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December 2009 - January 31, 2010

December 2009 - January 31, 2010

ACF Awards

Fri Dec 4 Toronto Star Charity honoured for helping needy kids (Renfrew County Child Poverty Action Network – RAHA Recipient/Nancy Hindmarsh) http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/734414--charity-honoured-for-helping-needy-kids

Dec 7 96.1 myFM Renfrew Prestigious Award for CPAN http://www.myfmradio.ca/961/wire/news/01761_RAP_CPAN_AWARD1-web_080341.php

Sat Jan 26 Tor Star A26 Ruth Atkinson Hindmarsh Award Call for Nominations 2010 - Deadline for Nominations is April 12, 2010

ACF / CIW Partners/Friends in the News

Thurs Dec 3 Tor Star A23 John Cartwright Our future: good green jobs for all http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/733818

Sun Dec 6 Tor Star A14 Sandro Contenta Soup kitchen remains in business 80 years after the Depression (Dixon Hall – former ACF grantee)

Mon Dec 7 Globe and Mail A15 Responding to the skeptics (Thomas Homer Dixon) http://www.insidetoronto.com/print/400281

Tues Dec 8 Tor Star A23 Janet Ecker President, Toronto Financial Services Alliance Don Drummond Chief Economist, TD Bank Financial Group Build Ontario’s economy on battle-tested financial sector (Don Drummond, ACF Friend) http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/735506

Wed Dec 9  Toronto Star David Pecaut’s message to the city http://www.thestar.com/specialsections/article/736261--david-pecault-s-message-to-the-city

Wed Dec 9   Toronto Star Vanessa Lu A love letter to Toronto from an ailing visionary http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/736396--a-love-letter-to-toronto-from-an-ailing-visionary

Thurs Dec 10 Tor Star A23 Bob Hepburn David Pecaut: a true city-builder for Toronto   http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/736837

Thurs Dec 10 Tor Star A18 Tanya Talaga First Nations children’s aid gets lifeline (Tikinagan – 2008 RAH recipient) http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/736973--first-nations-children-s-aid-gets-lifeline

Fri Dec 11 A22 Jehad Aliweiwi Pecaut a rare modern prophet (Jehad, ACF Inclusion Circle) http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/737412

Mon Dec 14 Toronto Star Martin Knelman Greatest mayor we never had: David Pecaut dies at 54 http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/738499---greatest-mayor-we-never-had-david-pecaut-dies-at-54

 Mon Dec 14 Tor Star Statement by Premier Dalton McGuinty of the passing of David Pecaut http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/738502--statement-by-premier-dalton-mcguinty-on-the-passing-of-david-pecaut

Mon Dec 14 Tor Star A1 & A15 Laurie Monsebraaten HST plan won’t shrink most wallets, report says http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/hst/article/738403

Mon Dec 14 The Globe and Mail Marcus Gee In death, David Pecaut sets out a challenge for all Torontonians http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/in-death-david-pecaut-sets-out-a-challenge-for-all-torontonians/article1400335/

Mon Dec 14 The Globe and Mail Sandra Martin Toronto visionary David Pecaut succumbs to cancer http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/toronto-visionary-david-pecaut-succumbs-to-cancer/article1399555/

Mon Dec 14 The Globe and Mail Torontonians remember David Pecaut http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/torontonians-remember-david-pecaut/article1400337/

Mon Dec 14 Toronto Star Leslie Ferenc Business elite urged to ‘invest in people’ (Frances Lankin – ACF Friend; Bill Downe president & CEO, BMO Financial

Group) http://www.thestar.com/specialsections/article/738337--business-elite-urged-to-invest-in-people

Tues Dec 15 Tor Star David Pecaut’s vision http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/738654--david-pecaut-s-vision

Tues Dec 15 Tor Star Royson James Pecaut brough impossible to life http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/738797--james-david-pecaut-brought-impossible-to-life

Tues Dec 15 Tor Star No tax grab here (CCPA – HST) http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/738661--no-tax-grab-here

Tues Dec 15 The Globe and Mail Marcus Gee The best mayor Toronto never had (David Pecaut) http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/GAM.20091215.GEE15TORART2330/TPStory/TPComment

Tues Dec 15 Toronto Sun Antonella Artuso Toronto champion dies at 54 http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/12/15/12157416-sun.html

Fri Dec 18 Tor Star A23 Carol Goar Pecaut’s young leaders carry his torch forward http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/740362

Fri Dec 18 The Mirror p14 David Nickle City-builder dies at 54 (David Pecaut) http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/cityhall/article/244663--city-builder-david-pecaut-dies-at-54

Tues Dec 22 Tor Star A7 Rob Ferguson Policy expert quits board of eHealth (Michael Decter, ACF Friend) http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/ehealth/article/741705--policy-expert-quits-board-of-ehealth

Tues Dec 22 Tor Star GT4 Martin Knelman Inspirational Pecaut ‘made us a better people’ http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/741723--inspirational-pecaut-made-us-a-better-people

Sun Dec 27 Tor Star A16 Jesse Mclean ‘Easygoing, simple guy who loved his life’ (Cathy Crowe) http://www.thestar.com/news/obituary/article/742988--norman-hemminger-76-easygoing-simple-guy-who-loved-his-life

Sun Dec 27 Tor Star A27 Thomas S. Axworthy Redefining Canada’s Liberal party http://www.thestar.com/news/obituary/article/742988--norman-hemminger-76-easygoing-simple-guy-who-loved-his-life

Tues Dec 29 Tor Star A27 Nate Laurie How to sell a (gasp!) tax hike http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/all-day-kindergarten-a-teachable-moment/article1401896/

Jan 1, 2010 The Globe and Mail Joe Friesen Decoding the Decade Nation Builder: Ratna Omidvar http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/decade/decade-nation-builder/ratna-omidvar/article1416803/

Jan 2 Tor Star A1 & A6 Catherine Porter What are their lives like today? Their dreams, passions and insecurities? http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/newsfeatures/article/745018--porter-conflicting-forces-shape-teen-girls-dreams

Jan 2 Tor Star L1 & L12 Tai Notar A solution for the Blackberry blues http://www.thestar.com/living/article/743918--a-solution-for-the-blackberry-blues

Jan 3 Tor Star A1 Laurie Monsebraaten 2010’s people to watch: Jessica Yee (Judy Rebick) http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/745250--2010-s-people-to-watch-in-the-gta-jessica-yee-activist

Jan 5 Tor Star Ontario parties gear up for uncalled Toronto Centre byelection (Cathy Crowe) http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/746302--ontario-parties-gear-up-for-uncalled-toronto-centre-byelection

Jan 6 Tor Star Byelection to replace George Smitherman called for February 4 (Cathy Crowe) http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/746809--byelection-to-replace-smitherman-called-for-feb-4

Thurs Jan 7 Tor Star A10 Robert Benzie Glen Murray front and centre (Cathy Crowe) http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/747287--glen-murray-front-and-centre

Sat Jan 9 Tor Star Joanna Smith Ottawa cutting off cash for education review body (Cdn Council on Learning – CIW Partner) http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/748500--ottawa-cutting-off-cash-for-education-review-body

Sat Jan 9 Tor Star Don Drummond and Carol Wilding Your day of financial reckoning is nigh, Toronto http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/748420--your-day-of-financial-reckoning-is-nigh-toronto

Sat Jan 9 The Globe and Mail A4 Elizabeth Church Ottawa axes funding for education think tank (CCL – CIW partner) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ottawa-axes-funding-for-education-think-tank/article1425258/

Jan 12 thestar.com Politics behind this spending cut http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/749367--politics-behind-this-spending-cut

Sat Jan 16 Tor Star A24 Rob Ferguson McGuinty touts housing record (Cathy Crowe) http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/751601--dalton-mcguinty-touts-housing-record

Mon Jan 18 Tor Star GT1 & 5 Vanessa Lu A Mez-merizing list of city-specific ideas (Desmond Cole – Inclusion Circle member)  http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/751975--a-mez-merizing-list-of-city-specific-ideas

Tues Jan 26 Tor Star A11 Tanya Talaga Surgeries delayed due to budget woes (Cathy Crowe) http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/755818--surgeries-delayed-due-to-budget-woes

Sat Jan 30 Toronto Star A14 Linda Diebel Street nurse takes a riding’s pulse (Cathy Crowe) http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/758023--street-nurse-cathy-crowe-takes-toronto-centre-s-pulse

Sat Jan 30 Tor Star CL8 David Hayes Toronto’s champion of affordable housing (Cathy Crowe) http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/article/757847--toronto-s-champion-of-affordable-housing

Aboriginal Child Welfare

Fri Dec 18 Tor Star A1 & A6 Tanya Talaga Children Dying for Attention http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/740503--northern-ontario-children-dying-for-attention

Fri Dec 18 Tor Star A6 Tanya Talaga High costs swamp children’s aid societies in north http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/newsfeatures/article/740502--high-costs-swamp-children-s-aid-societies-in-north

Sat Dec 19 Tor Star A14 Tanya Talaga Suicides turn focus on stricken north http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/740876--suicides-turn-focus-on-stricken-north

Mon Dec 21 Tor Star A26 The CAS shortfall http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/741219--the-cas-shortfall

Mon Dec 21 Tor Star A26 Dr. Karen Shklanka Dept of Family Medicine, UBC Tragic problem in northern Ontario http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/741220

Mon Dec 28 Tor Star A4 Tanya Talaga Swamped by teen suicides (Attawapiskat) http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/743190--swamped-by-teen-suicides

Tues Dec 29 Tor Star A26 Ben Carniol, Professor Emeritus School of Social Work, Ryerson U Ending dysfunctional legacy in N. Ontario http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/all-day-kindergarten-a-teachable-moment/article1401896/

Tues Jan 12 Tor Star Politics behind this spending http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/749367--politics-behind-this-spending-cut

CIW

Winter 2010 UofT Magazine Kurt Kleiner Is Life Getting Better? (Hugh Mackenzie; ACF; CIW) http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/cover-story/is-life-getting-better-ways-of-measuring-well-being-problems-with-gdp/

Jan 27 Toronto Star Tonda MacCharles Canadian political disconnect ‘growing’ http://www.thestar.com/printarticle/756377

Jan 27 Toronto Star Time to address democratic deficit http://www.thestar.com/printarticle/756262

Early Learning/Child Care

Jan 26 Health Council of Canada http://www.canadavalueshealth.ca/mp3/LynneSlotek_CIW_jan212010.mp3

Jan 27 1010 http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/SkinnedFolder_1119011842744/lynne_on_1010_b.mp3

Nov 27 National Post Martha Friendly Early education pays rich dividends

Dec 2 Renfrew County Mercury News Steve Newman Full-day kindergarten coming

Dec 6 Tor Star Martha Friendly Don’t begrudge helping children (Martha Friendly)

Dec 7 The Caledon Enterprise Roger Belgrave Early learning plan not soon enough http://www.caledonenterprise.com/editorial/article/81982

Dec 7 The Expositor Michelle Ruby Ontario full-day learning program will be first in North America http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2205914

Dec 10 thestar.com Premier gears up for 2011 vote http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/736921--premier-gears-up-for-2011-vote

Dec 10 St. Lawrence EMC (EMC News) UCDSB selecting sites for all-day kindergarten http://www.emcstlawrence.ca/20091210/news/UCDSB+selecting+sites+for+all-day+kindergarten

Fri Dec 11 The Globe and Mail Kate Hammer Board names all-day kindergarten sites http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/board-names-all-day-kindergarten-sites/article1396510/

Fri Dec 11 The Globe and Mail Kate Hammer Full-day kindergarten coming to city’s poorest areas http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/full-day-kindergarten-coming-to-citys-poorest-areas/article1398152/

Dec 11 Tillsonburg News Hugo Rodrigues Catholic board chair wants an ‘equitable’ approach http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2217924

Dec 12 Voice of Toronto McGuinty Government Acts on Economy, Job Creation  http://voiceoftoronto.com/wp/2009/12/mcguinty-government-acts-on-economy-job-creation/

Dec 13 The Canadian Press Ciara Byrne Early childhood educators anxious about jobs due to full-day kindergarten http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g7q-iF2eQljpb4JitOK_Kx3y_SOw

Mon Dec 14 The Globe and Mail Catherine McLean Trachsler (Full day kindergarten; Jill Worthy) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/all-school-for-all-day-makes-jack-an-irritable-boy/article1399143/

Dec 14 The Sudbury Star Plan amounts to subsidized day care, blogger claims http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2220594

Dec 15 The Globe and Mail Adam Radwanski  All day kindergarten: a teachable moment http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/all-day-kindergarten-a-teachable-moment/article1401896/

Dec 15 Brantford Expositor Michelle Ruby Board will be in childcare business: Wibberley http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2221390

Dec 15 Sarnia Observer Paul Morden Opposition was effective, MPP says http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2221906

Dec 17 Inside Toronto.com Eric Heino Local school candidates for full-day kindergarten announced http://www.insidetoronto.com/community/education/article/244857--local-school-candidates-for-full-day-kindergarten-announced

Dec 17 Ottawa Citizen Canwest News Service Ontario to introduce full-day kindergarten http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Ontario+introduce+full+kindergarten/2150599/story.html

Dec 18 London Free Press Kelly Pedro Board begs off day-care program http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2009/12/17/12194331.html

Dec 18 myfm105.7 Strathroy Canadoc Push for local childcare providers http://www.myfmradio.ca/1057/wire/news/02059_Push_For_Local_Childcare_Providers_091442.php

Dec 21 London Free Press Kate Dubinsky Full-day learning under fire http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2009/12/21/12223526-sun.html

Dec 22 Northumberland Today Valerie Macdonald Full-day kindergarten leaves gap in service: health unit board http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2232060

Dec 22 Your Ottawa Region.com Melissa Di Constanzo and Laura Mueller Impact of full-day kindergarten questioned http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/local/article/246618--impact-of-full-day-kindergarten-questioned

Dec 23 Paris Star Dave Levac A look back at laws passed in 2009 http://www.parisstaronline.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2235079

Mon Dec 28 Tor Star E7 Andrea Gordon Thorncliffe program returns http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/article/743124--thorncliffe-program-returns

Tues Dec 29 The Globe and Mail Adam Radwanski 10 top stories that will shape Ontario politics in 2010 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/ten-stories-that-will-shape-ontario-politics-in-2010/article1413772/

Winter 2009 Vol. 11 No. 4 OPC Register Charles Pascal Leaders to Learners

Fri Jan 1 Tor Star GT1 & 4 Laurie Monsebraaten 5,000 child-care subsidies at risk, city report warns http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/744834--5-000-child-care-subsidies-at-risk-city-report-warns?bn=1

Fri Jan 8 Tor Star GT3 Laurie Monsebraaten and Kristin Rushowy Full-day kindergarten plan draws fire http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/earlylearning/article/747969--full-day-kindergarten-plan-draws-fire

Mon Jan 11 Tor Star E1 & E8 Andrea Gordon Parents feel community support lacking (Invest in Kids Foundation) http://www.thestar.com/living/article/748915--parents-feel-community-support-lacking

Tues Jan 12 parentcentral.ca Kristin Rushowy All day kindergarten coming to 71 Toronto schools this fall http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/earlylearning/article/749517--all-day-kindergarten-coming-to-71-toronto-schools-this-fall

Jan 12 ParentCentral.ca Proposed school site list for full-day kindergarten http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/earlylearning/article/749539--proposed-school-site-list-for-full-day-kindergarten

Tues Jan 12 Tor Star GT1 & GT5 Kristin Rushowy 35,000 kids getting full-day kindergarten

Tues Jan 12 National Post Kenyon Wallace Trustee rips ‘ill-conceived’ child-care plan (Annie Kidder) http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2430447

Jan 12 Canoe network Jonathan Jenkins Ontario to unveil full-day kindergarten http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/01/11/12430961-qmi.html

Jan 12 thespec.com 600 Ontario schools to offer full-day kindergarten http://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/702935

Jan 12 CBC News Ontario offers full-day kindergarten next fall http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/01/12/chatham-ontario-kindergarten-100112.html

Jan 12 CTV News Ontario announces $1.5B all-day learning program http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/20100112/allday_learning_100112/20100112/?hub=Canada&subhub=PrintStory

Jan 12, 2010 Inside Toronto.com Cynthia Reason  Full-day kindergarten comes to 101 schools http://www.insidetoronto.com/print/400281

Jan 12 Centretown News Online Lydia Parafianowicz Centretown school part of full-day preschool program http://centretownnewsonline.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1286&Itemid=126

Jan 15 Tor Star GT3 Kristin Rushowy Hard choices as parents ponder full-day program http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/earlylearning/article/751028--hard-choices-as-parents-ponder-full-day-program

Fri Jan 15 The Mirror Cynthia Reason p13 Kindergarten 101 in September

Friday Jan 15 The Morror p4 Full-day kindergarten: some cautionary notes http://www.insidetoronto.com/opinion/editorial/article/412650--full-day-kindergarten-some-cautionary-notes

Sun Jan 17 A14  Sensible changes for kindergarten http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/751469--sensible-changes-for-kindergarten

Jan 26 Toronto Star GT3 Laurie Monsebraaten All-day kindergarten under threat? http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/childcare/daycare/article/755800--all-day-kindergarten-under-threat

Thurs Jan 28 A12 Toronto Star Laurie Monsebraaten Critics slam proposed daycare plan

Government/Inclusion/Inequality

Nov 20 The Globe and Mail More to be seen, heard http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/more-to-be-seen-heard/article1370828/

Wed Dec 9 Tor Star Antonia Zerbisias Inequality the new normal, historian says http://www.thestar.com/living/article/736202--inequality-the-new-normal-historian-says

Fri Dec 11 Tor Star Carol Goar How to make Canadians give more to charity http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/737383

Fri Dec 11 Tor Star A8 Charities urge Ottawa to make donating easier (Terence Sullivan; Michael Shapcott; ACF Friends) http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/737475--charities-urge-ottawa-to-make-donating-easier

Mon Dec 14 Tor Star A15 Laurie Monsebraaten HST plan won’t shrink most wallets, report says (CCPA / Ernie Lightman – ACF Partners) http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/hst/article/738403--hst-won-t-hurt-much-report-says

Tue Dec 15 Tor Star A23 Robert Benzie Province puts a lid on payday loans (ACORN initiative) http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/738792--province-puts-a-lid-on-payday-loans

Wed Dec 16 The Globe and Mail Lawrence Martin Democracy Canadian-style: how do you like it so far? http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/democracy-canadian-style-how-do-you-like-it-so-far/article1403148/

Fri Dec 18 The Globe and Mail Duff Conacher The state of democracy http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/dec-18-letters-to-the-editor/article1404643/

Thurs Dec 17 Tor Star A21 Allan Woods Gloom and fury grip Copenhagen (UN Climate Summit / Maude Barlow) http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/copenhagensummit/article/739998--gloom-and-fury-grip-copenhagen

Sat Dec 19 Tor Star IN5 Thomas Walkom Four reasons to worry about the recovery (sorry, finance guys) http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/740353--walkom-four-reasons-to-worry-about-the-recovery-sorry-finance-guys

Tues Dec 22 Tor Star Les Whittington Flaherty threatens to rein in mortgages (Don Drummond, ACF Friend) http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/realestate/article/741741--flaherty-threatens-to-rein-in-mortgages

Wed Dec 23 Tor Star A27 Carol Goar Let’s start a new Christmas tradition http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/742133

Thurs Dec 24 Tor Star B1 & B2 Rita Trichur Task force aims to turn page on financial literacy (Duff Conacher, Chair, Canadian Community Reinvestment Coalition – ACF Grantee) http://www.thestar.com/business/article/742515--task-force-aims-to-turn-page-on-financial-illiteracy

Thurs Dec 24 Tor Star A6 Susan Delacourt Diversity by another name http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/742561--diversity-by-another-name

Dec 29 The Globe and Mail Jeffrey Simpson Welcome to the no-go zone of Canadian discourse http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20091229.COSIMP29ART1741/TPStory/TPComment/

Dec 29 Tor Star A26 Dennis Raphael, Professor of Health Policy and Management, York U Should we be proud or ashamed? Re: Why Canadians should feel proud, Editorial Dec 26 http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/743430  http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/742109--why-canadians-should-feel-proud

Tues Dec 29 Tor Star A18 Heather Scoffield One in seven living with disability http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/743517--one-in-seven-living-with-disability

Jan 3 The Canadian Press Romina Maurino Average Paycheque of Canada’s Best Paid CEOs Was $7.3 Million in 2008 http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/life/money/article/67006--average-paycheque-of-canada-s-best-paid-ceos-was-7-3-million-in-2008

Jan 4 The Globe and Mail Maude Barlow Ashamed to wear the maple leaf http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/ashamed-to-wear-the-maple-leaf/article1418706/

Jan 4, 2010 Tor Star Romino Maurino Pay for top Canadian CEOs outpaces inflation by 70% (Hugh Mackenzie) http://www.thestar.com/business/article/745750--pay-for-top-canadian-ceos-outpaces-inflation-by-70

Jan 4 canada.com Mark Iype, Canwest News Services Top Canadian CEOs pocketed average annual wage by lunch (Hugh Mackenzie) http://www.canada.com/business/Canadian+CEOs+pocketed+average+annual+wage+lunch/2405002/story.html

Jan 5 Tor Star Dana Flavelle Top executives still raking it in (Hugh Mackenzie, ACF Trustee) http://www.thestar.com/business/article/745974--top-executives-still-raking-it-in

Jan 5 The Globe and Mail B5 Romina Maurino Top 2008 CEO pay averaged $7.3-million

Jan 6 The Globe and Mail Mistaken comparison (Hugh Mackenzie) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/mistaken-comparison/article1420431/

Thurs Jan 28 The Globe and Mail A17 Lawrence Martin It’s not just the Tories – we’ve spent decades digging our democratic deficit (Duff Conacher, Democracy Watch) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/its-not-just-the-tories-weve-spent-decades-digging-our-democratic-deficit/article1446687/

Housing / Homelessness

Nov 27 The Mirror b p4 Opening our eyes to the issue of homelessness (Raising the Roof – ACF Grantee)  http://www.insidetoronto.com/opinion/editorial/article/217436--opening-our-eyes-to-the-issue-of-homelessness

Fri Dec 4 Tor Star GT7 John Spears Soaring shelter cost frustrates council (Councillor Janet Davis) http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/734430--soaring-shelter-cost-frustrates-council

Sun Dec 6 Tor Star A18 Erin Harris and Margaret Hawthorn, Board Members, Older Women’s Network Toronto Housing needs of older women re: Abuse survivors become trailblazers column, Dec 2 (see poverty)

Tues Dec 15 Tor Star Katie Daubs Homeless youth abandon Yonge (David Hulchanski – ACF Friend) http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/738800--homeless-youth-abandon-yonge-st

Dec 18 Daily Commercial News and Construction Record Governments of Canada and Ontario celebrate affordable housing in Tavistock (PRS) http://dcnonl.com/nw/16026/re

Mon Dec 21 Tor Star A27 Carol Goar Can a secure home cure poor health? http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/740821

Jan 6 Tor Star A8 Advocate for homeless set to run for NDP (Cathy Crowe)

Poverty/ Poverty Relief/ Social Assistance Reform

Thurs Nov 19 The Globe and Mail Hugh Segal How to make real progress against poverty http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/how-to-make-real-progress-against-poverty/article1370316/

Mon Nov 23 The Globe and Mail Ed Broadbent How to end child poverty: tax the rich http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/how-to-end-child-poverty-tax-the-rich/article1374806/

Nov 25 The Globe and Mail Andre Picard Rich v Poor: the lives we can expect from our income (Campaign 2000 – 25in5 partner) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/rich-v-poor-the-lives-we-can-expect-from-our-income/article1377610/

Nov 25 The Globe and Mail Letters to the Editor Tax the rich? (Martha Friendly – ACF Friend) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/nov-25-letters-to-the-editor/article1376173/

Nov 28 Tor Star IN6 Ottawa’s turn to join poverty fight http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/731408--ottawa-s-turn-to-join-poverty-fight

Nov 30 Tor Star A18 Laurie Monsebraaten Welfare reform creeps at snail’s pace http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/732428--welfare-reform-creeps-at-snail-s-pace

Dec 2 Tor Star A1 & 21 Laurie Monsebraaten Province asks poverty activists to help rebuild welfare system

Dec 2 Tor Star A23 Carol Goar Abuse survivors become trailblazers (The Stop Food Centre) http://bigsaf.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/03/3580693-abuse-survivors-become-trailblazers-thestarcom?commentId=11006618

Thurs Dec 3 Tor Star A4 Laurie Monsebraaten and Tanya Talaga New measure for the pain of poverty http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/newsfeatures/article/733908--new-measure-for-the-pain-of-poverty

Dec 3 Tor Star A22 Poverty vs. the deficit http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/733797--poverty-vs-the-deficit

Fri Dec 4 The Globe and Mail Defining necessities http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/defining-necessities/article1388204/

Mon Dec 7 Tor Star Rob Ferguson & Tanya Talaga Millions wasted on welfare: Ontario Auditor General http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/735260--millions-wasted-on-welfare-ontario-auditor-general

Dec 7 thestar.com HST brings cautious support, NDP fire (25in5) http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/735263--hst-brings-cautious-support-ndp-fire

Dec 7 TheSpec.com Maureen Leyland The Hamilton Spectator Norma Ducau and Linda Hall Clawbacks wound Ontario’s poorest (25 in 5) http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/685943

Tues Dec 8 Tor Star A1 Auditor wants welfare fixed to help the poor

Wed Dec 9 Tor Star Jim Coyle Saluting the best in waste, sloth and scamming http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/736374--saluting-the-best-in-waste-sloth-and-scamming

Wed Dec 9 Tor Star Laurie Monsebraaten ‘Broken social programs keep millions in poverty http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/736343---broken-social-programs-keep-millions-in-poverty

Wed Dec 9 Tor Star Carol Goar Senators keep poverty in spotlight http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/736238

Wed Dec 9 Tor Star Welfare fraud in perspective http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/736219--welfare-fraud-in-perspective

Wed Dec 9 The Globe and Mail Anna Mehler Paperny and Josh Wingrove Doctor under fire for allegedly abusing welfare requests http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/doctor-under-fire-for-allegedly-abusing-welfare-requests/article1393687/

Wed Dec 9 The Globe and Mail Interview with Dr. Roland Wong http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/interview-with-dr-roland-wong/article1393731/

Thurs Dec 10 Toronto Star A10 Rob Ferguson MD’s welfare prescription probed (anti-poverty activists) http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/736986--md-s-welfare-prescription-probed

Fri Dec 11 Toronto Star A22 Anna Willats, Toronto Doctor standing up for poor patients (link not found)

Fri Dec 11 The Globe and Mail Marcus Gee The moral end-run that undermines the welfare system http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/the-moral-end-run-that-undermines-the-welfare-system/article1395185/

Fri Dec 11 The Globe and Mail Brenda Roman Try living on $7,000 a year http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/try-living-on-7000-a-year/article1396623/

Dec 11 Centretown News Victoria Ptashnick Nothing will come of nothing (Laurel Rothman, Campaign 2000) http://centretownnewsonline.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1250&Itemid=101

Sat Dec 12 Tor Star A1 & A15 Rita Trichur Digging out of Debt (Armine Yalnizyan, former ACF Economic Justice Fellow) http://www.thestar.com/business/article/737954--canadians-struggling-to-dig-out-of-debt

Sat Dec 12 Tor Star A23 Catherine Porter How sick must you be to earn a better diet? http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/737921--porter-how-sick-must-you-be-to-earn-a-better-diet

Sat Dec 12 Tor Star IN6 Frances Lankin, Arthur Peters Ted Sokolsky Tough times bring out the best http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/737365

Sun Dec 13 Tor Star Mary Marrone, Director of Advocacy and Legal Services, Income Security Advocacy Centre, Toronto The scandal here is the system http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/737852 (ACF 25in5 Partner )

Mon Dec 14 Tor Star Carol Goar Thin gruel on welfare gravy train http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/737859

Mon Dec 14 Tor Star B1 & B2 Canadians deeper in debt than ever before (Armine Yalnizyan, CCPA) http://www.thestar.com/business/article/738733--canadians-deeper-in-debt-than-ever-before

Mon Dec 14 The Globe and Mail Second thoughts lacking http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/second-thoughts-lacking/article1399139/

Tues Dec 15 Tor Star Senators join fight on poverty http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/738662--senators-join-fight-on-poverty

Dec 15 Toronto Star Robert Benzie Province puts a lid on payday loans http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/738792--province-puts-a-lid-on-payday-loans

Tues Dec 15 Tor Star No tax grab here http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/738661--no-tax-grab-here

Tues Dec 15 The Globe and Mail Art Eggleton Poverty at home (In from the Margins report) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/poverty-at-home/article1400515/

Dec 15 Guelph Mercury.com John Stapleton and Greg deGroot-Maggetti Governments must work to lift people out of poverty http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/EditorialOpinion/article/574953

Wed Dec 16 Tor Star A19 Carol Goar Punished for working too diligently http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/739279

Dec 19 Tor Star Is maverick MD a hero? Mohamad Haniff; Lynn Anne Mulrooney, Burlington;  Mark Baigrie, Scarborough; Madeline Meilleur, Minister of Community and Social Services/Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters/article/740390--is-maverick-md-hero

Tues Dec 22 Tor Star A16 Catherine Porter Model of success in a system that keeps her down http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/741686--porter-model-of-success-in-a-system-that-keeps-her-down

Dec 23 Paris Star Dave Levac A look back at laws passed in 2009 http://www.parisstaronline.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2235079

Thurs Dec 24 Tor Star GT3 Emily Mathieu Charities brace for lean new year (Gail Nyberg, ED, Daily Bread Food Bank) http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/742532--charities-brace-for-lean-new-year

Fri Dec 18 The Globe and Mail Neil Reynolds Cigarette taxes: The poverty punishment http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/cigarette-taxes-the-poverty-punishment/article1404874/?cid=art-rail-business

Mon Dec 28 Tor Star A23 Carol Goar Canadians filled void left by leaders http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/742689

Dec 29 The Daily Gleaner Being poor is bad for you (Campaign 2000) http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/903320

Jan 5, 2010 Tor Star Sherri Torjman, Ken Battle and Michael Mendelson, Caledon Institute of Social Policy How did the just society become just don’t care? http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/746442

Jan 10 Tor Sun Bryn Weese Toronto’s 2010 woes (Frances Lankin) http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/01/10/12408841-sun.html

Jan 11 Toronto Sun Bryn Weese “Top Ten Issues Facing the City” – from United Way clippings

Jan 28 Tor Star A21 Sima Dini Welfare reviewed by those who know (Voices from the Street) http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/756760--welfare-reviewed-by-those-who-know

Public Education

Tues Dec 1 A1&12 Louise Brown Schools plan leaner lessons

Tues Dec 22 Tor Star A8 Brendan Kennedy Province to cancel fall report cards (Annie Kidder, People for Education) http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/article/741753--province-to-cancel-fall-report-cards

Tues Dec 22 Globe and Mail Anna Mehler Paperny No more fall report card for Ontario kids  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/no-more-fall-report-card-for-ontario-kids/article1408248/