Regina, Saskatchewan skyline as seen from Wascana Hill. Photo by Daniel Paquet/Wikimedia Commons. A Regina city councillor is taking his own municipality to court. It is not quite a man-bites-dog story but neither is it something that happens every day. In 2018, Regina made a commitment to end homelessness. It
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Canadian Dimension: Contracting out employment services in Ford’s Ontario
Ontario premier Doug Ford. Photo from Flickr. Ontario’s self-styled government-for-the-people has announced new “prototype” projects to run social service employment programs. Prototype service managers were revealed in February for Hamilton-Niagara, Peel and Muskoka. Employment services for social assistance recipients will now be integrated into a new regional level of bureaucracy
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