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The provincial government should boost mental health services because a growing number of people with those problems are getting into trouble with the law, Ontario’s police chiefs say. “There’s simply not enough support for people with mental health problems,” said Joe Couto, director of government relations with the Ontario Association Continue Reading

More examples of ableism in the immigration system.“This is the kind of family we want to welcome to Canada,” said Moncton East MLA Chris Collins. “They’ve been contributing to the New Brunswick economy, they are proud members of the community and their son wants to be dentist. To deny them Continue Reading

http://www.businessinsider.com/wikileaks-haiti-minimum-wage-the-nation-2011-6 A Wikileaks post published on The Nation shows that the Obama Administration fought to keep Haitian wages at 31 cents an hour.

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/996369–committee-votes-to-sell-22-tchc-homes?bn=1#article Oh god, here it goes.. here comes privatization/gentrification With the repair tab for Toronto’s crumbling social housing stock hitting $650 million and rising quickly, the city’s executive committee voted Tuesday to sell 22 single-family homes. The tab, provided by Case Ootes, interim managing director for Toronto Community Housing Corp., Continue Reading