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December 14, 2016
NEW REPORT: Poverty Reduction Roundtable with Minister Jean-Yves Duclos
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March 28, 2017 Report of The Pearson Centre Roundtable on Poverty Reduction By Terrance Hunsley, Senior Fellow, The Pearson Centre Hosted by the Somerset West Community Health Centre, Ottawa December 8, 2016 ____________________________________________
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August 3, 2016
Olympics Assurances
By Yuk-kuen Annie Cheung PhD, RPP
The newly-minted Brazilian Sports Minister Leonardo Picciani announced in June that Rio de Janeiro is ready for the 2016 Olympics. It was then that it became clear the Games will be a go ahead on August 5, albeit under an unprecedented atmosphere of in
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April 18, 2016
The Zika Outbreak: What Can Canada Do?
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Y. Annie Cheung, PhD, RPP When we wake up to songs of chirping birds, we know spring is at our doorstep. When a polar front is gradually retreating, we begin to think of summer, dreaming of sunny days and outdoor living, hiking, and sandy beache
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April 12, 2016
Scrapping Welfare, Hugh Segal
By Hugh Segal
The case for guaranteeing all Canadians an income above the poverty line. This article was originally published by the Literary Review of Canada in 2012. It is a classic presentation of the rationale for a guaranteed basic income and we decided
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April 12, 2016
Refundable tax credits, path to a basic income
By Robin Boadway
Posted by Terrance Hunsley with permission of the author and Basic Income Canada Network The pursuit of a basic income guarantee (BIG) is gathering momentum, but much of the emphasis has been on setting up pilot projects. This is fair enough given that
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March 11, 2016
Basic Income: Let’s not do a pilot project
By Terrance Hunsley, Senior Fellow, The Pearson Centre
Note to readers: We would appreciate feedback from people who have an interest in this topic, as we are considering an initiative on it. Since the election of the Trudeau government, there has been increased interest in the concept of basic income (al
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March 11, 2016
Basic Income: Let's not do a pilot project
By Terrance Hunsley, Senior Fellow, The Pearson Centre
Note to readers: We would appreciate feedback from people who have an interest in this topic, as we are considering an initiative on it. Since the election of the Trudeau government, there has been increased interest in the concept of basic income (al
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January 31, 2016
Discussing a new F/P/T Early Childhood Agreement
By Kerry McCuaig / kerry.mccuaig@utoronto.ca
A starting point for discussions on a new federal/provincial/territorial early childhood agreement Provincial and territorial social service ministers meet with their federal counterparts this week to begin talks on a National Early Learning and Childc
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July 23, 2015
Medicare’s Unfinished Business : A Proposal for a Home and Continuing Care Program for Canada
By Sharon Sholzberg Gray
Background: For 20 years or more, the Canadian public has been asking for appropriate access to ongoing services that will maintain their health in the community and keep them well and outside of hospitals. So have numerous studies, reports and commiss
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May 14, 2014
Open Senate Liberal caucus takes on assisted suicide
By Andrew Cardozo
How do you deal with a controversial, delicate and emotional issue in Parliament? In caucus? In public? A closed caucus meeting no more. How about an open caucus meeting? The Senate Liberals came up with the innovate idea of (i) having open Caucus
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