Faceted Search: 2009

Published in the Catalyst , Vol. 32, No. 1 - Winter 2009 In many industrialized countries, governments offer some form of assistance to families, helping with the cost of raising children. However, the extent to which this assistance meets th ...

Story - Mariel - 03/19/2009 - 12:05 - 0 comments

Published in the Catalyst , Vol. 32, No. 1 - Winter 2009 CPJ’s Envisioning Canada Without Poverty campaign, launched in April 2008, contained a call for the 2009 federal budget to include a poverty reduction strategy. But as we saw in l ...

Page - Karen - 03/19/2009 - 12:13 - 0 comments

Published in the Catalyst , Vol. 32, No. 1 - Winter 2009 “Human dignity is a right to be protected and promoted.” People of many persuasions and perspectives in society would likely agree with this statement; and Christians in ...

Story - Visitor - 12/20/2012 - 14:25 - 0 comments

In my last blog, I discussed the increasing use of work-sharing by companies as a method of reducing layoffs during the current recession. In particular, the idea of reducing the work week in order to share the same amount of work between employees is b ...

Blog entry - Mariel - 01/02/2013 - 11:18 - 1 comment

In my last blog, I explored some of the theoretical arguments that are for or against the implementation of a reduced work week. Now, I will examine two countries – France and Germany – where government policy has reduced the average workwee ...

Blog entry - Mariel - 01/02/2013 - 11:18 - 0 comments

In both France and Germany, government legislation to reduce working hours has been used as a policy to help create employment. But reducing the standard workweek is also a subject where public policy and culture can both influence one another. A cu ...

Blog entry - Mariel - 01/02/2013 - 11:18 - 0 comments

Today, the government of Ontario announced its intention to invest in affordable housing and increase child benefits to support low-income Ontarians. The provincial government has promised to match federal funds that were allocated in the 2009 ...

Blog entry - Mariel - 11/28/2012 - 09:34 - 0 comments

When the possibility of a coalition government sprang up before Christmas, many Canadians reacted with fear and outrage. Stoked by incendiary rhetoric of treason and coup d’état, they argued vehemently that they had not voted for a coalitio ...

Story - Chandra - 03/23/2009 - 10:39 - 0 comments

On Friday, March 20, I attended a talk by David Batstone, the founder of the Not For Sale Campaign to end the global slave trade. The talk was held at the Bronson Centre in Ottawa and was sponsored by Persons Against the Crime of Trafficking (PACT ...

Blog entry - Mariel - 12/20/2012 - 13:45 - 0 comments

Table of Contents [ hide ] Welcome CPJ at Ottawa Lay School of Theology CPJ staff meet with MPs to dialogue on poverty USBIG Congres ...

Ola! - Michael - 03/29/2009 - 20:40 - 0 comments