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Former Bank of Canada Governor
urges cuts to welfare, employment insurance - June 11 |
By John Stapleton
June 11, 2010
(...) In a recent piece called ”,”, former Bank of Canada
governor David Dodge set out his predictions respecting the economic troubles
that Canada faces in the next decade unless the country can get its fiscal house
in order. Dodge does not believe that spending cuts alone will be sufficient
to stem the tide of red ink despite recent GDP growth, and he calls for more
consumption taxes in order to balance the books in the future. Yet in his assessment
of the spending cuts that will be required, he notes that "cuts would need
to be both continuing and more radical than those of the mid-1990s."
Source:
The Mark is a national movement to record Canadian ideas and propel the people
behind them. It is a collection of thoughts and a tool for facilitating interdisciplinary
dialogue and debate between outstanding Canadians.
- John Stapleton's website
- Go to the Federal Government Department Links
(Agriculture to Finance) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/fedbkmrk.htm
- Go to the Ontario Municipal and Non-Governmental Sites
(D-W) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/onbkmrk3.htm
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The
Connection between Low Income, Weak Labour Force Attachment and Poor Health
- May 2010 |
(PDF - 2MB, 28 pages)
May 2010
By Myriam Fortin
Social Policy Directorate
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
Abstract
Using data from the National Population Health Survey, this paper
sheds light on the health situation of working-age Canadians and tests the connection
between low income, weak labour force attachment and poor health using logistic
regressions. Results indicate that persistently poor or weakly employed Canadians
are in much poorer health than other Canadians, and that being persistently
poor increases the probability of experiencing deterioration in health as much
as being in poor health increases the probability of becoming poor, but that
being persistently unemployed has an even stronger impact on health status.
Source:
[ --- all articles from Volume 1, 1974 to the current
issue.]
(Refereed Journal of the
)
- Go to the Non-Governmental Organizations Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/ngobkmrk.htm
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Government
Action Plan for Solidarity and Social Inclusion : $7 billion
to combat poverty - June 6 |
Poverty Reduction in Québec
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Recherchistes francophones:
Vous trouverez la version française des liens ci-dessous sur
la page de liens vers les ressources en français du Québec:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/qcbkmrk.htm
_______________________________________________________
News Release
June 6th, 2010
Today, Sam Hamad, Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity and Minister
of Labour, and Lise Thériault, Minister for Social Services, unveiled
the Government Action Plan for Solidarity and Social Inclusion : Québec’s
Combat Against Poverty, which comes with total investments of nearly $7 billion.
The Ministers were accompanied by the President of the Centre d’étude
sur la pauvreté et l’exclusion sociale (CEPE), Alain Noël,
and by the Chair of the Comité consultatif de lutte contre la pauvreté
et l’exclusion sociale (CCLP), Damien Arsenault.
This action plan builds on a number of measures (e.g. Child Assistance and the Work Premium) introduced under the first Action Plan covering , and adds other structuring measures such as the Solidarity Tax Credit and an increase in funding ($115 million) for the Fonds québécois d’initiatives sociales (FQIS), which will enhance support for local, regional and Aboriginal anti-poverty projects.
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The Plan:
(English documents)
This second action plans builds on existing initiatives
and was also inspired by the ideas expressed by the nearly 2,500 individuals
and Québec and regional organizations consulted during the Rendez-vous
de la solidarité.
Brief overview of the original Action Plan, which "brought together a slate
of measures worth $4.5 billion over the past six years[ending in 2010]."
* scroll to the bottom of that page to find links to the key reports on the
initial Action Plan, including the 2004 Plan itself in great detail and annual
reports for each year starting in June 2005
Final report of the
first Action Plan:
(PDF file., 233K, 50 pages)
February 2010
Table of contets:
INTRODUCTION
QUÉBEC’S APPROACH TO COMBATING POVERTY
UPDATE ON THE VARIOUS MEASURES
* Improve the lives of people living in poverty
* Increase the income of individuals and families
* Measures for groups at risk of persistent poverty
* Better housing
* Better living conditions for individuals and families
* Prevent poverty and social exclusion by developing people’s potential
* Support for parents and early childhood
* School success and persistence
* Measures for young people under age 25
* Support for initiatives to promote seniors’ social participation
* Involve society as a whole
* Ensure consistent, coherent efforts
* Additional efforts
CONVINCING RESULTS AND A CHANGING SITUATION
* Low income rates using the Market Basket Measure
* Work and employment
* Improving disposable income
* Variations in the social aid rate since 2003
* Interprovincial comparison of households receiving last-resort financial assistance
TOWARD A SECOND GOVERNMENT ACTION PLAN TO COMBAT POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
CONCLUSION
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Complete text of the
Action Plan
(French only):
(French only, Fichier PDF., 2,72 Mo, 52 pages)
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Action Plan Investments
(French only):
Communiqué
Le 6 juin 2010
Québec annonce un Plan d'action de près de 7 G$ pour améliorer
les conditions de vie des personnes en situation de pauvreté.
(French only) (Fichier PDF., 17 ko, 1 page)
- Près de 7 milliards de dollars sur cinq ans, alloués selon quatre
orientations:
1. Renforcer la solidarité en rapprochant les décisions des milieux
locaux et régionaux
2. Valoriser le travail et favoriser l’autonomie des personnes.
3. Soutenir le revenu des personnes défavorisées.
4. Améliorer les conditions de vie des personnes et des familles à
faible revenu.
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Related links to resources in English
from the Québec Government:
(solidarity consultations)
In order to take into account the experience and knowledge of as many people
as possible in drafting the Government Action Plan for Solidarity
and Social Inclusion, consultations, collectively called Rendez vous de la solidarité,
were organized. In all, nearly 2,500 citizens and groups from all sectors of
society had the opportunity to exchange viewpoints and express themselves.
Click the link above for more information on the Rendez vous initiative, including the province-wide and regional meetings with groups and individuals, focus groups, discussions with representatives of Aboriginal groups and an online citizen consultation.
Source (QC govt departments):
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Media coverage:
Montreal
By T'cha Dunlevy
June 7, 2010
Aubin Boudreau, Director General of The Shelter Acceuil Bonneau, closes his
eyes and pauses for a moment to collect his emotions. Boudreau was speaking
to the press concerning the provincial governments underfunding of homeless
shelters that will require the Acceuil Bonneau to close on Monday, in Montreal
Sunday, June 6, 2010. On the day that a Montreal homeless
shelter announced it would close its doors for a day to decry a lack of funds,
the Quebec government announced its $7-billion action plan to improve the conditions
of people living in poverty through 2015. Accueil Bonneau
will shut down today - as a symbolic gesture - for the first time in its 133-year
history. Sam Hamad, the minister of employment and social
solidarity, addressed the issue briefly yesterday in a press conference with
Minister of Social Services Lise Thériault. However, he focused on his
party's anti-poverty plan, which includes housing proposals and tax credits.
Source:
Also from The Gazette:
By Jan Ravensbergen
June 10, 2010
MONTREAL - A media report that the Quebec government has developed plans to
chop $121 a month in social-assistance supplements received by 11,000 single
mothers with pre-schoolers drew sharp condemnation Thursday from a spectrum
of welfare-rights advocacy groups. It also triggered a government assertion
in Quebec City that while no decision has yet been made, various unspecified
"scenarios" are being studied. Other classes of welfare recipients
considered able to work, including two-parent families and individuals age 55
or more, are also being targeted for cutbacks - apparently packaged with incentives
for participation in job training, according to the report. []
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June 7, 2010
In protest of what it calls a lack of government funding for Quebec's poor and
homeless, Accueil Bonneau is closing its doors for 24 hours Monday, despite
the government's announcement Sunday of a $7-billion plan to fight poverty.The
plan includes a tax credit, working incentive cash and funds to mobilize groups
to fight poverty, explained Employment Minister Sam Hamad. While the Quebec
government announced Sunday actions it plans to take to alleviate poverty, including
putting forth the sum over the next five years, protestors from homeless shelter
Accueil Bonneau said they weren't satisfied.
Source:
---
- Go to the Québec Links (English)
page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/qce.htm
- Go to the Provincial and Territorial Anti-poverty Strategies
and Campaigns page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/antipoverty.htm
- Rendez-vous à la page de liens de recherche
sociale au Québec:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/qcbkmrk.htm
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Economic Security in the
Twenty-First Century – Guaranteed Annual Income (GAI)
- October 2009 |
Guaranteed Annual Income Student Essays
On June 1, 2010, the Progressive
Economics Forum (PEF) announced the winners of its annual student essay contest
for this year. In addition to the winning essay on guaranteed annual income
from the Graduate category for 2010 (whose link appears below), the page offers links to three essays in the Undergraduate
category (one winner and two honourable mentions) as well as links to two honourable
mentions in the Graduate category. Click the essay contest link for essays on:
* Poverty and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
* Economic prosperity and democratization in developing countries
* An examination of political stability and growth, with special attention to
the Kenyan experience
* The Russian financial crisis of 1998, uncontrolled markets and weak government
* The benefits of international trade liberalization
2010 Graduate Category Winner:
(PDF - 596K, 30 pages)
By Richard Pereira
Originally submitted in October 2009 to Athabasca University
This paper explores the history of GAI, its modern development and cost and
savings aspects of this public policy. The author supports a universal GAI for
Canada that maintains and improves existing minimum hourly wage laws, (un)employment
insurance (EI) and the CPP (Canada Pension Plan). It is a truism that "we
are all one or two events away from poverty."
Source:
BONUS!
The also includes links to the
25 winning essays since the contest began in 2001. Entries cover
a range of subjects related to "political economy, economic theory or an
economic policy issue, which best reflects a critical approach to the functioning,
efficiency, social and environmental consequences of unconstrained markets."
The next link below is one of the 25 essays you'll find at
the above link.
I'm including it here because it's also about GAI...
(PDF - 362K,
40 pages)
By 2008 Undergraduate co-winner Evan Rosevear
Original Submission Date: July 19th 2007
In order to facilitate the democratic legitimacy of the Canadian state an institutional
system which guarantees the economic security and independence of all Canadians
is needed. This guarantee must be universal, and constructed not as a means
by which supplicants receive assistance from their supposed betters, but as
a right of citizenship. A right which facilitates political engagement.
Source:
PEF aims to promote the development of a progressive economics community in
Canada. The PEF brings together over 125 progressive economists, working in
universities, the labour movement, and activist research organizations.
- Go to the Guaranteed Annual Income Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/gai.htm
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Canadian municipalities want action
against poverty
- June 2 |
Municipal social services are overwhelmed by demand and a new model of funding
must be found.
June 2, 2010
Toronto --- The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is calling on politicians
in Ottawa to pass anti-poverty legislation to deal with serious problems faced
by municipalities across the country. A motion put forward from Calgary and
approved at the recent FCM meeting (see further down, under FCM) said social
services have been overwhelmed by demand and only Ottawa is in a position to
deal with the issue. The Calgary motion called on the federal government to
re-assert its role in ensuring income security for all Canadians. By endorsing
this motion, FCM joined more than 330 organizations, as well as 57 MPs and 12
senators to date, in supporting a national campaign called .
The campaign is led by two national organizations - and . It is asking the federal government to immediately develop a national anti-poverty plan and legislation to provide adequate income security for all Canadians
Source:
The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is a family of 11
component unions. Taken together we are one of the largest unions in Canada.
Most of our 340,000 members work to deliver public services of every kind to
the citizens of their home provinces
(FCM)
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has been the national voice
of municipal government since 1901. With more than 1,775 members, FCM represents
the interests of municipalities on policy and program matters that fall within
federal jurisdiction. Members include Canada's largest cities, small urban and
rural communities, and 18 provincial and territorial municipal associations
May 28-31, 2010
Sheraton Centre, Toronto
- includes the following webcasts:
:: Opening Ceremony and Plenary
:: The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
:: Know your rights-of-way
:: Michael Ignatieff, M.P., leader, Liberal Party of Canada
:: Paul Martin and John Godfrey
:: Closing Ceremony and Rebuilding Haiti: The role of local government co-operation
in post-disaster reconstruction
Related link from FCM:
- Canada´s national municipal affairs magazine
Forum is the flagship publication of the FCM, delivering timely, insightful
information on a range of municipal issues.
NOTE: This magazine is available by subscription, although it's not entirely
clear whether private citizens can subscribe.
There's a of Forum magazine whose content likely changes as each of
the magazine's five issues per year is released.
Timely Tip: if you click the link in the previous line, you'll see that the
cover article for the current (Winter 2010) issue is "Action on Housing"
--- deals with municipal initiatives "to end homelessness through innovative,
affordable housing alternatives."
Excellent article!
That content will change when the next issue of Forum is published, so I'd suggest
that if you wish to access this later, you should save the complete magazine
by clicking the PDF icon in the bottom right-hand corner of the page and saving
the file to your hard drive.
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Eye candy alert!
If you or your organization produce an online magazine and are thinking
makeover, I seriously suggest that you take a peek at .
Prepare to be impressed - I was.
This is such a realistic presentation that you'd swear you were reading a paper
magazine.
(includes page-flipping technology that makes reading even more fun -
move your mouse to any corner of the page and flip the page!)
I haven't seen many online resources that can come close to the snazzy (sorry,
I'm a child of the fifties...) interface of this product from .
If you're curious, check out the Zmags site or send an email to someone at the
FCM to ask how they like the product and how much it costs, etc.
____________________________________
Related link:
June 1, 2010
Politicians from cities across Canada have supported Calgary's push for federal
anti-poverty legislation. Alderman Joe Ceci said the
city's resolution got "slam-dunk" support in Toronto over the weekend
at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' annual convention. The
organization will now formally advocate that Ottawa enact a law and dedicate
funds toward an attempt to erase poverty in Canada, more than 20 years after
Parliament first passed a resolution demanding an end to child poverty by 2000.
Source:
- Go to the National/Federal and International Anti-poverty
Strategies and Campaigns page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/antipoverty2.htm
- Go to the Municipal Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/municipal.htm
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Where’s HOME : A study
of affordable rental housing within 22 communities in Ontario
- May 31 |
Ontario needs bold strategy to help households in need
Ontario Region media release
May 31, 2010
(Toronto) While the economic situation in Ontario may be improving, low and
modest income households across the province still struggle to access the most
crucial and basic aspect of economic and personal success – a safe and
affordable home. The 2010 edition of Where’s Home? authored by the
Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association (ONPHA) and the Co-operative Housing
Federation of Canada Ontario Region (CHF Canada's Ontario Region), analyzes
22 separate housing markets across Ontario and highlights the urgent need for
more affordable rental housing.
Complete report:
(PDF - 2MB, 69 pages)
May 2010
Source:
(ONPHA)
For over 20 years, ONPHA has been the voice of non-profit housing in Ontario.
ONPHA unites over 760 non-profit organizations providing housing in 220 communities
across Ontario. Our members include municipal and private non-profits of all
sizes, with all types of funding.
See also:
- Go to the Homelessness and Housing Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/homeless.htm
- Go to the Ontario Municipal and Non-Governmental Sites
(D-W) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/onbkmrk3.htm
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The Rise
and Fall of Economic and Social Rights : What Next?
- May 29 |
(PDF -
110K, 8 pages)
May 29, 2010
By Ed Broadbent, former federal leader of the New Democratic Party
Adapted from a speech Mr. Broadbent delivered in Montreal on May 29
to the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
(CCFHSS).
In his address to the CCFHSS on May 29th, the former leader of the NDP summarizes the journey of generations and issues a challenge to today's leaders: stop ignoring the threat of rising inequality, tackle poverty, and show Canadians your progress.
"It is time to reverse the growing trend to deep inequality in Canada. It is time for the federal government to
fulfill its legal responsibilities for enforcing the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Covenant
is quite clear on its obligations. We are required, to the maximum of our available resources, to progressively
realize its quite specific list of rights. This requires positive action by governments, among other
obligations, to build hospitals and schools, provide adequate pensions, ensure employment insurance for
all workers, guarantee equal pay for men and women, and create and enforce laws enabling workers to have
unions." [Excerpt, page 7]
Source:
- Go to the Human Rights Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/rights.htm
- Go to the Social Research Organizations (I) in Canada
page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/research.htm
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A Poverty Reduction Strategy
for British Columbia? Don't hold your breath - May 27 |
British Columbia
By Les Leyne
May 27, 2010
Expectations rose so high so fast after a legislature committee agreed to hold
a public meeting on poverty that the chair felt the need to dampen the anticipation.
Liberal MLA Joan McIntyre told participants at a day-long thinkfest last Friday
that the session was just to foster awareness. "I wanted to also clarify
that developing a strategy or even providing a written analysis does go beyond
our terms of reference and crosses over into the realm of government policy-making,"
she said.
(...)
Steve Kerstetter, a researcher for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives,
told MLAs: "If the goal is to redirect other money to fight poverty, it's
just not going to work. There's just not enough money you can redirect that's
going to make a difference." By one estimate, there's a $2-billion poverty
gap that needs to be filled by society as a whole, he said. And government redistribution
just won't get it done.
Source:
- Go to the Provincial and Territorial Anti-poverty Strategies
and Campaigns page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/antipoverty.htm
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[British Columbia] Many
problems found with welfare law -
June 1 |
British Columbia
(Cutting off welfare and disability payments
to people who have outstanding criminal warrants)
June 1, 2010
The provincial government's plan to refuse welfare and disability payments to
people who have outstanding criminal warrants has one major flaw: It relies
on the honesty of those charged with crimes to tell social service workers that
they have outstanding warrants. It's not the only problem with this new law
that comes into affect today. This new regulation is punitive, pointless and
counterproductive. It punishes people who may be charged but never convicted
of a crime. It's counterproductive because it is likely it will force some people
to steal just to survive, if they are honest enough to admit that they have
an outstanding warrant and then have their request for welfare denied.
Source:
Related BC Government link:
(PDF - 34K, 3 pages)
March 19, 2010
Information Factsheet
Effective June 1, 2010, changes to the BC Employment and Assistance Program
will restrict eligibility for income assistance or disability assistance for
persons who have outstanding arrest warrants for indictable offences in BC or
other provinces, as well as arrest warrants under the Immigration and Refugee
Protection Act (Canada).
Source:
Related video:
Pivot Legal Society's John Richardson reacts to the B.C. government suing hundreds
of welfare recipients to try to recover overpayments
[ NOTE: After you've viewed the above video, check the right-hand column next
to the video screen for more poverty-related videos from BC. ]
Source
- Go to the BC Government Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/bcbkmrk.htm
- Go to the Non-Governmental Sites in British Columbia
(A-C) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/bcbkmrk2.htm
| Catastrophic
drug costs can affect the poor and affluent alike
- June 1 (The Daily Gleaner - New Brunswick) |
New Brunswick
June 1st, 2010
[Minister of Social Development ] Kelly Lamrock's recent response to a request
that New Brunswick implement a catastrophic drug cost insurance plan shows that
either he doesn't understand why such a plan is required or he is purposefully
misleading the public. This insurance plan isn't required for the poor; it's
something everyone needs. (...) The strong endorsement
made in the report of the Romanow Commission in 2002 that such a plan be developed
in Canada was followed in 2003 by a commitment from the federal and provincial
governments that a national program would be established. All
provinces except New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island have implemented such
a plan.
Source:
(New Brunswick)
- Go to the Provincial and Territorial Anti-poverty Strategies
and Campaigns page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/antipoverty.htm
- Go to the New Brunswick Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/nbkmrk.htm
| Seventeen
Years Without a Housing Program
- May 31 (By Emily Paradis in The Mark) |
Much like the Stanley Cup, Canada hasn't had a federal housing program since
1993 – but we still have hope.
By Emily Paradis, Research Manager at the
May 31, 2010
(...) In May 1993, while so many of us were cheering our winning team [the last
time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup], Canadian human rights advocates were
bringing information about Canada’s housing cuts to a United Nations review
of Canada’s compliance with the UN Convention on Economic, Social, and
Cultural Rights. The Committee reviewing Canada stated in its final report,
"Given the evidence of homelessness and inadequate living conditions, the
Committee is surprised that expenditures on social housing are as low as 1.3
per cent of government expenditures."
(...) [Since 1993] Successive federal governments have failed to implement a
national housing strategy, leaving Canada the only nation in the Organization
for Economic Co-operation and Development without one. The proportion of federal
monies spent on housing is still less than two per cent. And UN committees continue
to express grave concerns about poverty and homelessness in Canada. (...) By
a momentous coincidence, spring 2010 is witness to the two most important legal
initiatives* to eliminate homelessness that Canada has seen since the 1980s
when the homelessness crisis began.
(...)
The success of either, or both, of these initiatives would usher in a new era
in Canada, in which federal and provincial governments would be compelled both
to alter the policies that cause homelessness and to implement policies to prevent
it. (...) We’ve got to keep the faith and insist that Canada can come back,
restore our common values, and maybe even – dare we hope? – establish
a program to eliminate homelessness in Canada, after 17 long years.
[*The two initiatives are , an act to implement a national housing strategy, and the that was launched May 26 at Ontario Superior
Court in Toronto. Click the above link for the complete article.]
Source:
The Mark is a national movement to record Canadian ideas and propel the people
behind them. It is a collection of thoughts and a tool for facilitating interdisciplinary
dialogue and debate between outstanding Canadians.
- Go to the Homelessness and Housing Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/homeless.htm
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What's New in The Daily [Statistics
Canada]: --- Labour Force Survey, May 2010 - June 4 --- Health Fact Sheets - June 3 --- Employment, Earnings and Hours, March 2010 - June 1 --- Canadian Economic Accounts Quarterly Review - First quarter 2010 - May 31 |
Selected content from
[]:
June 4, 2010
Following large gains in April, employment rose by 25,000 in May, the
fifth consecutive monthly increase. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.1%.
Since the start of the upward trend in July 2009, employment has risen by 1.8%
or 310,000.
- incl. links to three tables:
* Labour force characteristics by age and sex
* Employment by class of worker and industry (based on NAICS)
* Labour force characteristics by province
Related report:
1. Highlights
2. Analysis — May 2010
3. Tables
4. Charts
5. Data quality, concepts and methodology
6. User information
7. Related products
8. (446K, 60 pages)
[ ]
Related subjects:
*
*
---
June 3, 2010
The Health Fact Sheet publication features short informative articles on
interesting health topics from various health data sources.
Click the link above to access the fact sheets below.
* From the Canadian Health Measures Survey:
--- Aerobic fitness in Canada 2007 to 2009
--- Body composition of Canadian adults 2007 to 2009
--- Body mass index (BMI) for children and youth 2007 to 2009
--- Heart health and cholesterol levels of Canadians 2007 to 2009
--- Lung function results 2007 to 2009
--- Musculoskeletal fitness in Canada 2007 to 2009
--- Oral health: Edentulous people in Canada 2007 to 2009
--- Vitamin D status of Canadians 2007 to 2009
* From the Canadian Community Health Survey:
--- Adults who are overweight or obese 2008
--- Arthritis 2008
--- Asthma 2008
--- Diabetes 2008
--- Exposure to second-hand smoke at home 2008
--- Fruit and vegetable consumption 2008
--- Having a regular medical doctor 2008
--- Heavy drinking 2008
--- High blood pressure 2008
--- Household food insecurity, 2007–2008
--- Influenza immunization 2008
--- Life satisfaction 2008
--- Mood disorders 2008
--- Perceived life stress 2008
--- Physical activity during leisure time 2008
--- Smoking 2008
Source:
- Main product page, incl. links to earlier editions
---
June 1, 2010
1. Highlights
2. Note to users
3. Tables
4. Data quality, concepts and methodology
5. User information
6. Related products
7. (2.6MB, 385 pages)
[ ]
Related subjects:
*
*
*
*
*
---
May 31, 2010
- incl. links to the following:
* GDP by income and by expenditure
* GDP by industry
* Balance of international payments
* Financial flows
* Labour productivity
* International investment position
* Notes for users
[ ]
---------------------------------
- select a month and click on a date for that day's Daily
Source:
[]
- Go to the Federal Government Department Links (Fisheries
and Oceans to Veterans Affairs) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/fedbkmrk2.htm
- Go to the Education Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/education.htm
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What's new from the
Childcare Resource and Research Unit - June 6
|
What's new from the :
May 30, 2010
What's new online:
[This section archives documents that
have been featured on the CRRU homepage..]
Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care and Canadian Union of Public Employees
Publication date: 3 Jun 10 --- Posting date: 3 Jun 10
Broadbent, Ed
Publication date: 29 May 10 --- Posting date: 2 Jun 10
Canadian Child Care Federation
Publication date: 1 Apr 10 --- Posting date: 2 Jun 10
Daycare Trust & Bounty Parenting Club
Publication date: 29 Mar 10 --- Posting date: 2 Jun 10
child care in the news:
[This section features interesting and noteworthy news
about ECEC and related issues in Canada and internationally.]
[CA-PE]
CBC News
Publication date: 2 Jun 10 --- Posting date: 2 Jun 10
[AU]
Fraser, Andrew
Publication date: 2 Jun 10 --- Posting date: 2 Jun 10
[CA-BC]
National Union of Public and General Employees
Publication date: 1 Jun 10 --- Posting date: 2 Jun 10
[CA-PE]
CBC News
Publication date: 1 Jun 10 --- Posting date: 2 Jun 10
[CA-SK]
Adamko, Alanna
Publication date: 31 May 10 --- Posting date: 2 Jun 05
[CA-SK]
Adamko, Alanna
Publication date: 31 May 10 --- Posting date: 2 Jun 10
[CA-PE]
CBC News
Publication date: 31 May 10 --- Posting date: 2 Jun 10
[CA-PE]
Burn, Stephen
Publication date: 31 May 10 --- Posting date: 2 Jun 10
[CA-PE]
The Guardian
Publication date: 28 May 10 --- Posting date: 28 May 10
[CA-PE]
Wright, Teresa
Publication date: 28 May 10 --- Posting date: 28 May 10
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Jennefer Laidley's Media Links - misc. |
Jennefer Laidley of the (ISAC)
does an ongoing media scan of social issues in Toronto, in Ontario and elsewhere
in Canada.
She gave me permission to share some of her work in this newsletter (thanks,
Jennefer!)
New report shows access to civil justice increasingly
only for the rich:
The Hamilton Spectator's poverty blog posts a call to
action on the nutritional supplement program:
New CCPA report highlights barriers for people in racialized
groups:
Get the report here:
HST cheques are on the way:
New calculations show the HST is not a tax grab, but
is a major tax shift:
Across the Province:
CHF / report shows affordable housing in Kingston increasingly
hard to find:
Repurposing schools in Toronto :
Around the Country:
Anti-HST campaign in BC close to victory:
The Economy:
The impact of the recession on homelessness:
The income share of the top income earners in Canada
continues to rise:
Employment Insurance claims down in March:
The job market is improving, but some jobs are gone forever:
Housing prices to fall:
Consumer Price Index up in April:
Jack Mintz says corporate tax reductions are good for
us:
The Federal Scene:
Conservative support down slightly:
CBC:
National Post:
Harper still opposes bank tax:
Why is he taking it to Europe ?
Reg Stackhouse says, Harper must not let taxpayers foot
the bill:
(And this was only one day's articles that Jennefer collated last week. MERCI, Jennefer!)
Poverty Dispatch:
U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
(U.S.)
- the content of this link changes several times a week
- scan of U.S. web-based news items dealing with topics such as poverty, welfare
reform, child welfare, education, health, hunger, Medicare and Medicaid, etc.
Latest issues of Poverty Dispatch:
Summer Jobs and Youth Employment - Wisconsin
Child Care Subsidies - Hawaii, Ohio
Financial Literacy
Access to Health Care - Mississippi
Minimum Wage Increase - Australia
Summer Jobs and Youth Employment
US Metro Unemployment Rates
Consistent Poverty - Ireland
Black Wealth and the Recession - Memphis, TN
States and Medicaid Costs
Legal Aid and Civil Cases - Tennessee
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- links to dispatches back to June 2006
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Source:
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- Go to the Links to American Government
Social Research page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us.htm
- Go to the Links to American Non-Governmental
Social Research (A-J) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us2.htm
- Go to the Links to American Non-Governmental
Social Research (M-Z) page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/us3.htm
- Go to the Poverty Measures - International
Resources page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/poverty2.htm
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Australian Policy Online
- recent content
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APO is a news service and library specialising in Australian public policy reports
and articles from academic research centres, think tanks, government and non-government
organisations. The site features opinion and commentary pieces, video, audio
and web resources focussed on the policy issues facing Australia.
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NOTE : includes links to the latest APO research; the five most popular downloads
of the week
appear in a dark box in the top right-hand corner of each page.
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Most viewed this week on APO:
1. Garma Festival 2009 key forum address
2. Should we retire later?
3. Capping and culling the queue
4. The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples, 2010
5. Beyond life expectancy
[You'll find these links on .]
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- topics include:
* Community * Cultural diversity * Families & households * Gender &
sexuality * Immigration & refugees * Population * Poverty * Religion &
faith * Social Inclusion * Social problems * Welfare * Youth
Most viewed this week:
1. Should we retire later?
2. Capping and culling the queue
3. The health and welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples, 2010
4. Beyond life expectancy
5. Brighter Futures early intervention evaluation: interim report
[You'll find these links on .]
- Go to the Social Research Links in Other Countries (Non-Government) page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/internatngo.htm
CRINMAIL (Child Rights Information Network - CRIN) |
From the
Latest issue of CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter):
NOTE: The CRINMAIL website was inaccessible
when I tried to visit on June 6.
To see if there are any newer issues of CRINMAIL, click the "Links to Issues
of CRINMAIL" link below.
In this issue:
* Editorial: Children and sexuality
* Latest news and reports:
--- Global report on children and armed conflict
--- Nigeria and Egypt face legal action over child marriage
--- More
* CRIN catches up with Po Yan Cheng - Hong Kong's first Children's Commissioner
in the making?
- Also includes:
* World news * Reports * Events * Laws * Issues * Advocacy * Challenging breaches
* Take action * Campaigns * Toolkits
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- links to 200+ weekly issues, many of which are special editions focusing
on special themes, such as the 45th Session of the Committee on the Rights of
the Child, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the launch of the EURONET
Website.
NOTE: see http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/chnrights.htm
for the table of contents for, and links to, several months' worth of issues
of CRINMAIL.
Source:
(incl.
subscription info)
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- Go to the Children's Rights Links page:
http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/chnrights.htm
What was new before that?
- This is a link to the online version of the
May ) issue of the Canadian Social
Research Newsletter
[ See Earlier issues of the newsletter - incl. the table of contents for each issue right back to January 2005....]
What's New and the weekly Canadian Social Research Newsletter:
Whenever I add a link to any page on the Canadian Social Research Links site, I copy it to this What's New page. At the beginning of each week, usually on Sunday, I copy the content directly from this page into the Canadian Social Research Newsletter and send it by e-mail to subscribers. I also create an HTML version of the newsletter (see the links immediately below), which I post to my site. The HTML version of the newsletter also serves as an archive for "old" content from this What's New page.
NOTES:
1.
I don't update the links in the newsletter, so you'll definitely find some broken
ones in there, especially in the older issues.
2. If you plan to link from
your website to any of the newsletters below, or to add one or more issues of
this newsletter to your Internet Explorer Favorites or your Netscape/Firefox Bookmarks,
please note that I clean up server space for my site from time to time by deleting
older newsletters. Feel free to download any of the newsletters below to your
own computer before they disappear...
Newsletter Archive*
*NOTE: The Canadian Social Research
Newsletter page contains the table of contents for each issue
in the current calendar year.
For the table of contents for issues in earlier years, see:
[ The 2009 newsletter archive
- on a separate page of this website]
[ The 2008 newsletter archive - on a separate page
of this website]
[ The 2007 newsletter archive - on a separate page
of this website]
[ The 2006 newsletter archive - on a separate page
of this website]
[ The 2005 newsletter archive - on a separate page
of this website]
You can read older issues of this newsletter back to September
2003
by going to the of the
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) web site.
[In the list below, no link means no newsletter was sent out that week.]
[ Go to the 2009 newsletter
archive - on a separate page of this website]
[ Go
to the 2008 newsletter archive - on a separate page of this website]
[
Go to the 2007 newsletter archive - on a separate page
of this website]
[ Go to the 2006 newsletter archive
- on a separate page of this website]
[ Go to the 2005
newsletter archive - on a separate page of this website]
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