from CBC News

A new report from UNICEF suggests the well-being of children living in Canada is lower than those growing up in many other wealthy countries.

Canada ranked 17th of 29 countries in an overall ranking compiled by the child-focused international humanitarian organization.

The report shows Canada’s standing hasn’t improved since a prior report in 2007. The first report was based on data from 2001-03, while the current one contains data from 2009-10.

As a Canadian, I'm ashamed," says David Morley, president of UNICEF Canada. He says Canada is "stuck in the middle of the pack against other wealthy countries, and that's just not good enough."

British Columbia's Labour Market Partnership Program

The LMP Program, identified by the sector through the Government Non-Profit Initiative in 2009 (GNPI), was established to help address the human resources issues that the entire sector is facing. With over 20,000 non-profit organizations in the province of B.C., it is important to collectively develop resources that address the long-term human resources needs of the sector. The program is a partnership between the provincial and federal governments. The Vancouver Foundation has been identified as the organization to support the non- profit Labor Market Partnership in its development.

Principal conseiller de SiG et ancien président de la McConnell fondation, Tim Brodhead a récemment publié un article dans la revue trimestrielle The Philanthropist. Intitulé Innovation, Austerity’s Grandchild, celui-ci décrit comment la finance sociale crée un espace pour l’innovation. Il en résulte un nouveau discours qui souligne la contribution critique du secteur communautaire à la résolution des problèmes complexes auxquels fait face la société canadienne.

Pour lire l’article, cliquez ici.

from Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

CCPA staff, research associates, and Alternative Federal Budget partners have posted their budget analysis on their blog.

• David Macdonald: Austerity Through Infrastructure Cuts: Budget 2013

• Kate McInturff: New Shoes and a Haircut: Budget 2013 not so pretty for women in Canada

• Canadian Association of Retired Persons: Federal Budget addresses home care and palliative care; financial literacy but little else on priority concerns

• Campaign 2000: Nothing in the budget for children...

For more budget analysis, please visit the CCPA website

Employment Precarity and Household Well-being

United Way Toronto’s newest report, It’s More than Poverty: Employment Precarity and Household Well-being examines dramatic changes in precarious employment over the last few decades, revealing that only sixty percent of all workers in our region have stable, secure jobs. In addition to looking at the impact of precarious employment on individuals, the report also looked at its harmful effect on families and communities.

Read the report: It’s More than Poverty (PDF — 5.85 MB)

Read the executive summary: It’s More than Poverty (PDF — 1.33 MB)

Visit United Way Toronto for more reports.

Mieux faire ensemble

by CCPA

National Office | Reports & Studies

Issue(s): Alternative budgets, Government finance

Projects & Initiatives: Alternative Federal Budget

March 12, 2013

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Join us March 21, 2013 at 12:00 noon EDT for the release of the report “Blended Financing for Impact: The Opportunity for Social Finance in Supportive Housing”

Driven by the work of the Turning the Key report commissioned by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), a number of supportive housing providers in Canada struck a Social Finance Working Group in 2012 to explore social finance opportunities in the supportive housing sector.  The objective of the project was to provide a clear pathway for supportive housing providers to learn about and engage in alternative methods of financing for improving and developing new dedicated housing units in Canada.

“Blended Financing for Impact: The Opportunity for Social Finance in Supportive Housing” identifies and outlines a number of social finance models, identifies principles for an effective social finance strategy for the supportive housing sector, highlights challenges to further adoption of impact investing, and offers recommended actions to increase the supply of supportive housing through the use of social finance strategies.

Sign up here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5742917220#