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There’s no excuse for government refusal to help kids in millions of poverty-stricken families

Published on July 13, 2018 in Opinion/The Nonagenarian’s Notebook/Uncategorized by Ed Finn

“Where’s the money coming from?” That’s the question thrown at any individual or group seeking increased funding for health care, education, child care, or public pensions – and, most urgently, for the elimination or at least sharp reduction of the disgracefully high rates of poverty in Canada. The presumption underlying this question is that the federal government is short of cash because the Canadian economy is unable to generate enough tax revenue to support an improved social security system. The facts and figures disprove this fallacious supposition. Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2016, as calculated on a per capita basis by the CIA World Factbook, was $46,200 in U.S. currency for every man, woman and child in the country. That’s about the same as Denmark’s, but higher than the per capita GDP of the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Russia, Japan, and many other countries. Significantly…

Alleviating child poverty would save much more money than it would cost

Published on June 14, 2018 in Featured/Indy Essay by Ed Finn

Oh God! That bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap! –Thomas Hood, “The Song of the Shirt.” Canadians are fortunate to live in one of the world’s better countries, but we delude ourselves when we claim to be living in the best—or even one of the best. Not when more than a million Canadian children—15.1 percent or one in seven of them—are living in poverty, many thousands bereft of adequate nutrition and health care. Not when the OECD ranks Canada 15th—third last—among the 17 leading industrialized countries in the extent of its child poverty. (The OECD gives Canada a C grade, not much lower than the D grade given the last nation on the list, the United States.) Not when children in millions of Canadian households are living in sub-standard, crowded, poorly furnished housing conditions. Not when 21 percent of single Canadian mothers have to raise…

The myth of Canadian progress

Published on April 14, 2018 in Letters/Opinion by Ed Finn

In the current squabble over improving drug coverage and child care in this country, it’s crucial that the social programs provided in Canada be compared with the far superior benefits that are provided citizens of most European countries. Apart from the United States, Canada is the only advanced nation that confines its public health care to the services of physicians and hospitals. In Europe, coverage is universal and comprehensive, incorporating dental and vision care as well as pharmaceuticals. The latest OECD report on the social spending of its 34 member states ranks Canada 24th for its relatively low 17.2 percent of GDP expended on social programs. Most of the countries that surpass Canada have social spending rates higher than 24 percent of GDP, and several, including France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Ireland, and the three Scandinavian countries, have rates that exceed 28 percent. Incredibly, even the United States ranks above Canada…

Do governments neglect social spending for corporate subsidies?

Published on January 26, 2018 in Columns/Featured/Opinion/The Nonagenarian’s Notebook by Ed Finn

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The rich need no protection. — Wendell Phillips. When it comes to listing countries on the basis of the social services they provide to their citizens compared to the subsidies they heap on their corporations, Canada doesn’t fare well. A recent study from the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy reports that our federal government and the four largest provinces spend $29 billion a year subsidizing business firms. The study’s author, John Lester, says that half of these huge subsidies fail to improve economic performance and therefore constitute a colossal waste of government revenue. “And because nearly one-third of all such subsidies just go generally to support specific industries or regions rather than to enhance economic development,” he added, “the proportion of questionable spending rises to 60% of the total.” Of the $29 billion in government handouts that corporations receive annually,…

What makes a country happy?

Published on November 24, 2017 in Columns/The Nonagenarian’s Notebook by Ed Finn

The happiest countries in the world are not necessarily the richest, but those with truly democratic governments

I remember Occupy

Published on January 25, 2017 in Uncategorized by Marilyn Reid

Have our values and the way we approach activism changed in the past five years?

Thank you, Land Protectors of Labrador

Published on October 23, 2016 in Featured/To Each Their Own by Hans Rollmann

We have all learned something important from the courage of Labradorians

“Refugees Welcome”

Published on December 14, 2015 in Journalism by Justin Brake

People in St. John’s rally in support of refugees, against racism and bigotry.

Demanding economic, social and climate justice

Published on July 7, 2015 in The Sustain Ability by Perla Hernandez

Following a weekend of nationwide protests, and as Canadian politicians host their counterparts from the rest of the Americas in Toronto this week, people are asking: What will it take for Canada and its provinces to decarbonize their economies and join the growing global movement toward clean, renewable energy.

Post-secondary policy: one step forward or two steps back?

Published on April 29, 2015 in To Each Their Own by Hans Rollmann

Accessible post-secondary education is a policy to which this province must affirm its commitment

Everything is on the table — except common sense

Published on March 16, 2015 in To Each Their Own by Hans Rollmann

Governing-by-panic is bad public policy

Is NL about to repeat the worst mistakes of 20 years ago?

Published on March 10, 2015 in To Each Their Own by Hans Rollmann

Privatization will cost the province—and its taxpayers—much more than if we keep services public.

Introducing Glocal Justice to province’s public schools

Published on January 25, 2015 in Journalism by Justin Brake

A junior high school teacher is hoping a pioneering teaching resource she developed while in university will be supported by the provincial Department of Education and used in classrooms around the province

Target (not) acquired

Published on January 21, 2015 in Lassie Bread and Roses by Tessa Dubeau

Let’s move on from retailers that stifle communities.

2014: Newfoundland & Labrador ‘Year in Review’

Published on January 16, 2015 in Journalism by Justin Brake

We need a ‘bigger picture’ perspective if we’re to achieve the large scale change we desperately need. The Independent was there to cover the stories that mattered most in 2014. Help us do it again this year: #GoIndy2015!

When one door closes…

Published on January 7, 2015 in Uncategorized by Marilyn Porter

The dropping price of oil reveals more than just the dangers of relying on oil revenue. It also reveals the dangers of letting high income earners and corporations skip by without paying their fair share of taxes.

Government debt, social progress: working out the balance

Published on January 5, 2015 in Going Deeper by Raymond Critch

Why individual and government debts are different in a very important way

Talking Turkeys

Published on December 5, 2014 in Uncategorized by Maura Hanrahan

Food banks were supposed to be a temporary measure, not an institution. Could our energies be better spent tackling income inequality, rather than institutionalizing charity?

Call in the taxmen

Published on December 1, 2014 in Uncategorized by Marilyn Porter

How the Harper Government is destroying civil society and why that will hurt us all

NL unions vow “fairness for all” fight in lead up to 2015 elections

Published on November 30, 2014 in Journalism by Daniel Miller

Members of the province’s labour movement gathered in St. John’s last week to discuss their mandate and strategy for ramping up efforts to achieve social and economic justice in Newfoundland and Labrador. Union leaders say political activism will be a key part of their fight.

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