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December 2009 – March 8, 2010 – ACF Project Specific Clippings

CIW

Winter 2010 UofT Magazine Kurt Kleiner Is Life Getting Better? Interview with Hugh Mackenzie re: Canadian Institute of Wellbeing  

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

Jan 27 Toronto Star Tonda MacCharles Canadian political disconnect ‘growing’ http://www.thestar.com/printarticle/756377 report on Democratic Engagement Lynne Slotek quoted throughout article

Jan 27 Toronto Star Time to address democratic deficit http://www.thestar.com/printarticle/756262 Institute of Wellbeing suggests democracy being eroded on a number of fronts Lynne Slotek quoted in paragraph 3.

Early Learning/Child Care

Thurs Nov 26 National Post, Philippa Croome Ontario urged to abandon early education http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2266854 Annie Kidder: early education program will benefit the province long-term, both socially and financially

Fri Nov 27 National Post Martha Friendly Early education pays rich dividends re: Ontario Urged to Abandon Early Education, Nov 26 those who advocate for full-day kindergarten do so with an eye to taking more steps in the future

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

Winter 2009 Vol. 11 No. 4 OPC Register Charles Pascal Leaders to Learners The Early Learning Report and Ontario’s new transformational program

Fri Jan 8 Tor Star GT3 Laurie Monsebraaten and Kristin Rushowy Full-day kindergarten plan draws fire City of Toronto officials question gov’t’s plan to exclude before- and after-school care in the summer and other holidays for 4 – and 5-year olds and to leave children aged 6 to 12 out of the program entirely (Petr Varmuza) http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/earlylearning/article/747969--full-day-kindergarten-plan-draws-fire

Tues Jan 12 National Post Kenyon Wallace Trustee rips ‘ill-conceived’ child-care plan http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2430447 $1.5-billion plan being met with skepticism … Annie Kidder (para 8) says another problem is no care during PA days or winter and summer breaks

Jan 26 Toronto Star GT3 Laurie Monsebraaten All-day kindergarten under threat?  Big box child care - Critics worry company linked to failed Australian-based firm will undermine quality (Martha Friendly) http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/childcare/daycare/article/755800--all-day-kindergarten-under-threat

Wed Feb 1 Tor Star A6 Laurie Monsebraaten Child-care cuts a risk to economy http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/759754 Andrea Calver quoted in paragraph 8 and conservative calculation of economic impact analysis by Centre for Spatial Economics in paragraph 12.

Tues Feb 2 Tor Star A1 & A12 Daycare tops Liberal agenda http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/article/759032--daycare-tops-liberal-agenda

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff promises his party ‘will find the money’ to install national program regardless of deficits

Wed Feb 3 Tor Star A22 Liberals’ daycare pledge http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/759565--liberals-daycare-pledge significant step by Michael Ignatieff that a future Liberal government will put in place a much needed national child-care program

Sat Mar 6 Tor Star IN7 Martha Friendly Funding our childcare crisis Martha responds to Star editorial of Mar 1 “Politicians drop the daycare ball” http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/775152--funding-our-childcare-crisis

Housing / Homelessness

Nov 27 The Mirror b p4 Opening our eyes to the issue of homelessness Raising the Roof (ACF grantee) releases report “Youth Homelessness in Canada: The Road to Solutions” http://www.insidetoronto.com/opinion/editorial/article/217436--opening-our-eyes-to-the-issue-of-homelessness

Poverty Reduction Strategy (Daily Bread / Voices from the Street)

Dec 2 Tor Star A1 & 21 Laurie Monsebraaten Province asks poverty activists to help rebuild welfare system Ontario appoints the head of Toronto’s Daily Food Bank appoints Gail Nyberg head of Toronto’s Daily Bread Food bank to head panel of anti-poverty activists to advise government

Thurs Dec 3 Tor Star A4 Laurie Monsebraaten and Tanya Talaga New measure for the pain of poverty Ontario’s list of indicators developed by the Daily Bread food Bank and Caledon Institute  of Social Policy 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 Government remains committed to cutting child and family poverty by 25 percent by 2013

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

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

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

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 )

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

Thurs Dec 24 Tor Star GT3 Emily Mathieu Charities brace for lean new year Gail Nyberg, Daily Bread Food says food bank use in Toronto has increased by 16 percent in the last year, 20 percent across the province (para 5) http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/742532--charities-brace-for-lean-new-year

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

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 (graduate of voices from the Street) Welfare reviewed by those who know Social assistance must be fixed so it won’t be so crushing for the next person who needs help http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/756760--welfare-reviewed-by-those-who-know

Sat Mar 6 Tor Star IN6 Mark Sussman Investment in the poor would pay off for Ontario op ed by Mark Sussman, member of The People’s Review of Social Assistance project supported by the Daily Bread Food Bank & Voices from the Street http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/775189--an-investment-that-would-pay-off

People for Education (public education)

Tues Dec 22 Tor Star A8 Brendan Kennedy Province to cancel fall report cards (Annie Kidder, People for Education quoted in paragraph 7) Elementary school pupils will get ‘progress report’ instead, says memo to school boards and principals http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/article/741753--province-to-cancel-fall-report-cards

Mon Feb 15 Toronto Star GT3 Education funds review in jeopardy http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/article/765558--education-funds-review-in-jeopardy Annie Kidder, People for Education quoted in paragraph 2 Ontario likely to break promise, critics say

General Interest

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

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 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

Jan 3 The Canadian Press Romina Maurino Average Paycheque of Canada’s Best Paid CEOs Was $7.3 Million in 2008 Hugh Mackenzie, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives authors report 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 canada.com Mark Iype, Canwest News Services Top Canadian CEOs pocketed average annual wage by lunch Hugh Mackenzie: Canada’s 100 highest paid CEO’s will have earned Canada’s average annual salary of 442,305 by just after lunch on January 4 http://www.canada.com/business/Canadian+CEOs+pocketed+average+annual+wage+lunch/2405002/story.html

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

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 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 (Hugh Mackenzie report)

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/

Feb 2010 The CCPA Monitor Vol 16 No 8 Hugh Mackenzie, Debate over taxes dangerously one-sided and misleading

Mar 2 Tor Star A17 Hugh Mackenzie Deficit hysteria no excuse to end economic stimulus http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/deficit-hysteria-no-excuse-end-economic-stimulus