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Tens of millions of girls in the world are married while still children, many before puberty and often to much older men.
An estimated three million African girls undergo female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) every year.
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Programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV continue to expand in Zambia.
Centre canadien de politiques alternatives
Tenez-vous au courant des dernières nouvelles du Centre canadien de politiques alternatives (CCPA) et recevez en primeur les renseignements concernant ses dernières parutions. Institut de recherche indépendant et non partisan, le CCPA se préoccupe des questions de justice sociale et économique.
Saskatchewan's labour movement won a significant victory yesterday as Justice Dennis Ball ruled that Bill 5, The Public Service Essential Services Act (PSES) violated the constitutional right to strike and bargain collectively as upheld in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
In his decision, Justice Ball concluded: “No other essential services legislation in Canada comes close to prohibiting the right to strike as broadly, and as significantly, as the PSES Act. No other essential services legislation is as devoid of access to independent, effective dispute resolution processes … None have such significantly deleterious effects on protected rights.”
Justice Ball's decision corresponds to the arguments that the Saskatchewan Office has consistently made regarding the legitimacy of Bill 5.
For backgrounders from the Saskatchewan Office on Bill 5 and the Charter challenge, visit here and here.
Electro-Motive/Caterpillar's decision to lock out its London, Ontario workers on January 1st, demanding workers accept a 50% pay cut or lose the plant altogether, brings into focus a theme that is unfolding in 2012: The crackdown on middle class work in Canada.
The CCPA's Trish Hennessy has written two blog posts about the developments in London and what it means for Canada's labour movement:
Caterpillar: The moth flying too close to the flame shows the futility of Canada's tax cut agenda and the failure of senior governments to act to save jobs.
Attack of the killer unionbot deconstructs the dehumanizing narrative that is pitting Canadians against unions.
Last week Prime Minister Harper signaled possible cuts to Canada's pension programs, namely Old Age Security benefits for middle- and lower-income seniors. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has produced several resources on pension reform, including analysis of the possible plan to raise the age for OAS eligibility:
- Canada’s Incredible Shrinking Population, by Erin Weir
CCPA research associate Erin Weir brings some clarity to claims that the cost of Old Age Security is unsustainable.
- The OAS Eligibility Age and Employment, by Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson suggests that an increase in the eligibility age for OAS/GIS will negatively impact an increasing proportion of older Canadians who are staying in the workforce well past 65.
- Is The OAS/GIS Program Unaffordable?, by Andrew Jackson
On CCPA’s blog, Andrew Jackson writes that despite the government's claims to the contrary, OAS costs are indeed sustainable in the context of an ageing society.
- Hennessy's Index: Grey Power, by Trish Hennessy
Hennessy's Index is a monthly listing of numbers about Canada and its place in the world. February's edition introduces us to some distressing numbers and facts on pensions and Old Age Security.
- Low Income and the Age of Eligibility for OAS, by Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson suggests that raising the age of eligibility for Old Age Security/Guaranteed Income Supplement (OAS/GIS) will have the biggest impact on future seniors who are in lower income brackets.
- Raising The Retirement Age Is The Wrong Way To Deal With The Retirement Crisis, by Andrew Jackson
In this blog post, Andrew Jackson writes that raising the age of eligibility for OAS/GIS will cut a basic building block of retirement security, and instead we should be expanding the Canada Pension Plan now to raise incomes for seniors in the future.
- Delaying Retirement: What does it mean for younger workers?, by Karen Foster
Karen Foster examines the impact of pension reforms on the job prospects and economic well-being of younger workers.
- A Stronger Foundation: Pension Reform and Old Age Security, by Monica Townson
This report reviews OAS and its associated programs of the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) and the Allowance and discusses measures that could be taken to strengthen this part of Canada’s pension system.
- Pension Breakdown: How the Finance Ministers Bungled Pension Reform, by Monica Townson
This study provides an analysis of the government's proposed Pooled Registered Pension Plan (PRPP) program, and asserts that it will do nothing to solve Canada’s pension crisis.
