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Correctional Officers Private Prisons
1,313 wordsPrivate universities, private jails, private health-care and private water testing. What do all of these things have in common? They are all services the Tory government in Ontario has been trying to privatize with some disastrous results and possibly more to come. The Ontario government, lead by Progressive Conservative leader Mike Harris, has been slowly trying to do away with services that are currently administered by the province. The ideology in question, privatization, has been a hallmark...
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Post Secondary Education Health Care System
1,303 words... the provincial government would not have sole control over the testing of drinking water and the upkeep of the facilities. The president of OPSEU, Leah Casselman, says the whole tragedy in Walkerton could have been avoided if the Harris government had not downloaded responsibility for water quality control to the municipalities in the first place. Safe drinking water must be a provincial responsibility, said Casselman. Tragically, the Harris government has been anything but responsible. They...
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Violence Against Women Partners
1,629 wordsViolence against Women Partners (1) In order for us to be able to define principles, upon which social policies that are meant to protect women partners from sexual and physical abuse, need to be based, we need to understand what creates preconditions for the violence against women in the first place. The article The 10 Steps to End Violence against Women, which is available on the web site of Step It Up Ontario, provides us with the insight on the essence of such violence: Five times more women...
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Case Study Of Ontario Government Employment
2,440 wordsCase Study of Ontario Government Employment Nowadays many governments and trade unions in different countries draw attention to the problems of sexual minorities. Among them are Ontario government and the Ontario Public service Employees Union (OPSEU). Since 1969 many changes have been taken in the state of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality rights across Canada. Many provinces and territories including Quebec and Ontario in Canada added sexual orientation to their Human Righ...
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Affordable Housing Toronto Star
3,943 wordsIn a just society, the ruling authority must decide what is right when allocating wealth to its individual citizens. The same ruling authority does this by intervening with the inner workings of a marketplace to uphold its fundamental values and ideals. The aim of government intervention is to create a just society that will reflect the people? s values. Governing bodies do this by establishing laws that enforce fairness or? equity? . The Ontario government passed the Rent Control Act in 1975. T...
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Dominion Drama Festival Theatre Ontario Theatre Ontario Province
463 wordsTheatre Theatre Ontario THEATRE ONTARIO Theatre Ontario is an association of community, educational and professional theatre organisations and individuals who are dedicated to the development and maintenance of high quality theatre in all parts of the province that is accessible to and reflects all segments of our society. They serve as the centre of the provinces information network for people in theatre. They help to develop and promote artistic, technical and management learning and training ...
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Agricultural Practices Natural Resource
1,996 wordsAs nations around the globe enter the 21 st century, one of the most pressing concerns facing each is the notion of sustainable development. Sustainable development, simply put, refers to maintaining a rate of industrialization which minimizes the destruction of the environment. And while issues such as the price and accessibility of crude oil dominate trade talks and newspaper headlines, there is an ever-more important concern emerging: access to water. Despite its relatively small population s...
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Tax Cuts Income Tax
2,640 wordsOn June 8 1995 the Mike Harris Conservative government was elected to power in the Province of Ontario. Harris throughout his campaign at the time talked of tax cuts, job creation among many other promises in the overall goal of balancing the budget and making Ontario a better place to live. As such, through Harris Common Sense revolution platform, he outlined how it was going to be done and what he wanted to do in order to achieve his objectives. Since Bob Rae's NDP government created an $ 11. ...
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O F Lake Erie
1,607 wordsThe Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (O. F. A. H. ) is Ontario s largest charitable non-profit organization that is not funded by the government. The O. F. A. H. plays a very important role in the province s fish and wildlife conservation. The organization believes that it is important to preserve Ontario s fish and wildlife resources. The O. F. A. H. is key in educating a vast population of Ontarians as young as six years old, in the import...
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Affordable Housing Toronto Star
3,597 wordsRent Control-pro The Detrimental Effects in Changing the Rent Control ActIn a just society, the ruling authority must decide what is right when allocating wealth to its individual citizens. The same ruling authority does this by intervening with the inner workings of a marketplace to uphold its fundamental values and ideals. The aim of government intervention is to create a just society that will reflect the people s values. Governing bodies do this by establishing laws that enforce fairness or ...
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