Jul 31, 2011 | Community Dispatch Archive
November 2006 I thought it important to bring to your attention a unique experiment underway in our province. A Citizens’ Assembly has been constituted to review Ontario’s electoral system. The Citizens’ Assembly will recommend whether Ontario keeps...
Jul 31, 2011 | Community Dispatch Archive
September 2010 In August of 2010 provincial and territorial Premiers met in Winnipeg to hold their annual Council of the Federation meeting. Across the street, convened by Campaign 2000, Canadian Council on Social Development, Council of Canadians with Disabilities...
Jul 31, 2011 | Community Dispatch Archive
December 1996 A Community Member’s Reflection “All wars are waged against children” Eglantyne Jebb, Save the Children, England, 1919 Eglantyne Jebb assisted when the League of Nations drafted and adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in...
Jul 31, 2011 | Community Dispatch Archive
December 1999 On behalf of the Halton Social Planning Council and Volunteer Centre, I would like to extend our Seasons Greetings to all and our best wishes for a fruitful New Year and a Millennium that brings peace and justice to all. This Community Dispatch continues...
Jul 31, 2011 | Community Dispatch Archive
July 2003 The quality of life in Halton, as measured by the Quality of Life Index (QLI), has remained below that of 1990 throughout the course of the decade, as revealed in a new report entitled The Quality of Life in Halton – A Snapshot of a Decade. We analyze...
Jul 31, 2011 | Community Dispatch Archive
October 2004 Canada, along with other nations across our Globe, is witnessing social and economic change. This change has not brought social and economic prosperity for all. How we provide opportunity and quality of life for all Canadians and how we care for members...
