Campaign 2000 group says Ottawa should spend more to fight child poverty after releasing report saying that one in five kids in Ontario live in poverty. ...
Category: Social Services, Justice and Society
NDP child-care plan supported by Liberals, panned by Tories
Although federal Liberal governments have previously endorsed a national child-care program, the $15/day promise is a central plank of federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair's platform. ...
Happening: OPSEU workers picket Timmins mental health branch
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Happening: Health-care workers plan Queen’s Park protest
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Seen: Joint report urges more francophone immigration
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Child-care providers, Montessori school groups air concerns over daycare bill
The bill was fast-tracked by Liberals to have it passed before Christmas, but it meant presenters at the committee hearing had to rush through speeches in five minutes. ...
Happening: Unifor talks with Ottawa rec centre break down
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Claim that daycare bill threatens 140,000 spaces on shaky ground
Groups opposing Bill 10 and Tory MPPs have used the number constantly, but the unreliable data in the unlicensed daycare sector makes it more a matter of opinion, not fact. ...
Heard: Provincial youth advocate to hold conference on First Nations juries
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AMO finishes transfer of federal gas tax money
The Association of Municipalities of Ontario says the $744 million from the federal gas tax fund will go a long way to 'building, repairing and improving municipal infrastructure.' ...