People who make over $250,000 a year is considered rich. Warren Buffet, one of the richest men in the country, wants to pay more taxes and thinks that his super-rich friends should too. “While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our tax breaks,” Buffet wrote in a Sunday New York Times Op-ed (Bingham). Everyone that lives in America should have to pay taxes. Bill Gates, the richest man in America, agrees that taxes should be raised on the rich.
The government went back to the liberal party in '93, but because of the uncertainty of the past, the national child care strategy become harder to implement (Gestwicki & Bertrand, 2008). Canada's “Assistance Plan” which matched federal and provincial dollars on the amount spent on child care was cut in '96, and allocated funds were transferred to the “Canada Health and Social Transfer” block fund (Gestwicki & Bertrand, 2008, p. 205). This allowed provincial and territorial governments to allocate funds how ever they wanted and did not provide incentive to increase spending for child care. Towards the end of the '90's, all governments were working together to try and launch a “National Child Care Agenda”, but to date there
One of the major social issue Canada has is homelessness. Briefly stating, a homeless person is someone who does not have a house, and therefore ending up on the streets. According to statistics from the World Bank, Canada has an estimate population of 34.75 million people and a GDP of 1.780 trillion, and because of the strong economy at the moment, it’s constantly increasing(taken from http://data.worldbank.org/country/canada) . Compared to other countries those statistics are rather good, and because of those info, it’s hard to think Canada would have homeless people. Sadly it’s very easy to spot homeless people on the sidewalk of Toronto and this issue keeps increasing.
There was an enormous increase in the birth rate, from 1947 to 1970, after the Second World War, this increased the population of countries such as Canada and the US(Canada’s Aging Population). The people born in this generation are called the baby boomer. What is interesting about baby boomer is that as they start to retire the population of seniors is expected to hit, “around 6.7 million in 2021, and around 9.2 million in 2041”( Canada’s Aging Population Pg. 9). Economists have also confirmed that these increases in the growth of the senior population will approximately account for fifty percent of Canadian population growth for the next 3 decades (Canada’s Aging Population).
Firstly, the Liberal government will bring forth a Low Income Tax Benefit for families with low incomes. The purpose of this program will be to encourage families in social assistance to join Canada’s work force. Presently, a family in social assistance does not want to obtain a job because their income after income tax will offset or even be less than the amount they are getting from social assistance. If low-income families are taxed less, this can be a great incentive for families to join the work force. The Liberal Party of Canada also believes that adequate and affordable housing is essential for strong communities as well as individual dignity.
(2013). 20 years of NAFTA: is North America better off? Aljazeera America. Retrieved from http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/inside-story/articles/2014/3/31/in-thetwo-decadessinceenactmenthasnaftadeliveredonitspromises.html Running head: CANADA’S ROLE IN NAFTA Mesloh, D. (2009). United States Imposes Tariffs On Softwood Lumber From Four Canadian Provinces Due To Canada's Failure To Comply With The 17 Softwood Lumber Agreement.
This situation gets worse when one compares poverty levels in cities , where most immigrants first seek refuge . Gertler (2001 ) estimated that around 52 percent of newly arrived immigrants suffer from serious poverty problem compared to only 24 .5 percent of Canadian-born city residents . Is it that immigrants are lazy or work less ? No , because HRSD (2007 ) reports that 80 percent of immigrants living in poverty usually try to earn income compared to only 67 percent of their Canadians cohorts , and that only 11 percent of immigrants receive government Employment Insurance compared to 20 percent of non-immigrant .Different groups of immigrants are affected differently by poverty depending on their home countries . A comparison between Canadian born individuals and immigrants from Least Developed Countries (LDC ) shown in Figure 1 (Kassim Rothman , 2000 , 17 ) gives a clear picture of the sorry lives lived by this group of immigrants
Institutional racism is part of the Western world and the ulterior effects could be found if thoroughly vetted. The first and most important clandestine concern is economic consequence as we all need to be economically sound to meet the basic needs of our lives. If we look at the Caribbean people one might notice that majority are still under poverty even though they came to Canada few decades ago. The question is, do these citizens just happened to be unfortunate and poor or is it triggered by institutionalized racism? A simple answer is that racism is the concealed norm, inscribed in organizations, institutions and state level, in our Canadian society.
Poverty is an exceptionally complicated social phenomenon, and trying to discover its causes is equally complicated. According to the Statistical Profile of Poverty in Canada (2009), 9.2% of Canadians- some 2.95 million people- are living on a low income. These people are living under the low income cut-off (LICO), meaning that they spend 20 percent more of their after tax income than the average person on the necessities of life, such as food, clothing, and shelter (Witt & Hermiston, 2010, p. 226). These include children, families with single-parent mothers, aboriginals, the mentally ill, the physically handicapped, recent immigrants, and students. For me, as a student of ECE program, child poverty is very important.
In the 1920’s, Canada introduced higher tariffs on their products exporting, to protect Canadian made products. They also introduced the tariffs to make a little bit more money compared to the other country’s goods. However, like the idea of buying stocks, this backfired. [5] As a result of increasing tariffs, many countries, mostly in Europe had decided not to trade or import of Canada’s goods. The increase in the tariffs meant that the country had no need of such a good, if it would be easily and cheaply made in the country.