Category: Poverty
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$15 and Fairness Shakes Up Ontario
The Fight for $15 and Fairness scored a big victory on May 30 when the Ontario Liberals announced they would raise the minimum wage to $15 by January 1, 2019. … Keep reading »
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Basic Income and the Left: The Political and Economic Problems
Should the Left and labour support a demand for a Basic Income (BI)? This simple question has provoked a fervent and confusing debate. The discussion over BI touches on real … Keep reading »
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What Basic Income Means for Disabled People
Disabled people in Ontario are much more likely to experience poverty than non-disabled people. Many have to live on sub-poverty payments under the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) or the … Keep reading »
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John Clarke – Basic Income: A Way Forward for the Left?
Toronto – 13 April 2017. The idea of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) has been championed by both progressives and conservatives. Not everyone on the left, however, is behind the … Watch video »
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Toronto Mayor’s Housing Policies Costs Lives
Eighty people have died in the last two years as a direct result of homelessness in Toronto. That’s one homeless person dying every 10 days. In 1985, people fighting homelessness … Keep reading »
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Basic Income: Progressive Dreams Meet Neoliberal Realities
Up until now, the concept of Basic Income (BI) has enjoyed a greater history of being proposed than of being implemented. We may well b approaching a period, however, when … Keep reading »
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Bursting at the Seams
A short video on the crisis of brutal overcrowding in Toronto’s homeless shelters and a call to action. Watch video »
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Ontario’s Austerity Government Sets Basic Income Trap
The Ontario Government’s Adviser on Basic Income (BI), Hugh Segal, has released his much heralded discussion paper, “Finding a Better Way,” that sets out his proposals for a lengthy BI … Keep reading »
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Disabled People Give Lead In Fight Against UK Austerity
I recently had the enormous honour of representing the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) at a week of action and international conference, organized from September 4-10 by Disabled People Against … Keep reading »
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Implementing Austerity By Downloading Responsibility
Ontario’s Attack On Social Assistance Laura Bardeau had bedbugs and lost all of her furniture. A single mother with two children, trying to survive on social assistance, she applied for emergency … Keep reading »
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Low Waged Work, Social Reproduction and the Promises/Perils of Participatory Budgeting
Toronto — 18 March 2016. Earlier this year, the journal Alternate Routes organized a conference on the theme “Sub/Urbanizing Austerity: Impacts and Alternatives.” The following presentation is from panel three … Watch video »
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Joan Sangster, Bryan Palmer and Gaetan Heroux – Class Struggles, TO – Women and the Poor in the City’s History
A panel of activists and historians on the struggles of women and the poor in the city’s history. Watch video »