William Neville's column indicates that Trudy Turner is under the thumb of Sam Katz. Trudy [Turner] is working hard on her own behalf. She doesn't need Katz to pave the way for her. Turner has only said that she can work as a team player with Katz or whomever is at the helm. She has proved her competence as the executive director of the West End BIZ. She is honest and hard-working and has only the interests of the community in mind. My Socratic method was not "apologetic" in "tone" -- and it did not demonstrate a "need to blame everyone" or excuse perpetrators. It was simply an inquiry into possible societal and psychological realities that might contribute to the chronic problem of car theft in Winnipeg, a city that tragically has one of the highest levels of child poverty in Canada. ...
Governments increasingly view earning and saving as the main solutions to low-income and debt, but is it feasible to expect all parents to work their way out of poverty? This paper compares gendered patterns of income, and state support for earning and caring in three similar welfare states: Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Relying on recent OECD statistics and national studies, the paper examines employment patterns, poverty rates and state support, noting similarities but also wide variations by gender, family configuration and country. The paper argues that increases in female employment have modified household incomes but the changes have been insufficient to counteract gendered patterns of unpaid work and the challenges women face when parenting alone. Especially mothers find the...
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Representatives from the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) gathered at the White Buffalo Youth Lodge in Saskatoon on Oct. 19 for the launch of a First Nations-specific Make Poverty History campaign. The plan calls for creating opportunities to allow First Nations people to become fully involved in the economy, achieving sustainability by guaranteeing First Nations adequate and equitable funding, and providing First Nations with control over content, design, delivery and management of programs and services. First Nations poverty is the greatest social injustice in Canada," the petition reads. "By signing, you are helping to ensure that First Nations poverty is an issue in the next federal budget and election.
... 2001; Katz 1989), and somewhat less so in Canada where the focus is more on the history of social p...
This year, the Chef's Dinner, held at The Gates on Roblin, and the Taste of the Nation event, put on at The Fairmont Winnipeg, brought in more than $120,000. They raised that much because everyone who participates donates their time, products and services. Eighty per cent of the money stays in Winnipeg while 20 per cent goes to Oxfam Canada. It takes more than food to fight hunger. It takes people who are willing to make an investment in long-term solutions to hunger and poverty in Winnipeg," Eric Schon, president of SOS Canada, said in a letter. The bulk of our campaign rests on the shoulders of pennies and other coins. Many people do send us cheques, but lots of them don't want any personal recognition -- they want to give in honour of someone or in memory of a loved one.
Canada didn't obtain any guarantees on future American spending programs... Only 37 of the American states have signed on and of those they have carved out huge items including construction in some cases and public transit in others," he continued in an interview. "The government is grossly overselling a questionable, underwhelming and late deal... It's going to open us up to more American competition but it's not clear to me how much access we're going to gain in return. The government was desperate for a symbolic victory... a photo op. It's a sad but familiar story. The original 1989 Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement was negotiated to give Canadian softwood lumber manufacturers "guaranteed access" to the U.S. "Guaranteed access" never happened. There have been winners -- big winners....
... by "free trade" is fuelling growing poverty at the bottom, stagnant incomes at the middle and ...
Despite the fact that Manitoba continues to have one of the highest rates of child and family poverty in the country (19.2 per cent), one of the highest proportions of full-time working families who fall below the poverty line (11 per cent), and some of the lowest average weekly earnings in Canada (only Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia are lower), the issue of poverty remains a whisper. It is as if our strategy to reduce poverty is to ignore it. Unfortunately, not talking about it has only made matters worse. Unfortunately, there is no mention in this initiative about how to improve the labour market. Manitoba continues to have a higher proportion of low-wage jobs (under $10 per hour) than any province west of Quebec. In fact, low-wage employment is on the rise in Manitoba, climbin...
Pikangikum has made global headlines for one of the world's highest suicide rates. Its rotting sprawl of run-down, graffiti-covered houses is a stark reminder that Third World poverty is a reality in Canada's most neglected native enclaves. The conditions in Pikangikum would not be tolerated in our suburbs or rural areas," he told The Canadian Press last December. "It simply would not be allowed. [Angus Toulouse] is cautiously optimistic that the $40 million may help take the edge off some of Pikangikum's most pressing infrastructure needs. But he said it won't be enough to keep pace with long neglected repairs, maintenance and the burgeoning demands of a growing population.
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