Community Action articles from September 2006

Community Action archives from September 2006

A job is not enough.(COMMENTS)(welfare reform)(Viewpoint essay)
September 25, 2006... A job, as the cliche goes, is the best form of welfare. This has been the basis for welfare reform for the past decade or more. A paying job, any job, is regarded as better than languishing on welfare and is considered the best way to end...

Job is not ticket out of poverty.(INCOME SECURITY)
September 25, 2006... "Having a worker in the family is not a ticket out of poverty," say researchers at the Policy Research Group, Human Resources and Social Development. Contrary to the thinking behind the welfare reforms of the 1990s, poverty is more likely to...

Alberta pharmacist scope widened, may prescribe drugs and vaccines.(HEALTH)
September 25, 2006... New regulations will enable Alberta pharmacists to prescribe certain drugs and administer some injections. At the same time, the Canadian and Alberta Medical Associations have raised questions. Nevertheless, the government plans to have the new...

Will the children's index protect England's children?(CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES)
September 25, 2006... Registration of 11 million children in England will begin shortly. The project is to be completed by 2008 under plans to improve child protection announced by the government. The Children's Index arises out to a recommendation of Lord...

No more safe injection sites.(insite)(drug addicts)
September 25, 2006... No new safe injection sites for addicts will be allowed in Canada until questions raised by "initial research" is answered, Health Minister Tony Clement announced. Insite in Vancouver, the one safe inject facility permitted in North America,...

Calendar Canada.(Calendar)
September 25, 2006... Sept. 29-30: Conference: Structural social work theory and practice; Ryerson University School of Social Work; Toronto; elizabeth_whitmore@carleton.ca Sept. 29-30: Conference: International elder care; Registered Nurses Association of...

Foreign calendar.(Calendar)
September 25, 2006... Oct. 4-7: World Congress: International Family Therapy Association; Reykjavik, Iceland; www.ifta-familytherapy.org Oct. 8-11: Research Conference: International Community Corrections Association; Norfolk, VA; (202) 828-5605 Oct. 10-14:...

Private day cares challenge Quebec's ban on extra charges.(CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES)
September 25, 2006... Quebec's private daycare operators are challenging the new rule that prohibits extra fees for children enrolled in the province's $7a-day daycare spaces. The Association des garderies privees du Quebec has filed a motion in Quebec Superior...

UK family court secrecy may end.(CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES)(Brief article)
September 25, 2006... Secret hearings in family courts is a public issue in Britain. Constitutional Affairs minister Harriet Harman, acknowledges claims that the 80-year-old regime of secrecy that protects the courts has led to a failure of public confidence and a...

Advisory childcare appointments tilt to role of employers.(CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES)
September 25, 2006... Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Diane Finley emphasizes the role of employers for the government's Child Care Initiatives. Her instructions to the newly appointed advisory committee on Child Care Space begins with, "to...

Women migrants aid poor countries.(CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES)(Brief article)
September 25, 2006... "The international community only recently has begun to grasp how much migrant women contribute to the world economy and the social well-being of the population in their home countries," the UN World Population Fund states. Remittances of...

Funding.
September 25, 2006... Ontario Women's Directorate 416-325-2632 Conestoga College, Kitchener: To deliver information technology training programs to low income women and an Information Technology Certificate. $757,728 Community MicroSkills Development...

NS law info group to advise charities in Atlantic region.(VOLUNTARY SECTOR)
September 25, 2006... The Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia is the first organization to sign on with Canada Revenue Agency's Charities Partnership and Outreach program. Under the agreement the Society will educate, inform and raise awareness of...

Charities failing to file subject to penalty and review.(VOLUNTARY SECTOR)
September 25, 2006... Canadian charities applying for re-registration after revocation because of failure to file their annual return may be subject to a $500 late filing penalty. Their application for renewal will be treated as a new charity. The amount of...

Federal funding threatens non-profit sector, imagine Canada states.(VOLUNTARY SECTOR)
September 25, 2006... The current funding model of short-term project-based grants, contributions and contracts, has fostered a highly uncertain fiscal environment for Canada's community non-profit sector. It has also eroded morale among sector workers who have...

Staggering losses in welfare incomes, NCW reports.(INCOME SECURITY)(National Welfare Council)(Statistical data)
September 25, 2006... "Welfare Incomes has never been a good news report," the National Welfare Council says of its latest report on welfare incomes. Conditions are going from bad to worse for people dependent on public assistance, the National Council of...

U.K. poor carry more of tax load.(INCOME SECURITY)(Brief article)
September 25, 2006... "The poorest households in Britain are paying a higher share of taxes than before Labour came to power," according to a report by the Centre for Policy Studies in London. The study, Robin Hood or Sheriff of Nottingham?, demonstrates that the...

Ontario pay out to disabled finally.(INCOME SECURITY)
September 25, 2006... Following a scathing denunciation by the province's Ombudsman, the Ontario government announced that it will pay out $25 million owing to approximately 19,000 people and the Ontario Disability Support Plan. The Ombudsman found that the...

Alberta extends debit card test.(INCOME SECURITY)
September 25, 2006... Alberta Human Resources extended its test program of using debit cards as an alternative to traditional paper cheques to deliver benefits to selected groups of its clients. The pilot program, the first of its kind in Canada, has been tested...

Publications.
September 25, 2006... 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.
September 25, 2006... transition, Summer 2006, BC Coalition of People with Disabilities, Vancouver. Urban Lights, Summer 2006, Yonge Street Mission, Toronto. Point & click. You can connect directly to the websites shown on this page, if you have a copy...

Convention on disabilities on way to adoption by UN.(HEALTH)
September 25, 2006... The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was approved by the Ad Hoc Committee of the UN General Assembly. Later, when approved by the full Assembly, it will be the first human rights treaty of the 21st Century. Those that...

Infoway and BC lead in creating new public health surveillance.(HEALTH)
September 25, 2006... Canada Health Infoway and the British Columbia Government, in collaboration with other provincial and territorial governments and the Public Health Agency of Canada, announced today that the Province will develop a pan-Canadian Public Health...

Simulated disaster training planned.(HEALTH)(Interprofessional Disaster/ Emergency Action Studies Network)(Brief article)
September 25, 2006... The Interprofessional Disaster/ Emergency Action Studies Network in Toronto will create and deliver training for practitioners of medicine, nursing, allied health and first responders to deliver safe and effective casualty and patient-centred...

CMA sends mixed message on medicare.(HEALTH)
September 25, 2006... The Canadian Medical Association elected Brian Day as its president-elect at its annual general council meeting in Charlottetown and it conveyed a mixed message on medicare. Unlike usual CMA elections, where a single nominee is presented by a...

NL nurses leave, award denied.(HEALTH)
September 25, 2006... The Newfoundland and Labrador courts overruled a decision by an arbitration board to apply a new maternity leave provision to a group of nurses who were already on leave. At the time, a new and more favourable leave arrangement was made in a...

Kids pharmacare starts in NS.(HEALTH)
September 25, 2006... Nova Scotia will initiate its Low Income Pharmacare for Children on Oct. 1. The program is expected to help up to 35,000 children under the age of 18. The government also plans to introduce a pharmacare program for working families in 2008. ...

Youth smoking still declining.(HEALTH)
September 25, 2006... The number of Canadian youth trying tobacco products has continued to fall, Health Canada's 2004-2005 Youth Smoking Survey has found. Only 21 per cent of youth in grades five through nine had tried any type of tobacco product. This represents a...