Cost-of-living increases have Canadian parents worried about opportunities for their children:

Mortgage and rent, along with car loans take some of the biggest bites out of parents’ incomes, said Scott Hannah, CEO of the Credit Counselling Society.

For drivers, prices at the pump have increased even faster – gasoline prices for June, the most recent month available, were 54.6 higher than in the same month in 2021, Statistics Canada data show, the biggest driver of inflation in that period.

Those financial drains are “really hurting a lot of Canadians now,” he said. Meanwhile appetites grow, clothes need replacing and extracurricular sports, classes and activities mount. “If you’ve got a young family, it’s the most expensive part of your years.

Cost-of-living increases have Canadian parents worried about opportunities for their children: Mortgage and rent, along with car loans take some of the biggest bites out of parents’ incomes, said Scott Hannah, CEO of the Credit Counselling Society.For drivers, prices at the pump have increased even faster – gasoline prices for June, the most recent month available, were 54.6 higher than in the same month in 2021, Statistics Canada data show, the biggest driver of inflation in that period.Those financial drains are “really hurting a lot of Canadians now,” he said. Meanwhile appetites grow, clothes need replacing and extracurricular sports, classes and activities mount. “If you’ve got a young family, it’s the most expensive part of your years.Read More

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Freeze funding for Sask. Christian school facing ‘sickening’ abuse allegations: Opposition, students | CBC News:

Provincial government funding to a Saskatoon Christian school must be frozen in light of a series of abuse allegations, says the leader of the NDP Opposition.

“I’m heartbroken to think this was the experience that shaped these young lives,” Carla Beck said Wednesday.

Some former students of Saskatoon’s Christian Centre Academy, now called Legacy Christian Academy, are going even further. They are demanding the school be permanently closed.

“I think it should be shut down — 100 per cent,” said former student Jillian Kudryk.

Freeze funding for Sask. Christian school facing ‘sickening’ abuse allegations: Opposition, students | CBC News: Provincial government funding to a Saskatoon Christian school must be frozen in light of a series of abuse allegations, says the leader of the NDP Opposition.

“I’m heartbroken to think this was the experience that shaped these young lives,” Carla Beck said Wednesday.

Some former students of Saskatoon’s Christian Centre Academy, now called Legacy Christian Academy, are going even further. They are demanding the school be permanently closed.

“I think it should be shut down — 100 per cent,” said former student Jillian Kudryk.Read More

Toxics law reform: building momentum and overcoming industry attacks – Environmental Defence:

CEPA is Canada’s most important toxics law and the key legislation
that helps protect the environment and human health from dangerous
exposure to pollution and toxic chemicals. Children, low-income,
racialized and Indigenous populations, in particular, are
disproportionately impacted by hazardous exposures. Updating and
strengthening this bill is crucial to advancing environmental justice
and protecting us from the health risks of widespread toxins such as
BPA, phthalates and PFAS.

This amendment includes recognizing the human right to a healthy environment
for the first time in federal law. Although 156 countries already have
environmental rights, Canada does not. This is a right that exists in
Quebec and is currently being championed internationally at the UN.

Toxics law reform: building momentum and overcoming industry attacks – Environmental Defence: CEPA is Canada’s most important toxics law and the key legislation
that helps protect the environment and human health from dangerous
exposure to pollution and toxic chemicals. Children, low-income,
racialized and Indigenous populations, in particular, are
disproportionately impacted by hazardous exposures. Updating and
strengthening this bill is crucial to advancing environmental justice
and protecting us from the health risks of widespread toxins such as
BPA, phthalates and PFAS.This amendment includes recognizing the human right to a healthy environment
for the first time in federal law. Although 156 countries already have
environmental rights, Canada does not. This is a right that exists in
Quebec and is currently being championed internationally at the UN.Read More

‘Sleepwalking to disaster’: Biology prof on how climate change is wreaking havoc on our lakes:

It’s part of a pattern that is only going to increase with global
warming, John Smol, a professor at Queen’s University, told CTV News
Channel, painting a picture of lakes shrinking, others flooding, fish
species dying out and algal blooms killing off underwater plants.

“We’re sleepwalking to disaster,” he said Sunday, stating that we need
to act now to slow these changes. “I wouldn’t say it’s too, too late,
but it’s very, very late.”

‘Sleepwalking to disaster’: Biology prof on how climate change is wreaking havoc on our lakes:
It’s part of a pattern that is only going to increase with global
warming, John Smol, a professor at Queen’s University, told CTV News
Channel, painting a picture of lakes shrinking, others flooding, fish
species dying out and algal blooms killing off underwater plants.
“We’re sleepwalking to disaster,” he said Sunday, stating that we need
to act now to slow these changes. “I wouldn’t say it’s too, too late,
but it’s very, very late.”Read More