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The Monitor, May/June 2020
Putting Housing Poverty on Notice Download 5.37 MB In our first issue following the outbreak of COVD-19 in Canada, Monitor contributors assess the federal and…
Workers in which sectors were hit hardest by COVID-19 closures
Further to my other work looking at who has lost either their job or the majority of their hours between February and March, in this…
PSE student support program: Does it pass the test?
At least 1.17 million post secondary education (PSE) students or recent grads will use the Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB). They wouldn’t have been able…
Show, don’t tell: Canada’s COVID-19 response doesn’t meet students’ needs or reflect their realities
If you’re a young person in Canada right now, chances are you’re used to the government letting you down. Whether you’re a teenager in Ontario…
Fast Facts: Normal is the Problem
Long term care and COVID The heart-breaking tragedy of multiple COVID-19 deaths in Canadian long-term care facilities, and the often-horrific manner in which those deaths…
Gender impact of Canada’s income supports
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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…
Comparing provincial economic responses to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vital importance of collective responses via governments at all levels. The Canadian context of federalism, with a division of…
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…
1.4 million jobless Canadians getting no income support in April
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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…
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…
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