Reading Time: 3 minutes The province’s “green dreams” have resulted in serious consequences for Ontarians and their families
Tag: Poverty
A national housing strategy will save Canadian lives
Reading Time: 3 minutes Not having a home can be lethal – homelessness causes premature death, poor health and is a significant burden on our health-care system
Rein in payday lending to start tackling poverty
Reading Time: 3 minutes Trudeau government should start to make good on its promise to help poor families
Almost 40% of Atlantic Canada households live in energy poverty
Reading Time: 3 minutes Atlantic Canada premiers should focus on opportunities to make energy more affordable for their citizens, rather than making it more expensive
Bio-fuels one of man’s greatest blunders
Reading Time: 3 minutes The zero-emissions bio-fuel myth ignores the horrible environmental impacts of its production and the dramatic impact on world food stocks
Flawed report on Metro Vancouver poverty unhelpful
Reading Time: 3 minutes Statistics Canada explicitly warns against using the Low Income Measure to measure poverty but a report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives uses it anyway
Why are so many Canadians using food banks?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Even where nutritious options are nearby, poverty prevents many Canadians from buying groceries or making better food choices
Expanding CPP won’t help financially vulnerable seniors
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some low-income seniors could end up with a lower net income because it could result in a reduction in other government-provided transfers
The guaranteed annual income is back!
Reading Time: 3 minutes For proponents, the key to an affordable guaranteed basic income is that it wouldn’t be layered on top of existing welfare arrangements
A tax on sugar-sweetened beverages not the answer to obesity
Reading Time: 3 minutes To tackle obesity in Canada, we need strategies that offer health education and support, not another tax on the poor