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Category Archives: Policy
National Security meets the TPP
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Unequal Wealth Distribution
One of several questions from Jesse Bauman, editor of The Community Edition: Wealth is very unequally distributed in Canada. According to Statistics Canada, the average net worth of the top 20 per cent of families (sorted by income group) rose … Continue reading
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Tagged income, inequality, Jesse Bauman, The Community Edition, wealth
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I vote CBC!
I’ve received several letters from constituents who want funding restored to the CBC: Bob Jonkman Kitchener–Conestoga Green Party Like most Canadians, I value public broadcasting. Yet the current government has systematically attacked the CBC. After promising not to do so, … Continue reading
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Tagged CBC, funding, national broadcaster
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I Support Digital Freedom
I’ve received many e-mail messages from people writing through OpenMedia’s web site asking me to support Digital Freedom, more than on any other issue. I’d send a reply to everyone, but all the messages came in with the same address … Continue reading
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Guaranteed Livable Income
This week, the Green Party of Canada released its election platform. In the plank on Strong Communities the plan to eliminate poverty and reduce inequality includes implementing a Guaranteed Livable Income. Canada has been in two recessions since the last … Continue reading
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Tagged benefits, employment, Guaranteed Livable Income, platform, policy, poverty, social program
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Green Party Policy: TFSAs and Student Loans
Received an e-mail from a constituent in Kitchener-Conestoga asking about the Green Party’s policies on Tax-Free Savings Accounts and student loans: For the first time ever I’m considering casting my vote for the Green Party this October. While I’m not … Continue reading
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Tagged GLI, Guaranteed Livable Income, Mincome, policy, Tax Free Savings Accounts, TFSA, Vision Green
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