promise is short on…
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Fast Facts: Throne speeches put poverty on the agenda
There was encouraging news in Manitoba’s 2015 Speech from the Throne for people working to end poverty in Manitoba. In several areas, the Manitoba government announced a commitment to invest in the social determinants of health. Make Poverty History Manitoba’s top five priorities – housing, mental health, child care, minimum…
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November 2004: From Monroe to Bush to Martin?
“Failed state” doctrine used to justify overthrow of Haiti’s democracy “America is now threatened less by conquering states than we are by failing ones…We must defeat these threats to our nation, allies, and friends.”- United States National Security Strategy, September 2002 “By the sheer immensity of its weight on the…
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Future Transportation Will Rely on Bikes and Buses, Too
Electric cars helpful, but not sole advance in mobility As we enter the second half of the oil age and the first half of the climate change era, the electrification of the drive train in automobiles is being heralded as the single-most important contribution to sustainable living. Even though road…
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Keeping green energy local and public
The Ontario Green Energy Act was a creative effort to reduce the impacts of climate change and revitalize a faltering provincial economy. Though the Ontario government missed a self-imposed 2013 target of 50,000 new jobs, evidence shows the policy has attracted new manufacturing to the province while creating permanent employment…
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February 2005: OPEC and the Alberta Advantage
Alberta’s oil riches created by OPEC, not by politicians or CEOs To fully understand oil-rich Alberta’s status as Canada’s most affluent province, and how it achieved that prosperity, it is necessary first to look briefly at the history of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC. * * …
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Fast Facts: Thunderbird House has potential to unite
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press October 9th, 2015 When award winning author Joseph Boyden announced he would donate half of his One Summit speaker fee to Circle of Life Thunderbird House to fix its leaky roof, he likely didn’t fully appreciate the meaning of this generous gesture. …
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Federal cuts undermining workplace health and safety: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—Federal underfunding and understaffing of safety inspectors are putting employees in federally regulated workplaces sector in harm’s way, says a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. The study, by CCPA Research Associate John Anderson, examines occupational health and safety…
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Work Life: People Want to Work
Are you willing to do physically demanding work for $12.50 -$13.50/hour, for a 1 month contract? One hundred and four inner-city young men and women are. In fact, these men and women lined up before 8:00 am in front of the North End Community Renewal Corporation to apply. As per…