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Items from the Quarterly Publication
Canadian Pensioners Concerned
Ontario Division
March 2011. Volume 37, Issue 1
Regular issues of CPC Viewpoint are published
March, June, September, and December.
Editor: Dorothy Archer
Layout: Margaret (Peggy) Gunhouse
Editorial Board: The Executive
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Articles and AGM Reports Archives
AGEISM: MEET THE CHALLENGE
The courts recognize the rights claims - challenging racism, sexism, homophobia while seemingly reluctant to challenge ageism. The legal justification is that they are acting in the best interest of the older person which is a denial of their agency and thus a denial of their full humanity.. ......
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THE REAL REASON YOUR HYDRO BILL IS SO HIGH
Something happened in the last decade which went largely unnoticed by most people in Ontario. Our public non-profit hydro was turned into a for-profit system. A massive campaign promising lower rates in the 1990s came before it.......
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SUPPORT FOR MIGRANT WORKERS
Social justice has been a prime motivator through my working and retired years, a strong commitment to do what I can to make this life a little better for those who are here now and those yet to be born. .....
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PRE-BUDGET BRIEF TO THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT JANUARY 2011
We have structured our advice based on the advice we submitted last year. We noted then that many of the issues facing the province in 2010 would continue over the long term. We recommended that the government make a five year plan to tackle the deficit and ........
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ASK YOUR DOCTOR...
Is this a free sample? If so, is there a generic drug or an equivalent drug I can use that is cheaper when the free samples run out?
COMMUNITY LINKS -
The Face of CPC in Nova Scotia.
Community Links is a provincial voluntary organization in Nova Scotia with a membership of 250 senior and senior-serving organizations which in turn represent or provide service to thousands of Nova Scotia seniors. It has been in existence since 1992 ........
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CONFLICT.
Dehumanizing the Other Side
Dehumanization is the psychological process of demoralizing the enemy, making them seem less than human and hence not worthy of humane treatment. This can lead to increased violence, human rights violations, war crimes, and genocide. .........
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BOARD HIGHLIGHTS
December 2010 and January 2011.........
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