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Alison McIntosh
McIn_Ali
Why are so many #COVID19 outbreaks in #LongTermCare? Decades of defunding, cost-cutting, and unwillingness to legislate minimum standards of care mean that ~40% of non-RN workers in long-term care work
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Ali Zahid
alizhd
Something really interesting is happening in the economy. Canadians are paying down debt and starting to save money even though interest rates at almost zero. This usually happens when there's
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Armine Yalnizyan
ArmineYalnizyan
Dear "why not cut everyone a $2K cheque" crowd:I will be talking about this tomorrow at the Broadbent confab about basic income Thurs aft 1 pm ET, register here: https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/would_a_universal_basic_income_guarantee_a_g
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🇨🇦 Basic Income
CanadaBasic
Summarizing #BasicIncome @ $196B/yrAvg cost $5,214 non-taxable20 Million Canadians Min $18,329 floor#COVID19EvictionsPerm Job Losses Masks & PreventativesEssential WorkersBI Helps #CEWS by #CreatingJobs#RaiseTheRates for #PWDRT & #S
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Dan Kelly
CFIB
Today (Apr 27) marks the opening of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy. The program will rebate 75% of employee wages to employers who continue to pay their staff whether they
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Kevin Milligan
kevinmilligan
I've seen some discussion that for emergency support, dividends should be treated the same as wages.I'm going to get to that, but let's start this thread by defining a key
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Sarah Colero🥄
Sarah_Colero
MEGAThread on Doug Ford Re: Social Assistance, Budget & Hypocrisy May 15th 2020, Ford was asked if he'd top up disability assistance during the crisis, as many vulnerable folks are
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Dr Lindsay Tedds 🌈👼🏻🇨🇦🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺🏳️🌈
LindsayTedds
A few comments on this article as a member of this panel. A basic income that is not means-tested, that pays $18,000, where the beneficiary unit is the individual, the
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions
mynamesnotgordy
Stuff I learnt on the Twitter this week:1. Rempel insists Canada "do my people a solid" and demands Feds provide Albertans with CERB - Canadian Emergency Rodeo Bailout2. Scheer's job
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Stephanie Fritz
MsFritzzle
There's something that's been missing from EVERY conversation that the Canadian government has been having about making EI/CERB claims due to COVID-19-related layoffs:What happens if you're pregnant and need to
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Keep Your Rent Toronto
KeepYourRent
Nov 24 LIVE TWEETING from LTB HearingsComing in part way through a hearing. Nicola Mulima: Can you tell me how the tenant pays the rent?Landlord: They come to my door,
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CBC News Alerts
CBCAlerts
Watch live @CBCNews: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to provide daily coronavirus update at 11:15 am ET. PM expected to announce support for students and young people who can't work due
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions
mynamesnotgordy
What I learnt on the Twitter this week:1. Ontario's Premier is governing the province utilizing the Cheesecake and Prayers model.2. With Covid numbers still on the rise across the province,
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Dr. J Robson
JenniferRobson8
Anyone want a thread on #childcare and #reopenCanada using Sasktachewan as the #COVID19 case study (when you stick your neck as the first jurisdiction, you get to be the case
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🇨🇦Hell_Berta🇨🇦
Hell_Berta
Today I literally sat down and cried. I literally bawled my eyes out and cried until there were no more tears left to cry. 1/? You see, I had just
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Mark Bourrie
MarkBourrie
I have seen some media talk about Canadians freeloading on CERB. This is mostly directed at working class Canadiabs who are somehow livong large on government cash. I coukd talk
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