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You can’t re-open an economy without workers
Yesterday, the Saskatchewan government revealed its plan to “re-open the Saskatchewan economy.” I will leave critiques about whether the plan adequately addresses testing and the public health…
Re-imagining Long-term Residential Care in the COVID-19 Crisis
Download 406.29 KB 16 pages The COVID-19 crisis offers an opportunity to create a new, better normal at Canadian long-term residential care facilities. The report’s…
Re-imagining Long-term Residential Care in Canada
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. TORONTO—The COVID-19 crisis offers an opportunity to create a new, better normal at Canadian long-term residential care facilities, according to…
1.4 million jobless Canadians getting no income support in April
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Extend tax filing deadline to ensure low income households receive benefits
With the ongoing COVID-19 state of emergency, the federal government should waive the requirement that low-income individuals complete their 2019 tax forms by June 1st to…
BC should transition to 100% non-profit and public delivery of seniors care post-crisis: researchers
READ THE REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER — The coronavirus pandemic has shone a light on serious problems in Canada’s seniors care system and after the crisis…
Work Life: Austerity, the economy and COVID-19…Manitoba Government creating, not solving problems
First published CBC online April 21, 2020 COVID-19 has upended communities and economies across the globe. Canadian political leaders have taken unprecedented steps to slow…
Ontario renters can’t wait: the province must step up
The federal government has announced $27 billion in measures intended to mitigate the economic hardship brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Another blog examines them in detail. Overall, the…
The coronavirus crisis: Wake-up call for an economic paradigm shift¹
This article was originally posted on National Newswatch
The hidden and not-so-hidden casualty of COVID-19
Since the province has sensibly decided that “professional and social services that support the legal and justice system” are part of the essential services during…
Ontario needs to spend at least $58 million more a month to fix long-term care staffing crisis: CCPA
TORONTO – As the COVID-19 death toll mounts, the Ontario government must immediately spend at least $58 million more a month on staffing to help…
Mental health, substance use and COVID19: Getting ahead of a perfect storm
What can we expect from the combination of social isolation, sky-high stress, job losses, food and housing insecurity, grief, closures of regular services and supports,…
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