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What's New and the weekly Canadian Social Research Newsletter

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Archived newsletter issues (starting with the latest at the top):

- August 30, 2010
* [Ontario] Foster children get tuition support (Toronto Star) - August 25
* Government of Canada Releases Consultation Draft of Legislative Tax Proposals (Department of Finance Canada) - August 27 (3:19pm)
* Release of The Fiscal Monitor (Department of Finance Canada) - August 27
* THE CENSUS LONG FORM QUESTIONNAIRE : Committees, profs, top cops and popes
* Is there an old-style Tory in the House? (Lawrence Martin in the Globe and Mail)
* Legal Rights Guides - rental housing and social assistance (CLEO - Community Legal Education Ontario) - August 24
*What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Gambling, 2009 - August 27
--- Income replacement during the retirement years - August 27
--- Payroll employment, earnings and hours, June 2010 - August 26
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - August 30
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
* Australian Policy Online - selected recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- August 22, 2010
* Welfare review panel urges Ontario government to fix welfare rules (Toronto Star) - August 16
* Precarious Housing in Canada 2010 (The Wellesley Institute) - August 16
* Welfare benefit levels in Ontario (+ federal benefit levels), July to September 2010 (Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services)
* THE CENSUS LONG FORM QUESTIONNAIRE : still kicking.
*What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Consumer Price Index, July 2010 - August 20
--- Leading indicators, July 2010 - August 19
--- Employment Insurance, June 2010 - August 18
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - August 21
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
* Australian Policy Online - selected recent content (August 20)
--- Now it's personal: Learning from welfare-to-work approaches around the world
--- A social inclusion action plan: opportunities and challenges
--- Housing, support and care for older Australians: the role of service integrated housing
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- August 15, 2010
* Barely Surviving: The Predicament of Toronto’s Poor Single Adults (John Stapleton) - July 2010
* 136 more media links: THE CENSUS LONG FORM QUESTIONNAIRE JUST WON'T GO AWAY.
* Bibliography : The Cost of Poverty (National Council of Welfare)
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Canadian Economic Observer (August 2010) - August 12
--- Canadian Economic Observer : Historical Statistical Supplement 2009/2010 - August 12
--- Salaries of Full-time Teaching Staff at Canadian Universities, 2008-2009 - August 10
--- Statistics on Income of Farm Families 2007 - August 9
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - August 14
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
* [United States] Happy 75th Anniversary, Social Security!
* Council for Employment, Income and Social Cohesion (CERC, Paris) Bulletin - selected content
--- Poverty and the life cycle in 20th century Ireland - May 2010
--- The Poverty reduction capacity of private and public transfers in transition (Eastern Europe) - July 2010
--- Young disadvantaged men : Fathers, families, poverty and policyAn introduction to the issues (U.S.) - June 2010
--- Labor market policy : A comparative view on the costs and benefits of labor market flexibility (International) - July 2010
--- Concepts of social justice in the welfare state Great Britain and Germany since 1945 - July 2010
--- A framework to measure the progress of societies - July 2010
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- August 8, 2010
* Daily media scan for social researchers ===> 580+ links as at Aug. 8/10
* THE CENSUS LONG FORM QUESTIONNAIRE (Enough. No more. 'Tis not so sweet now as 'twas before...)
--- Non-violent protest in support of Census detainees in Toronto (YouTube video) By John Campey and the Data Hounds - August 5
--- the latest and most comprehensive update on the Census issue from datalibre.ca
* The National Council of Welfare launches its new website!
* First Comprehensive Review of the Market Basket Measure of Low Income: Final Report (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and Statistics Canada) - June 2010
* Hey, Council of the Federation : Provinces need to pull children out of poverty! (Sid Frankel and Laurel Rothman in the Winnipeg Free Press) - August 3
* Homeless tide sure to rise (Nick Falvo in The Toronto Star) - July 3
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Payroll employment, earnings and hours, May 2010 - July 30
--- Labour Force Survey, July 2010 August 6, 2010
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - August 8
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
* [U.S.] Alliance for Aging Research (The Scout Report)
* [International] Interest grows in the conditional-cash transfer program designed to alleviate poverty
(The Scout Report)
* Examining Food Insecurity Among Children in the United States (National Center for Children in Poverty) - August 3
* [UK/International] The Multidimensional Poverty Index (Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative)
* [International] Ten years on, global poverty reduction strategies failing poorest people : new report (Minority Rights Group International) - August 5
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- July 30, 2010
* THE CENSUS LONG FORM QUESTIONNAIRE: "I still see and hear nothing. "- July 29
--- The National Household Survey questionnaire (the voluntary long form survey for the 2011 Census)
--- CPAC : Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (video) - The Long Census Form - July 27: Tony, Ivan, Munir and more...
--- Top recommended (by Gilles) source for current and comprehensive information on the Census long form: datalibre.ca !!
--- La réaction francophone/québécoise
--- Major Federal Legislative Census Requirements
--- Uses of Census Long-form data – Question Justification
--- BNN video clips : The Relationship Between Civil Servants & The Government + The Importance of The Census
* Meaningful Training Programs for BC Welfare Recipients with Multiple Barriers (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - BC Office) - July 28
* From Social Assistance Review to Income Security Review: Why it Matters for Low-Income Ontarians - July 2010 (Income Security Advocacy Centre)
* Website update : New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice (Re. NB's Poverty Reduction Plan)
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Replacing Family Income During the Retirement Years: How Are Canadians Doing? - July 29
--- Juristat (crime and justice periodical - Summer 2010 - July 28
--- Study: Impact of home equity on incomes of retirement-age households, 2006 - July 26
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - July 30
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
* [U.S.] TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) Update from The Urban Institute
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- July 25, 2010
* Daily media scan for social researchers
* HANDS OFF THE CENSUS LONG FORM QUESTIONNAIRE: Act III, scene 1
--- Census Watch - List of organizations AGAINST and SUPPORTING Stephen Harper
--- Uses of Census Long-form data – Question Justification - July 19
--- StatsCan head quits over census dispute - July 21
--- Full text of Munir Sheikh's resignation letter
--- Statistics Shuffle (video : the Census questionnaire debate) - July 19
--- Building a Knowledge Infrastructure to Support Place-Based Policy - March 2010
--- John Campey and the Data Hounds say Count Me In!
--- More media coverage...
* New/Recent from the Caledon Institute of Social Policy:
--- Reconstructing Social Assistance in New Brunswick: Vision and Action - July 2010
--- Breaking down the welfare wall in New Brunswick - March 2010
* Social Assistance Statistical Report: 2007 (Federal-Provincial-Territorial Directors of Income Support) - Posted July 15
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
---Consumer Price Index, June 2010 - July 23
--- Employment Insurance, May 2010 - July 22
--- Study: Labour market activity among seniors, 1981 to 2006 - July 21
--- Study: Health-promoting factors and good health among Canadians in mid- to late life, 2009 - July 21
--- Police-reported crime statistics, 2009 - July 20
--- Mortality, Summary List of Causes, 2006 - July 19
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
* [United Kingdom] Allocating social housing: opportunities and challenges (Chartered Institute of Housing) - July 2010
* Hong Kong passes its first-ever minimum wage law (Globe and Mail) - July 17
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- July 18, 2010
* HANDS OFF THE CENSUS LONG FORM QUESTIONNAIRE : The saga continues.
* Canada Child Tax Benefit Guideline Table effective July 2010 - June 2011
* National Child Benefit (NCB) Progress Report: 2007 (Welfare Ministers) - May 14
* Recession and recovery: Where are we now? (Citizens for Public Justice) - July 13
* Support Bill C-545, An Act to Eliminate Poverty in Canada
* Canada and the United Nations Human Rights Council: Charting a New Course (Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights) - June 23
* Public commission on legal aid formed in B.C. (The Lawyers Weekly) - July 9
* B.C. Liberals shake up human-rights tribunal (Georgia Strait) - July 15
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Leading indicators, June 2010 - July 16
--- Canadian Economic Observer, July 2010 - July 15
--- University enrolment, 2008/2009 - July 14
--- University degrees, diplomas and certificates awarded, 2008 - July 14
--- Canadian Social Trends Number 90 - July 13
* Jennefer Laidley's Daily Media Scan
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - July 18
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- July 11, 2010
* HANDS OFF THE CENSUS LONG FORM QUESTIONNAIRE!
* The Real G8/G20 - A Civil Society Response + The Day the Music Died
* Two research guides:
--- TaxTips.ca (tax and other financial resources)
--- Canada Benefits
* Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability (Saskatchewan Social Services) - eff. Fall 2009
* Queen's International Institute on Social Policy 2010 (Queen's University, Kingston) - August 16-18
* Penny Goldsmith of PovNet speaks out on homelessness - June 2010
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Labour Force Survey, June 2010 - July 9
--- Study: Recycling by Canadian households, 2007 - July 7
* Jennefer Laidley's Daily Media Scan
* Social Rights Advocacy Centre
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - July 11
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
* [U.S.] Losing the Fight Against Child Poverty (By David Frum) - July 6
* U.S. Food Research and Action Center (Reviewed by The Scout Report)
* Selected content from CERC ( Council for Employment, Income and Social Cohesion) Bulletin N°209 - July 12
--- Credit and debt in low-income families - June 2010
--- Older Americans in poverty : A snapshot - April 2010
--- Fair and unfair income inequalities in Europe - June 2010
--- The gender wage gaps, "sticky floors" and "glass ceilings" of the European Union - July 2010
--- A minimum income standard for the UK in 2010 - July 2010
--- Review of international pension reform - June 2010
* Australian Policy Online - recent content:
--- Age matters, June 2010 - July 9
--- Families then and now: 1980 - 2010 - July 9
--- The state of Australian cities 2010 report – towards a national research agenda - July 8
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- July 4, 2010
* 2009 Employment Insurance Monitoring and Assessment Report (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) - April 2010
* British Columbia coalition launches legal aid commission (Law Society of B.C. and five partners) - June 28
* Canada's Poverty Hole - Troubling Poverty Trends (Armine Yalnizian, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - June 21
* The G-20 Toronto Summit - June 26-27, 2010
* Safety Net Frays in Spain, as Elsewhere in Europe (New York Times) - June 27
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Employment, earnings and hours, April 2010 - July 2
--- Study: Police-reported dating violence, 2008 - June 29
--- Study: Where and when youth commit police-reported crimes, 2008 - June 29
--- Canada's population estimates, first quarter 2010 - June 28
* Jennefer Laidley's Daily Media Scan
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit
* Wiktionary, the free dictionary
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
* World Social Science Report 2010 (UNESCO) - June 25
* Australian Policy Online (recent content)
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- June 27, 2010
* Economic Recovery : Commentary by Paul Hellyer, John Stapleton - June 2010
* Reducing Lone-Parent Poverty: A Canadian Success Story (John Richards, C.D. Howe Institute) - June 24
* British Columbia child poverty: still going down or still the worst?? (BC Government / Opposition / Victoria Times-Colonist) - June 17
* Multi-million dollar fund will open doors to justice wider across Canada (Law Foundation of Ontario) - May 3
* Poverty Elimination Act tabled in the House of Commons (Citizens for Public Justice) - June 16
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Payroll employment, earnings and hours, April 2010 - June 25
--- Study: Health factors and early retirement among older workers, 1996/1997 to 2006/2007 - June 25
--- Work absences in 2009 - June 25
---The health of First Nations living off-reserve, Inuit and Métis adults, 2007 - June 23
--- Acute-care hospitalizations and Aboriginal identity in Canada, 2001/2002 - June 23
--- Consumer Price Index, May 2010 - June 22
--- Low Income Lines, 2008-2009 - June 17
* Jennefer Laidley's Daily Media Scan - coming next week!
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - June 20
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
* [U.S.] EXTRA-EXTRA-EXTRA :The Rich get Richer!! (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ) - June 25
* [U.S.] From The Lewin Group:
--- Welfare Leavers in Colorado - July 2009
--- Welfare Time limits: State Policies, Implementation, and Effects on Families - April 2008
* Australian Policy Online (recent content) - June 20
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

June 20, 2010
* Consultation on Canada's Digital Economy - until July 9 (Government of Canada)
* All Students Should Benefit from Innovation (Nick Falvo in Academic Matters) - June 17
* [British Columbia] Lousy Cases Against 'Overpaid' Welfare Recipients (The Tyee) - June 16
* New posts from Michael Shapcott on the Wellesley Institute Blog (June 15):
--- U.S. set to unveil national strategic plan to end homelessness as Canada dithers
--- Canadians, especially women, caught in time crunch between work, family, personal needs
--- Latest CMHC numbers confirm low, moderate-income renters priced out of private rental markets
* Ontario Social Assistance Review Advisory Council releases its final report - June 14
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Employment Insurance, April 2010 - June 18
--- Employment Insurance Statistics Maps, April 2010 - June 18
--- Leading indicators, May 2010 - June 18
--- Aboriginal Language Indicators for Inuit, Métis and Off-reserve First Nations Children in Canada, 2006 - June 18
--- The Early Learning Experiences of Inuit, Métis and Off-reserve First Nations Children in Canada, 2006 - June 18
--- Income of Canadians, 2008 - June 17
--- Canadian Social Trends Number 89 & 90 - June 16
--- Estimates of Human Capital in Canada: The Lifetime Income Approach - June 16
--- Canadian Community Health Survey, 2009 - June 15
--- Labour productivity, hourly compensation and unit labour cost, first quarter 2010 - June 15
--- Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada, June 2010 - June 15
--- Police-reported hate crimes, 2008 - June 14
--- Education Indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program - June 15
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - June 20
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
* German Millionaires Volunteer to Pay 'Rich Tax' (CNBC) - June 10
* Australian Policy Online (recent content) - June 20
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

June 13, 2010
Ontario's Welfare Review Advisory Council to release its final report at 10am on Monday June 14
* Former Bank of Canada Governor urges cuts to welfare, employment insurance (John Stapleton's rebuttal in The Mark) - June 11
* The Connection between Low Income, Weak Labour Force Attachment and Poor Health (Myriam Fortin in Canadian Studies in Population) - May 2010
* [Québec] Government Action Plan for Solidarity and Social Inclusion 2010-2015 : $7 billion to combat poverty (QC Govt.) - June 6
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Employer pension plans (trusteed pension funds) - June 10
--- Canadian Economic Observer, June 2010 - June 10
--- Canadian Social Trends, Number 90
--- Revising Statistics Canada's Low Income Measure (LIM) - June 7
--- Homeownership over the Life Course of Canadians - June 7
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - June 13
* Selections from Jennefer Laidley's media scan
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs
* German Millionaires Volunteer to Pay 'Rich Tax' (CNBC) - June 10
* Australian Policy Online (recent content)
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

June 6 , 2010
* Economic Security in the Twenty-First Century – Guaranteed Annual Income (GAI) - October 2009
(Progressive Economics Forum)
* Canadian municipalities want action against poverty (Canadian Federation of Municipalities) - June 2
* Where’s HOME : A study of affordable rental housing within 22 communities in Ontario - (Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association) May 31
* The Rise and Fall of Economic and Social Rights : What Next? ( Ed Broadbent for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - May 29
* A Poverty Reduction Strategy for British Columbia? Don't hold your breath (Victoria Times-Colonist)
* [British Columbia] Many problems found with welfare law (Canada.com) - June 1
* Catastrophic drug costs can affect the poor and affluent alike ( Daily Gleaner - New Brunswick) - June 1
* Seventeen Years Without a Housing Program (By Emily Paradis in The Mark) - May 31
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Labour Force Survey, May 2010 - June 4
--- Health Fact Sheets - June 3
--- Employment, Earnings and Hours, March 2010 - June 1
--- Canadian Economic Accounts Quarterly Review - First quarter 2010 - May 31
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - June 6
* Jennefer Laidley's Media Links - misc.
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Australian Policy Online (recent content)
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- May 30, 2010
*The Fiscal Monitor, March 2010 (Department of Finance Canada) - May 28
* [Toronto] The Great Recession's Impact on Homelessness (Nick Falvo, Carleton University) - May 2010
* [Manitoba] Ombudsman's report slams social assistance program - May 27
* Health Indicators 2010 (Canadian Institute for Health Information) - May 27
* [Ontario] An Economy Out of Shape : Changing the Hourglass (Toronto Workforce Innovation Group) - May 4
* [Toronto/Ontario] Soundbites e-Bulletin - May 26 issue (Community Social Planning Council of Toronto)
* Charter Challenge: the right to housing in Canada - May 26
* Canada’s Fiscal Edge to Fade Without Tough Action (By David Dodge in Bloomberg) - May 25
* Québec Handy Numbers, 2010 Edition (Institut de la statistique du Québec)- May 2010
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
---Study: Layoffs and their consequences, 1993 to 1997 and 2002 to 2006 - May 2010
--- Women's participation and economic downturns - May 21
--- Food Statistics 2009 - May 27
--- Health Indicator Maps - May 27
--- Payroll employment, earnings and hours, March 2010 - May 26
--- Population projections: Canada, the provinces and territories, 2009 to 2036 - May 26
--- Low income Measurement in Canada: What do different Lines and Indexes tell us? - May 26
--- Farm income, 2009 - May 25
--- Pension plans in Canada, as of January 1, 2009 - May 25
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - May 30
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [UK] State of the nation report: poverty, worklessness and welfare dependency in the UK (Department for Work and Pensions) - May 27
* Australian Policy Online (recent content)
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- May 23, 2010
* Income Security Programs and Educational Planning for Children in Care in Ontario (Laidlaw Foundation) - May 2010
* [Ontario] Social Assistance, Pension and Tax Credit Rates, April to June 2010 (Ministry of Community & Social Services)
* What's new from Ontario's 25-in-5 Network for Poverty Reduction:
--- Five Principles for a New Nutritional Supplement Program - May 20
--- Premier McGuinty's template response to the 25 in 5 open letter - May 6
* Poverty Profile Bulletin No. 7: Poverty and Paid Work (National Council of Welfare) - Posted May 2010
* The state of charities across Canada (Imagine Canada) - April 2010
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Consumer Price Index, April 2010 - May 21
--- Employment Insurance, March 2010 - May 20
--- Leading indicators, April 2010 - May 20
--- Public school indicators for Canada, the provinces and territories, 2001/2002 to 2007-2008 - May 20
--- Juristat Spring 2010 issue:
***** The processing of divorce cases through civil court in seven provinces and territories - May 18, 2010
***** Knives and violent crime in Canada, 2008 - April 27, 2010
***** Youth custody and community services in Canada, 2008/2009 - April 27, 2010
***** Police-reported robbery in Canada, 2008 - March 25, 2010
***** Maintenance enforcement by neighbourhood income in seven reporting census metropolitan areas - March 25, 2010
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - May 22
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* New from the Centre for Economics Policy Research (Australia):
--- Do rising top incomes lift all boats? - April 2010
--- The distribution of top incomes in five anglo-saxon countries over the twentieth century - April 2010
* Australian Policy Online (recent content)
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- May 16, 2010
* Why is it so hard to make sense of poverty measures? (Metcalf Foundation) - May 2010
* New Westminster enacts Canada’s first living wage law (The Tyee) - April 28
* Protest shuts down Olympic Village condo sale (CBC British Columbia) - May 15
* Manitoba looks at debit cards for welfare recipients (Globe and Mail) - May 12
*What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Study: Aboriginal labour market update, 2008 and 2009 - May 13
--- Canadian Economic Observer May 2010 - May 13
--- Residential Care Facilities 2007/2008 - May 11
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - May 16
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Australian Policy Online - recent content - May 8
--- Social Security Reform in Australia - The Henry Review - May 2010
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- May 9, 2010
* Payday lender’s stock has soared despite regulations (Toronto Star) - May 8
* [Federal] Funding cut to 14 women's groups (Canadian Press) - May 5
* Ola! (E-newsletter of Citizens for Public Justice) - May 2010 issue
* Ontario govt. not committed to welfare reform? (25-in-5 Network for Poverty Reduction) - April 29
* Restraint hits poor the hardest ( Linda McQuaig) - May 2010
* Working for a Living Wage 2010 : Vancouver (Can. Centre for Policy Alternatives) - May 2010
* How the 2008-2009 Recession Created Poverty for Canadian Families (Citizens for Public Justice) - May 3
* A report on the perceptions of homelessness and poverty in Canada (Salvation Army) - May 3
* Introducing the new Ontario Court Forms Assistant (Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General) - May 3
* Harmonized Sales Tax changes coming to Ontario and British Columbia on July 1 (Canada Revenue Agency)
* What's new from Finance Canada:
--- Minister of Finance Moves to Enhance Protection for Private Pension Plan Members - May 3
--- Release of The Fiscal Monitor for February 2010 - April 30
--- Minister of Finance Releases Draft Proposals on Tax-Free Savings Accounts - April 30
*What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Labour Force Survey, April 2010 - May 7
--- Gender Differences in Police-reported Violent Crime in Canada, 2008 - May 6
--- Employment, Earnings and Hours February 2010 - May 4
--- National economic accounts: Balance sheets
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - May 9
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [U.S.] Health Reform Starts to Kick In (President Obama from The White House) - May 8
* Council for Employment, Income and Social Cohesion (CERC, Paris) Bulletin - May 3 issue:
--- [U.S.] Do highly exclusive social welfare programs increase political inequality? - March 2010
--- [U.S.] A modern framework for measuring poverty and basic economic security April 2010
--- Neighbourhood child poverty in Sweden - April 2010
--- Women, poverty and social policy regimes : A cross-national analysis - April 2010
--- Five years after the reform of the social and unemployment benefits in Germany - April 2010
--- [OECD countries] Labour markets and the crisis - April 2010
--- [U.S.] The gender wage gap by occupation - Updated April 2010
--- [Germany] Rising wage inequality, the decline of collective bargaining and the gender wage gap - April 2010
--- [Europe] Informal carers : Who takes care of them ? - April 2010
* Study on Child Poverty and Child Well-Being in the European Union (TÁRKI - Hungary) - March 23
* Australian Policy Online - recent content - May 8:
--- State of child care in Australia - April 2010
* Exit Poverty Empowerment (Kenya)
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- May 2 , 2010
* The Perfect Calm (John Stapleton in The Mark) - April 29
* The Recovery Slows (Progressive Economics Forum) - April 30
* Hugh Segal's Guaranteed Annual Income Proposal + The Debate (The Agenda - TV Ontario) - April 28
* A land of well-paid workers and willing taxpayers (Carol Goar, Toronto Star) - April 30
* Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts (York University) - April 28
* Prince Edward Island 2010 Budget - April 23
*What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Payroll employment, earnings and hours, February 2010 - April 29
--- Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada - April 29
--- Perspectives on Labour and Income, April 2010 - April 28
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - May 1
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Australian Policy Online - recent content (May 1)
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- April 25, 2010
* 2010 Spring Report of the Auditor General of Canada - April 20
* Child poverty: The Canadian Teachers’ Federation urges federal government to take action - April 20
* Robin Hood tax would raise $700 million a year from bank transactions: activists - April 20
* G8 and G20 summits
* [Ontario] Social Assistance, Pension and Tax Credit Rates, April to June 2010 (Ministry of Community & Social Services)
* Five Tests for Success of Ontario’s Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy (stableandaffordable.com) - April 19
* Controversial Toronto street needs assessment reports sharp drop in street homelessness (Wellesley Institute) - April 16
*What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- The Consumer Price Index, March 2010 - April 23
--- Employment Insurance - February 2010 - April 22
--- Leading indicators, March 2010 - April 22
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - April 25
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Correction : The new U.S. Supplemental Poverty Measure and the 2010 U.S. Census - April 19
* [U.S.] Unemployment benefits expire as Congress debates extension (Los Angeles Times) - April 6
* World Bank Frees Up Development Data (World Bank) - April 20
* World Development Indicators (WDI) 2010 released (World Bank) - April 20
* Minimum-Income (Welfare) Benefits in OECD Countries ( Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) - January 2010
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- April 18, 2010
* New in The Mark from John Stapleton:
--- Imagine a World Without Taxes - April 14
--- Employment Insurance Spells Post-Recession Welfare - April 14
* [Ontario] The Income Security Advocacy Centre responds to the cancellation of the Special Diet Allowance Program - April 13
* The Tyee report on (shipping) container housing - April 12-14
* New Brunswick poverty reduction plan update - April 14
* openparliament.ca - Keeping tabs on Canada's Parliament
* The Income Gap Between Aboriginal Peoples and the Rest of Canada (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - April 2010
*What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Canadian Economic Observer April 2010 - April 15
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - April 17
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [U.S.] Fourteen Myths About Socialism and the Land of Opportunity - April 12
* Census to Redefine Poverty (Brookings Institution) - March 12
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* Gender brief (Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development) - 21 March 2010
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- April 11, 2010
* Social Assistance Statistical Report: 2006 (Federal-Provincial-Territorial Directors of Income Support) - April 9
* Manitoba Poverty Reduction Strategy update - April 9
* Interprovincial/International data comparisons (Institut de la statistique du Québec) - Feb/March 2010
* Nova Scotia 2010-2011 Budget - April 6
* Yukon Budget 2010-2011 - March 25
* Nunavut 2010-2011 Budget - March 8
*What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Labour Force Survey, March 2010 - April 9
--- 2006 Census maps - April 8
--- Employment, Earnings and Hours, January 2010 - April 8
--- Comparing Income Statistics from Different Sources – Aggregate Income, 2005 - April 11
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - April 11
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [United Kingdom] Ending child poverty by 2020: Child Poverty Bill passed March 25 (HM Treasury)
* Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Factblog
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- April 5 , 2010
* Ontario's Minimum Wage Increases - March 31
* Quebec 2010-2011 Budget - March 30
* Ontario Budget 2010 - more media coverage - March 30
* Newfoundland and Labrador Budget 2010 - March 29
* [Manitoba] Welfare conditions spur complaint to province (CBC Manitoba) - March 26
* BC Cuts to Crucial Medical Goods and Services (BC Coalition of People with Disabilities) - March 5
* Social Policy Cafe (Havi Echenberg): Selected recent content
*What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Payroll employment, earnings and hours, January 2010 - March 31
--- College graduates, 2006/2007 and College enrolment as of October 31, 2006 - March 31
--- Study: Self-employment in the downturn (October 2008 to October 2009) - March 29
--- Minimum wage - March 29
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit - April 5
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [U.S.] Barely Hanging On: Middle-Class and Uninsured (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) - March 2010
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- March 28, 2010
* 2010 Ontario Budget - March 25
* Alberta cuts education support for low-income students (Calgary Herald) - March 26
* Release of The Fiscal Monitor for January 2010 (Department of Finance Canada) - March 26
* Saskatchewan Budget 2010-11 - March 24
* Mending Canada’s frayed social safety net : The role of municipal governments (Federation of Canadian Municipalities) - March 24
* Consultation : Canada's Retirement Income System (Department of Finance Canada) - March 24
* Manitoba Budget 2010 - March 23
* Ontario's special diet allowance program: an update - March 20
* The Story of Bottled Water (World Water Day) - March 22
* Social Policy Cafe : Three Canadian reports worth reading and a hidden gem
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Participation in private retirement savings plans, 2008 - March 26
--- Maintenance enforcement by neighbourhood income in seven reporting census metropolitan areas - March 25
--- Canada's population estimates, fourth quarter 2009 - March 25
--- Employment Insurance, January 2010 - March 24
--- Canadian Health Measures Survey, 2007 to 2009 - March 23
--- Leading indicators, February 2010 - March 23
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - March 28
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Historic U.S. health-care bill passes - March 22
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- March 21, 2010
* Not Enough Money: 5-day series on poverty in Manitoba (CBC Manitoba) - March 22-26
* [Alberta] Disparity Gap Growing Says New Report (Alberta College of Social Workers) - March 19
* Families Working Shift (Vanier Institute of the Family) - March 15
* A made-in-Alberta child-tax benefit would reduce cost of poverty (Edmonton Journal) - March 16
* 2008-2009 Annual Report and Farewell (Canadian Policy Research Networks) - January 2010
* Ontario news:
--- Driving the Poor Deeper Into Poverty - March 19
--- Ontario deficit to last into 2017 - March 16
--- Ontario seeks Ottawa's help as welfare cases spike - March 16
--- Have the poor fallen off the agenda? - March 15
* New from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives:
--- Harper’s "tough-on-crime" bills costly, counterproductive - March 16
--- Austerity is the wrong move : Harperite budget can only prolong the recession - March 11
--- Owning the podium, selling the stadium - March 10
--- Deficit hysteria no excuse to end economic stimulus - March 2
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Consumer Price Index, February 2010 - March 19
--- Legal Aid in Canada: Resource and Caseload Statistics, 2008/2009 - March 18
--- Canadian Economic Accounts Quarterly Review - 4th quarter 2009 - March 16
--- Labour productivity, hourly compensation and unit labour cost , Fourth quarter 2009 - March 16
--- National balance sheet accounts, fourth quarter 2009 - March 15
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - March 21
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* The U.S. Health Reform Package (update) (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities) - March 19
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- March 14, 2010
* Canada Ratifies U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - March 11
* Student Aid Meets Social Assistance - 5 commentaries (Caledon Institute of Social Policy) - March 11
*Social Policy Cafe - top three social policy stories of the week:
--- How can we count the homeless?
--- Caledon releases five short papers on welfare ans sudent financial assistance
--- TD Economics reeleases a report on the future of the labour force
* Federal Budget 2010 - Benefits to Provinces and Territories (Finance Canada) - March 11
* The Progressive Economics Forum at the Canadian Economics Association 2010 meetings - May 28-30, Quebec City
* Call for Proposals : Research on Immigration, Housing and Homelessness (The Metropolis Project / The Homelessness Partnering Strategy) - March 2010
* The OSAP diet and the student lifestyle (Macleans OnCampus) - March 8
* The Déjà Vu All Over Again Budget (Caledon Institute of Social Policy) - March 8
* Call for proposals for Community Participation and Leadership Funding (New Horizons for Seniors Program - HRSDC)
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Canada at a Glance, 2010 - March 12
--- Labour Force Survey, February 2010 - March 12
--- Study: Projections of the diversity of the Canadian population, 2006 to 2031 - March 9
--- Foreign control in the Canadian economy, 2007 - March 8
--- Canadian Social Trends, March 2010 (three International Women's Day articles) - March 8
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - March 14
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [U.S.] Assets for Independence (AFI) Program
* [U.S.] Political Economy: Drawing a New Line - March 6
* [United Kingdom] The Robin Hood Tax: Tobin Tax Redux?
* From the latest CERC Bulletin: (Council for Employment, Income and Social Cohesion (Paris)
--- 17 % of European Union citizens were at-risk-of-poverty in 2008
--- Child poverty and child well-being in Italy
--- [U.S.] Low income and impoverished families pay more disproportionately for child care
--- [U.K.] Protect, support, provide : Examining the role of grandparents in families at risk of poverty
--- Global wage inequality and the international flow of migrants
--- [Netherlands] Child care subsidies revisited
--- Fiscal and pension sustainability : Present and future issues in European Union countries
--- [U.S.] Supporting parents of young children in the child welfare system
--- The gender inequalities index (GII) as a new way to measure gender inequalities in developing countries
--- The gender pay gap in the United Kingdom, 1995 -2007
--- [U.S.] The gender wage gap : 2009
--- [Europe] Report on equality between women and men : 2010
--- [Europe] Revisiting poverty measures towards individualisation
----[U.S.] The unemployment gender gap during the 2007 recession
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* State of Australian cities 2010 (Infrastructure Australia) - March 8
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- March 7 , 2010
* Down but Not Out: Reforming Social Assistance Rules that Punish the Poor for Saving (John Stapleton for the C.D. Howe Institute) - March 2
* International Women's Day - March 8
* Canada Budget 2010 - Leading the Way on Jobs and Growth (Government of Canada) - March 4
* Speech from the Throne (Government of Canada) - March 3
* What is wrong with the Olympics? (The Olympic Resistance Network)
* British Columbia Budget 2010 - March 2
* A Closer Look at Low Wages in BC (Steve Kerstetter for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - February 24
* Northwest Territories Budget 2010 - January 28
* Alternative Federal Budget 2010 (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - March 1
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Employment, Earnings and Hours, December 2009 - March 3
--- Canadian economic accounts, fourth quarter 2009 and December 2009 - March 1
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - March 7
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* United States Census Bureau to develop a Supplemental Poverty Measure - March 2
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- February 28, 2010
* The Recession Continues (John Stapleton in The Mark) - February 24
* The Fiscal Monitor for December 2009 (Department of Finance Canada) - February 26
* Party on, Garth!! The Olympics and the Downtown Eastside (Vancouver) - February 24, 25
* 15-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration (UN Commission on the Status of Women) - March 1-12
* Federal funding for child welfare portal website to end in March - February 25
* [New Brunswick] Economic and Social Inclusion Act introduced (NB Social Development) - February 19
* [Yukon] Social Inclusion Strategy to Address Poverty Issues (YK Health and Social Services) - October 1/09
* Bab.la --- "where language lovers can meet" (translation/language tools)
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Leading indicators, January 2010 - February 19
--- Employment Insurance, December 2009 - February 19
--- Consumer Price Index, January 2010 - February 18
--- New Immigrants' Assessments of Their Life in Canada - February 18
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - February 20
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* A stronger, fairer Australia (Australian Government’s vision and strategy for social inclusion) - February 19
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* World Bank PovertyNet Newsletter #132, February 2010
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- February 21, 2010
* File a tax return, raise your income (Toronto Star) - February 2
* The Cost of Poverty and the Value of Investment (National Council of Welfare) - February 2010
* [British Columbia] Homes, not Games! Pro-social housing actions sweep Vancouver's streets (rabble.ca blogs) - February 17
* Olympic Games: Stark Contrast to Poverty and Violence (Union of BC Indian Chiefs and B.C. CEDAW Group) - February 16
* The top five Canadian sources for connected social policy wonks (Social Policy Cafe) - January 20
* Social Policy in Ontario (Laurentian University)
* [Ontario] Pre-Budget Consultations - January/February 2010
* New Brunswick’s “Overcoming Poverty Together” Earns Praise and Creates Hope (Caledon Institute of Social Policy) - February 2010
* Guaranteed annual income conference (Montreal) (Basic Income Earth Network Canada) - April 15-16
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Leading indicators, January 2010 - February 19
--- Employment Insurance, December 2009 - February 19
--- Consumer Price Index, January 2010 - February 18
--- New Immigrants' Assessments of Their Life in Canada - February 18
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - February 20
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [United States] Asset Poverty and Debt Among Families with Children (National Center for Children in Poverty) - February 2010
* From the United Nations Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs:
--- United Nations Statistical Yearbook (52nd Issue) - February 2010
--- World Population Ageing 2009 - February 2010
--- Rethinking Poverty : Report on the World Social Situation 2010 - January 2010
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- February 15, 2010
* Welfare Incomes 2008 (National Council of Welfare)
* Poverty Profile 2007 (National Council of Welfare)
* 2010 Provincial Budget (Government of Alberta) - February 9
* 2010-2011 New Brunswick Budget - December 1/09
* From Chrystal Ocean:
--- Policies of Exclusion, Poverty & Health: : Stories from the front (2005)
--- Economicus ridiculous... exercises in miserly minimalism (blog)
--- Challenging the Commonplace ... and other irreverent activities (blog)
* Policy Monitor Canada (government relations monitoring service)
* [British Columbia] Poverty and protest: the media focus on the Vancouver Olympics (PovNet) - February 9
* [Ontario] Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Guide to the Labour Force Survey, 2010
--- Labour Force Survey Products and Services, 2010
--- Canadian Economic Observer - February 2010 - February 11
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto)
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Once Stigmatized, Food Stamps Find Acceptance in New York City (New York Times)- February 10
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- February 7, 2010
* Canadian Canadian/Ontario media websites
* [British Columbia] Welfare caseloads rise by 27%, appeals by 46% (Strategic Thoughts) - February 2
* [Vancouver] ‘Downtown Eastside Connect’ Opens at Woodward's, panned by social advocates (The Tyee) - February 1
* Canada Ignores Women’s Human Rights (Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action) - February 2
* [United States] The President's 2011 Budget Proposal - February 1
* Armine Yalnizian on TV Ontario : "Job Creation in a Recession" (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - January 25
The British Columbia Atlas of Wellness (2007) : recent supplements (University of Victoria Department of Geography) - January 2010
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Labour Force Survey, January 2010 - February 5
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto)
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- January 31, 2010
* Ontario Disability Support Program : "Stupid Rules" Create Dire Consequences (ODSP Action Coalition) - January 2
* Canada Suffering from Huge Democratic Deficit, Report Says (Institute of Wellbeing) - January 27
* The importance of social science research in Canada - E-dialogue (Royal Roads University, Victoria) - February 2
* Is EI Working for Canada’s Unemployed? Analyzing The Great Recession (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - January 25
* [British Columbia] A timeline of cuts to BC legal aid (PovNet.org) - January 25
* [Ontario] Province Moves Forward With Legal Aid Transformation (Ontario Attorney-General) - January 24
* [British Columbia] Going for gold on minimum wages (Vancouver Sun) - January 20
* British Columbia 2010 Poverty Olympics coming to Vancouver on February 7
* On Prorogation: Selected readings
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Study: The financial impact of student loans - January 29
--- Participation and Activity Limitation Survey 2006: Tables - January 29
--- Payroll employment, earnings and hours, November 2009 - January 28
--- Real Gross Domestic Income, Relative Prices and Economic Performance Across the - January 28
--- Hours worked and labour productivity in the provinces and territories, 1997 to 2008 - January 27
--- Study: Consequences of long-distance caregiving, 2007 - January 26
--- Cities and Growth: Earnings Levels Across Urban and Rural Areas: The Role of Human Capital - January 26
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - January 31
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* The Happy Planet Index : Is Gross Domestic Product An Obsolete Measure of Progress? (New Economics Foundation - U.K.) - January 30
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- January 24, 2010
* Release of The Fiscal Monitor for November 2009 (Department of Finance Canada) - January 22
* Government transfer payments to persons (Statistics Canada)
* Federal Cabinet Shuffle - January 19
* New Ontario Cabinet Announced - January 18
* Analysis and critique of New Brunswick's poverty reduction plan (Common Front for Social Justice Inc.) - January 2010
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Employment Insurance, November 2009 - January 22
--- The changing cyclical behaviour of labour productivity - January 21
--- Consumer Price Index, December 2009 - January 20
--- Leading indicators, December 2009 - January 19
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - January 24
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [United States] Who Are America's Poor Children? The Official Story (National Center for Children in Poverty) - January 2010
* World Report 2010 (Human Rights Watch) - January 20
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- January 17, 2010
* [Ontario] Council Appointed To Shape Review Of Social Assistance (Government of Ontario) - January 11
* 2010 Winter Olympics: Progressive Analysis and Commentary (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - BC Office)
* [Child Poverty in British Columbia] Twenty Years Later - A Second Look (First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition) - January 11
* The City of Ottawa's Ottawa's Poverty Reduction Strategy - January 17
* The Treatment of Welfare Fraud by the Ontario Government: 1995-2003 (honeybadgerpress.ca)
* Pension reform issue poses threat (Ottawa Citizen) - January 11
* CARP E-VOICE: One Très Cool Advocacy Tool! (Email addresses of all federal and provincial elected officials)
* Straight Goods Useful URLs - 900+ links to resources
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Study: The changing cyclical behaviour of labour productivity - January 14
--- Canadian Health Measures Survey, 2007 to 2009 - January 13
--- Health Reports:
----- Fitness of Canadian children and youth: Results from the 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey - January 2010
----- Fitness of Canadian children and youth: Results from the 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey - January 2010
--- Differences in Canadian and US Income Levels, 1961 to 2008 - January 12
--- Healthy people, healthy places - January 11
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - January 9
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [U.S.] The Past, Present, and Future of Minimum Wage (Shrinkage is Good - Blog) - December 31
* [U.S.] Recent releases from The Urban Institute:
--- Work Ability and the Social Insurance Safety Net in the Years Prior to Retirement
--- Social Security Retirement Benefit Awards Hit All-Time High in 2009
--- Public Expenditures on Children through 2008
--- Kids' Share: An Analysis of Federal Expenditures on Children through 2008
--- Data Appendix to Kids' Share: An Analysis of Federal Expenditures on Children through 2008
--- Work and Income Security from 1970 to 2005
--- How Well Have Middle Class American Families Accumulated Wealth?
--- Unemployment Statistics on Older Americans
--- Retirement Account Balances
--- A New Safety Net for Low-Income Families
* [U.S.] Top 10 Urban Institute Papers of 2009:
--- President-Elect Obama's Tax and Stimulus Plans
--- Unemployment Insurance in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (HR1)
--- Reducing Obesity: Policy Strategies from the Tobacco Wars
--- Is the Public Plan Option a Necessary Part of Health Reform?
--- Children of Immigrants: National and State Characteristics
--- Preventing and Ending Homelessness-Next Steps
--- Tax Proposals in the 2010 Budget
--- Transitioning In and Out of Poverty
--- Getting to a Public Option that Contains Costs: Negotiations, Opt-Outs and Triggers
--- Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood
* [U.S.] One in Eight Americans Receives Food Stamps (CNBC.com) - January 13
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- January 10, 2010
* Tactical diminishment : even The Globe finds Harper's prorogation ploy insulting (Globe and Mail) - January 7
* We can't afford not to take on poverty (Art Eggleton and Hugh Segal in the Ottawa Citizen) - January 7
* A Cause for the Century : invest more money in programs that help women and girls (Canadian Crossroads International) - January 7
* [Ontario] The poor-bashing bandwagon (Straight Goods)- January 6
* How did the just society become just don't care? (Toronto Star) - January 6
* New Brunswick to raise minimum wage to $10 in April (CBC New Brunswick) - January 5
* Toronto-Dominion Bank's Direct Deposit Initiative keeps social assistance cheques out of hands of pricey payday lenders (Toronto Star) - January 5
* A Soft Landing : Recession and Canada’s 100 Highest Paid CEOs (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) - January 4
* Child welfare for natives (Reuel Amdur in The Canadian Charger) - January 3
* World Legal Systems (University of Ottawa)
* Reminder : Calls for proposals/papers for upcoming guaranteed annual income conferences (Montreal, Sao Paulo)
* Livable Income (guaranteed income)For Everyone (LIFE)
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]:
--- Labour Force Survey, December 2009 - January 8
--- Employment, Earnings and Hours October 2009 - January 5
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto) - January 9
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)

- January 3, 2010
* Advancing the Inclusion of People with Disabilities 2009 (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) - December 28
* Social Development Partnerships Program — Disability Call for Proposals, Accessibility Projects (Human Resources & Skills Development Canada) - Deadline: Feb. 8, 2010
* Notice of Intent – Fairness for the Self Employed Act (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) - December 2009
* From Reuel Amdur in The Canadian Charger:
--- McGuinty abandons children - October 22
--- Dalton McGuinty’s War on the Poor - June 29
* Call for proposals/papers: Basic Income (guaranteed annual income) - Conferences in Montreal (April) and Sao Paulo (June)
* What's New in The Daily [Statistics Canada]
* What's new from the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Toronto)
* Poverty Dispatch: U.S. media coverage of social issues and programs (Institute for Research on Poverty - U. of Wisconsin-Madison)
* [U.S.] Living on Nothing but Food Stamps (New York Times) - January 2
* Australian Policy Online - recent content
--- Top Social Policy Reports of 2009
--- Assets for all? A review of the Australian Government’s $77 billion support for asset building
* CRINMAIL (children's rights newsletter)