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This OECD documents discuss some of the key reasons why income inequality exists and is rising. Divided We Stand, Why Inequality Keeps Rising, Main Findings and Divided We Stand, Why Inequality Keeps Rising, Inequality in Emerging Economies. Also check out their “Traffic Light” table, where people can compare how well their country is doing in 6 inequality and 4 redistribution indicators. It can be found here: http://www.oecd.org/document/51/0,3746,en_2649_33933_49147827_1_1_1_1,00.html#COUNTRY_NOTES   Scroll down the page and click on “TRAFFIC LIGHT Summary Table.”

On January 17, 2012 the Regina Urban Aboriginal Strategy released the Coffee House Report based on discussions about homelessness and housing.  The Regina Urban Aboriginal Strategy, in partnership with the Collaborative City held the Coffee House Conversations from September 2010 to March 2011 with the objective of raising awareness of the issue in the city of Regina. Coffee_House_Homelessness_Report-1[1]

An opportunity to contribute your ideas! Consultations / discussions on eliminating poverty will be held Tues Jan 24 12-3pm @ Salvation Army bldg in Tisdale; Wed Jan 25 12-3pm @ United Church in Nipawin; Thurs Jan 26 @ Salvation Army bldg in Melfort. An RSVP will be needed – stay tuned for further details.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ annual look at CEO compensation looks at 2010 compensation levels for Canada’s highest paid 100 CEOs and finds they pocketed an average of $8.38 million in 2010 – a 27% increase over the average $6.6 million they took in 2009.

Even in these turbulent economic times, the average of Canada’s CEO Elite 100 make 189 times more than Canadians earning the average wage.

http://www.policyalternatives.ca/newsroom/updates/there%E2%80%99s-no-contest-when-it-comes-ceo-compensation

“Poverty: A Huge Cost to Our Health-care System” by Megan Yarema, Canada Without Poverty. Huffington Post, posted: Jan 16, 2012 04:16 PM ET http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/megan-yarema/canada-health-care-transfers_b_1209145.html?view=screen

“While the debate on the future of the CHT has garnered media attention in the past few weeks, little commentary is surfacing on the funding of the CST, which directly impacts programs that benefit people with low-income.”

The federal government initiated program, Action for Neighbourhood Change was a unique learning initiative that explored and assessed approaches to locally-driven neighbourhood revitalization that can enhance the capacity of individuals and families to build and sustain strong, healthy communities. It ran from spring 2005 to spring 2007. Regina participated in this program 2006-2007, North Central and Core communities were involved. http://www.anccommunity.ca/Regina.html

Working with local residents, not-for-profit agencies and public and private sector partners, Action for Neighbourhood Change combined local resources in new ways to develop creative locally-based solutions for sustainable community development and neighbourhood revitalization.

The Regina project is described at the website above. The Regina United Way was a strong supporter of the project

“Top Of  The Classes: Canada’s wealthy: they’re richer than you think”, by Stephen LaRose, Planet S, Saskatoon, published Thursday January 12, 11:04 am. http://www.planetsmag.com/story.php?id=694

On December 5, the Government of Saskatchewan announced several initiatives under the headings “Affordability” and “Quality of Life”. http://www.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=66732dc2-3f0c-41c8-8902-9c4df3d42ec4

“After 20 years of continuous decline, both inequality and poverty rates have increased rapidly in the past 10 years, now reaching levels above the OECD average.”  http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/44/48/41525292.pdf