Category: Insight

Trying to make Ontario’s streets free of harassment and intimidation isn’t a bad thing, but you have to wonder what the anti-panhandling law is all about.

Imagine walking home late at night. The buses have stopped running and the only light in sight is the moon. Just when you think your heart is about to explode, salvation comes rolling around the corner. A taxicab. The only problem — the driver is likely a man.

Poverty Challenge 2000 was part of Poverty Awareness Week which ran from Jan. 19-25. The problem with events like Poverty Challenge 2000 is that it is impossible to understand poverty unless people have experienced it themselves.

The surplus is much too small to make meaningful tax cuts, argues Michael Hammond.