Community Action articles from January 2004

Community Action archives from January 2004

Biting the tax bullet.(Comments)
January 19, 2004... Campaign promises come back to haunt politicians and often very quickly. Less than six months after Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty's election promise to improve health, education, and social services without raising taxes, he now has to cope...

Ontario repeals lifetime ban on welfare fraud.
January 19, 2004... TORONTO -- The Ontario government's decision to repeal a lifetime ban for welfare fraud was welcomed by the Income Security Legal Clinic, which urges the provincial government to immediately drop all cases of welfare fraud currently within the...

Therapist among those found liable in malicious prosecution in Klassen case.
January 19, 2004... SASKATOON -- A Crown prosecutor, a therapist and a Saskatoon police officer have all been found liable for malicious prosecution of 12 members of a Saskatchewan family that were charged with sexual assault of three foster children in the early...

Anonymous kidney donor plan tested by BC transplant group.
January 19, 2004... VANCOUVER -- "We believe there truly is a segment of society that for truly altruistic reasons is willing and wanting to donate a kidney to the person on the list who is the most suitable match, who they will never meet," stated British...

Social sector leads job growth in 2003.
January 19, 2004... OTTAWA -- Canada's employment growth in 2003 was led by the health care and social assistance sector, according to Statistics Canada. In December, employment increased by an estimated 53,000, mostly in full-time work. More that 28,000 of...

Calendar Canada.(Calendar)
January 19, 2004... Jan. 28-29: Conference: Corporate governance; Conference Board of Canada; Toronto; 1.866.711.2262 Feb. 6-7: Early Years Conference, Vancouver, University of British Columbia, http://www.interprofessiona Feb. 7-8: Symposium: Healthy...

Foreign calendar.(Calendar)
January 19, 2004... Feb. 8-15: Human services tour, Cuba; Leading Edge Seminars; 416.964.1133 Feb. 15-22: Cultural tour; Cuba; Leading Edge Seminars; 416.964.1133 Feb. 26-28: National School-Age Care Alliance; Tampa, FL; http://www.nascaconference.com...

"Skip generation" households, grandparents raise children's children.(Child & Family)
January 19, 2004... OTTAWA -- For many grandparents, later life is a time for enjoying the benefits of retirement. But thousands are finding themselves in an unusual position--raising their children's children. according to Statistics Canada. In 2001, a total...

Ontario child advocate wants youth assessment centre replaced.(Child & Family)
January 19, 2004... TORONTO -- Ontario Child Advocate Judith Finlay will report to a coroner's inquiry that "peer violence generated by idleness, limited meaningful programming, inadequate staff supervision, vigilance and intervention, and inattention to...

Youth offenders for children's ministry.(Child & Family)
January 19, 2004... TORONTO -- The Ontario Liberal government plans to transfer responsibility for 16-17 year-old offenders to the newly created children's ministry. Police and opposition critics claim this is the wrong time, when cities like Toronto have...

National Homelessness Initiative.(Funding)
January 19, 2004... www.homelessness.gc.ca Winnipeg projects. Circle of Life Thunderbird House (PAA PII Wak). To provide transitional housing and holistic programming for four Aboriginal male youth aged 18-29 years who are currently and/or were involved...

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.(Funding)
January 19, 2004... 613-992-0691 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships The University of British Columbia Barclay, Laurie J. (Doctoral Fellowship) Workplace mistreatment: exploring how victims and transgressors can recover from injustice. $38,000 2...

Trillium Foundation Ontario.(Foundation)
January 19, 2004... 800-263-2887 Pembroke Little League. To upgrade a local baseball field to make it safer for use by young baseball players. $24,900 over one year. Pinhey's Point Foundation. For an artifact cataloguing, appraising and restoration...

The National Crime Prevention Strategy, National Crime Prevention Centre.(Funding)
January 19, 2004... 613-954-1721 The Forbes-Overbrook Community Resource Centre. For the program 'Children as Agents of Change'. In recent years, the community of Overbrook-Forbes has been plagued by violence and crime. The Forbes-Overbrook Community Resource...

Extend disability tax credits to mood disorders, committee recommends.(General)
January 19, 2004... OTTAWA -- The federal Technical Advisory Committee on Tax Measures for Persons with Disabilities in a letter to the appropriate Ministers supports the extension of the eligibility of the Disability Tax Credit for persons with mood disorders,...

Two federal departments set up to replace HRDC.(General)
January 19, 2004... OTTAWA -- The large and unwieldy, Department of Human Resources Canada has been broken up into two departments. The Department of Human Resources and Skills Development supports human capital development, labour market development and is...

Deputy Ministers.(General)
January 19, 2004... Deputy Ministers: The Prime Minister has made the following deputy minister appointments: Nicole Jauvin, Deputy Minister of Social Development, Wayne Wouters, Human Resources and Skills Development. Maryantonnett Flumian, currently Associate...

Can't pay fine not a reason for conditional sentence.(General)
January 19, 2004... OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled a conditional sentence imposed on a defendant in a cigarette contraband case was invalidly imposed because "where the offender's reasonable excuse for failure to pay a fine is simple poverty,...

Ontario shifts 16-17 year old offenders to children's ministry.(General)
January 19, 2004... TORONTO -- The Ontario government transferred responsibility for 16-17 year-old offenders to the new children's ministry. Police and opposition critics claim this is the wrong time to introduce change, when cities like Toronto seem to be...

El provides six weeks compassionate leave.(General)
January 19, 2004... OTTAWA -- Canadians who care for deathly ill family members and who are eligible for Employment Insurance Benefits, will now be able to apply for and receive six weeks of benefits under a new Employment Insurance program called the...

Art donations may be challenged.(General)
January 19, 2004... OTTAWA -- The Department of Finance announced changes to the Income Tax Act to limit the tax benefits from "buy-low, donate-high" charitable donations made under tax shelter and other arrangements. The value of a tax receipt issued by a...

Martin sets task force on seniors.(General)
January 19, 2004... OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Paul Martin appointed a Task Force on Active Living and Dignity for Seniors. Chaired by Tony Ianno, Member of Parliament for Trinity-Spadina, The Task Force will report to the Prime Minister, making recommendations on...

NB counsellors win 11.25% raise.(General)
January 19, 2004... FREDERICTON -- The New Brunswick government and Local 1251 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, representing about 550 correctional officers, human service counsellors and custodians, signed a four-and-one-half year collective agreement....

Publications.
January 19, 2004... The publications listed below are for information purposes only. To obtain copies contact the publisher. The entries in this section are listed free of charge and are limited to material published in Canada and by Canadian authors. Publishers...

Periodicals received.
January 19, 2004... The Atkinson Letter, The Atkinson Charitable Foundation, Toronto, November 2003 Canadian Social Trends, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Winter 2003 CPC Viewpoint, Canadian Pensioners Concerned Ontario Division, Toronto, November 2003 ...

VON Peel offers good beginnings.
January 19, 2004... TORONTO -- VON Peel, in partnership with Multiple Births Canada, is offering a program called "Good Beginnings". This program aims to strengthen families, enhancing the probability of good parent-child bonding by providing information and...

Rumors force test of polio vaccine.
January 19, 2004... GENEVA -- Polio vaccines recently administered in a nationwide campaign are to be tested for agents that could spread HIV or sterility. The purpose is to calm fears that the United States is using the immunization drive to limit the Muslim...

Manitoba immunization and screening mammograph helped in preventive care.(Health)
January 19, 2004... WINNIPEG -- Manitoba government programs in childhood immunization and screening mammography actively helped the provision of preventive care, according to a report in the December 2003 of the American Journal of Public Health. The...

Quebec reforms regional health.(Health)
January 19, 2004... QUEBEC -- The Quebec government intends to transform the current regional health boards into regional agencies. The new agencies will integrate local health and social services into networks by 2006. The regional, agencies will have a year...

Health labour.(Health)
January 19, 2004... Health labour: The Quebec government also introduced Bill 30, which expands the government's control over collective bargaining in the health sector.

Foreign-born account for 66% of all reported TB cases.(Health)
January 19, 2004... OTTAWA -- In 2002, TB among foreign-bum individuals accounted for 66% of all reported cases in Canada, according to a preliminary report of the Canadian Tuberculosis Reporting System. Canadian-born non-Aboriginal and Canadian-born...

Alcohol is leading drug choice among Ontario students.(Health)
January 19, 2004... TORONTO -- Alcohol is the most widely used drug by Ontario students in grades 7 to 12 while the use of other illicit drugs, particularly Ecstasy, has declined since 2001 says the Centre for Addiction and Mental Use in its 2003 Ontario Student...

Canada's health care spending expected to reach 10% of GDP.(Health)
January 19, 2004... OTTAWA -- Canadian health care spending is expected to reach $121.4 billion or about 10 per cent of Canada's Gross Domestic Product with hospitals being the largest component of the cost followed by prescription drugs says a recently released...

India to expand its free antiretroviral therapy to cover all with HIV-AIDS.(Health)
January 19, 2004... NEW DELHI -- India will expand its antiretroviral therapy distribution program to people with HIV and AIDS. By April of 2004, the government expects to begin providing free antiretroviral therapy to all HIV-positive new parents, all...

Butt out outside Wpg health sites.(Health)
January 19, 2004... WINNIPEG -- Smoking outdoors at hospitals and nursing homes in Winnipeg will be outlawed starting in the summer of 2004, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority announced. The city already bans smoking in public places indoors, but the...

VON resets jobs in SW Ontario.(Health)
January 19, 2004... LONDON -- The Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada Ontario realigned senior positions in western Ontario. Vonda DenBoer, Executive Director of Sarnia-Lambton, will assume the role of District Executive Director for the Sarnia-Lambton and...

Sudbury mental health support pilot.(Health)
January 19, 2004... SUDBURY -- Canadian Mental Health Association, Sudbury Branch, has opened The Warm Line, a two year project that offers pre-crisis peer support to people with mental illness or mental health problems. The services provided are based on a...

25 overdose at Van. injection site.(Health)
January 19, 2004... VANCOUVER -- Twenty five people overdosed on drugs at Insite, North America's first official drug injection site and doctors and nurses were on hand to help them recover: This is considered a measure of success for the site. Insite,...

Rainbow Resource Centre.(Appointments)
January 19, 2004... Kim Allen, Interim Services Coordinator, Rainbow Resource Centre, Peterborough.

Arthritis Society of Ontario.(Appointments)
January 19, 2004... John Fleming, National Chief Executive Officer, Arthritis Society of Ontario, Toronto.

Children's Mental Health Ontario.(Appointments)
January 19, 2004... Gordon Floyd, Executive Director and CEO of Children's Mental Health Ontario.

Ajax.(Appointments)
January 19, 2004... Evelyn Smith, Executive Director, Development Council, Ajax.

The Arthritis Society.(Appointments)
January 19, 2004... Jo-Anne Sobie, Executive Director, Ontario Division of The Arthritis Society, Toronto.

Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation.(Appointments)
January 19, 2004... Wendy Warner, Executive Director, Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation, Trenton.

U.S. study of death in institutions.(General)
January 19, 2004... BOSTON -- Many people dying in institutions have unmet needs for symptom amelioration, physician communication, emotional support, and being treated with respect, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Family...

Affordable housing report card gives failing grades to governments.(General)
January 19, 2004... OTTAWA -- The Canadian, provincial and territorial governments have failed to uphold the 2001 Affordable Housing Framework Agreement says the National Housing and Homelessness Network, prompting the organization to demand more money for...

Number of poor families continues to rise.(General)
January 19, 2004... TORONTO -- Calling it "Canada's Great Divide", The Centre for Social Justice reports that the poor are getting poorer and * the number of poor families continue to rise while * a growing proportion of middle-income families like the...