by SGNews Staff
by David Macdonald, from behindthenumbers.ca
Interest in Canadian “Social impact Bonds” has spiked following HRSDC Minster Finley's announcement that the federal government is investigating them for use in Canada. I’ve already commented on the story in The Toronto Star and on The Current (min 16) but I wanted to write my thoughts up in a fuller blog post for readers.
from the Canadian Union of Public Employees
from the Saskatchewan Government Employees Union
“The success of ISC can almost entirely be attributed to the employees and their commitment to this corporation and the people of this province.”
from Live Trader News
ATHENS — Greek parliament passed Wednesday a privatizationbill which is part of an austerity and reform drive aiming to lift Greece out of an acute debt crisis, and keep its place in the Eurozone.
by Trish Hennessy
Increasingly, leadership for policy change comes from outside of government, not from within.
It’s why many Ontarians who are focused on reducing and eliminating poverty in this province have engaged in a broadening conversation about how to end working poverty through decent jobs, a better minimum wage, and a concept that’s gathering force: a living wage.
from the NDP
A Conservative decision to recklessly cut 19 Citizenship and Immigration offices and throw one third of the workers in the central call centre out of work has resulted in reduced service and higher government costs.
from the New Democratic Party
OTTAWA – Canada’s mounting infrastructure crisis of crumbling bridges, potholes and traffic gridlock is costing more than $10 billion in lost productivity every year. NDP Transport and Infrastructure critic Olivia Chow was in Toronto today calling on the Conservatives to take action and ensure accountable, transparent and non-partisan infrastructure funding.
by Kimberley Brown
Recent research by the Ontario Nurses’ Association’s Economist and Policy Analyst, Salimah Valiani, shows that cutting public sector funding doesn’t actually save money. Not only that, but public spending actually adds more to overall economic output than some forms of private spending.
from the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union
Halifax (09 Nov. 2012) – The Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU/NUPGE) is upset with the announcement by Premier Dexter about IBM Canada joining forces with the government, five universities and the Nova Scotia Community College supposedly to create hundreds of new jobs over the next eight years at the cost of contracting out a public service to the private sector.
