THE CANADIAN PRESS/OTTAWA CITIZEN OTTAWA – A new report says Canada’s social fabric is being torn by rising income inequality and stagnant child poverty rates. The Conference Board of Canada report compares Canada with other developed countries on 16 “society indicators” including unemployment, voter turnout, life satisfaction and economic and cultural yardsticks. The annual
Natives don’t need ‘accountability.’ Show us the money
JEFFREY RATH The Globe and Mail Chiefs across Canada are saying that the real lack of “accountability” lies in the Prime Minister’s Office and not at the level of individual first nation governments. Indigenous people across Canada are owed well in excess of $100-billion, the immediate payment of which Prime Minister Stephen Harper refuses
About Striking Poverty–new website to encourage conversations about innovation and solutions
Striking Poverty Inspiring Innovation, Accelerating Development “The Striking Poverty online space is designed to empower innovators to end poverty by striking up interactive discussions and debate among a global community of stakeholders. This is an online salon hosted by the World Bank to curate two-week-long moderated discussions and debates on what
Interview — Tar Sands Blockader Grace Cagle: The “Path of This Pipeline is Like a Map of Power and Poverty”
by Joyce Arnold http://www.taylormarsh.com Grace Cagle is a 22 year old, from the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. She tells me she doesn’t consider herself an activist, but “a person aware of the injustices in this society who is willing and privileged enough to be able to resist those creating injustice.” That’s what she
Doha: UK opens war-chest to help poor countries tackle climate change
Ed Davey confirms UK will deliver £1.5bn pledged Fast Start finance by end of December 2012 By Jessica Shankleman and Jane Burston businessgreen.com As United Nations negotiators this week wrangle over the best way to deliver $100bn of climate finance by 2020, the UK has announced how it will spend £150m of funding
Food Banks Canada reports record number of Canadians using food banks; 38% are children
FoodBankCanada.org Food Banks Canada reports record number of Canadians using food banks; 38% are children HungerCount 2012 provides essential information on levels of food bank use in Canada, profiles communities hit by economic change Ottawa, October 30, 2012 – The number of Canadians turning to food banks for help is at an all-time high,
Enhancing Democratic Citizenship, Deepening Distributive Justice
This movement is a response to the failure of neo-liberalism to distribute benefits fairly and, in one stroke and under the banner of social justice, structures society so that all can flourish. by Jordan Brennan Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives The Living Wage Movement This report looks at the history of the minimum wage
Ontario worst province in terms of inequality, poverty and funding for public services
Dalton McGuinty thought that demanding concessions from Ontario’s teachers would play well in the bi-elections. But Ontarians are more concerned with rising inequality, poverty, and social service cuts. Now his justification for attacking the teachers is under attack and meeting with public disapproval. Laurie Monsebraaten , Social Justice Reporter Toronto Star Ontario is dead last in
North not just a place for resource extraction, say critics
While Harper supports the colonization of the North by mining companies, he ignores the traditions, sensibilities, and problems of the indigenous who live there. UNW and PSAC say prime minister has not addressed social inequalities in region CBC News The North is more than just a military base and a place to extract
France backs proposal to form new UN environment agency
By Augustine Sangi http://thecitizen.co.tz Dar es Salaam. France has said it is backing the proposal to create a United Nations agency for the Environment to replace the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The proposal was made at the Rio summit held from June 20-22, attended by more than 40,000 people – including heads of state
What are Hungry Kids Supposed to do now?
Emily L Care2 Action Alert There are 1.1 million kids living in poverty in Canada. Some of them get food from school programs, but what are they supposed to do in the summer months? Go hungry? Ask the Harper government to increase support for community-based food programs. » Community-based programs bring food to kids
A look at EHN’s environmental justice series –Pollution, Poverty, People of Color
Marla Cone Environmental Health News Beginning June 4, and continuing over the next several weeks, Environmental Health News will publish Pollution, Poverty, People of Color, a series of stories examining environmental justice issues. For this project, EHN dispatched reporters to seven communities across the United States to report on their struggles to cope with
How Inequality Wrecks Everything We Care About
By Chuck Collins, Berrett-Koehler Publishers | Book Excerpt Truthout Inequality is wrecking the world. Not just poverty, which is destroying the lives of billions of people around the planet, but inequality—the accelerating gap between the 99 percent and the 1 percent. Reversing the Inequality Death Spiral According to research in dozens of disciplines, the
Rio+20′s opportunity will be squandered without courage and vision
Rio+20 must learn from the MDGs, emphasise sustainable development, and tackle climate change and gender inequality Gro Harlem Brundtland and Fernando Henrique Cardoso The Guardian As Elders, we have been involved in public life for quite a long time. We know that change takes time and don’t get too worried when progress seems
UN panel aims for ‘a future worth choosing’
By Richard Black Environment correspondent BBC News The High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability was established in 2010 by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The panel’s diagnosis: The number of people living in poverty is declining, but the number hungry is rising Inequality in wealth distribution is rising Access to clean water is increasing, but
