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Ontario Division
November 2008 Vol 34, Issue 4.
Regular issues of CPC Viewpoint are published
February, May, September, and November.
Editor: Dorothy Archer
Layout: Margaret (Peggy) Gunhouse
Editorial Board:
Christine Mounsteven, Don Bellamy
Sylvia Hall, Gerda Kaegi,Joan Berndt

Articles Archives


MAKE VOLUNTEERING A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION
When the recent federal election was called, Volunteer Canada invited candidates across the country to imagine their election campaigns with no volunteers - no one to make phone calls, no one to knock on doors, no one to work on election day......
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WHAT ELECTION?
The Canadian federal election of October 14, 2008 was not slated to take place until 2009 according to legislation. Although blasted by many as an illegal call, clearly it was a convenient change for the Prime Minister. What was unclear to many outsiders was to what extent inside members of the Conservative party participated in the decision to change ......
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BENEFITS OF COMMON ASSESSMENT IN LTCH
The quality of care in Ontario's nursing homes is paramount for residents and their families. The Long-Term Care Homes Common Assessment Project (LTCH CAP) has been playing a prominent role in addressing this key priority.......
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IN MEMORIAM
Dorothy McKinnon and Elizabeth MacVicar, two long-serving members of CPC, died recently.
Dorothy McKinnon represented CPC Ontario Division on the Board of the Ontario Coalition of Senior Citizens' Organizations (OCSCO). She was a founding member of NAC (National Action Committee for Women) and of OWW (Organized Working Women) and was a member of the Mayor's Committee on Aging. In 2005 she was honoured by the Congress of Union Retirees of Canada "For outstanding contribution to labour, the social movement, and union retirees".
Elizabeth MacVicar was treasurer of both CPC National and the Ontario Division and treasurer of the Diabetes Type II Project. She volunteered at Sunnybrook Hospital for many years and was an enthusiastic Scottish country dancer.
  BOOK REVIEW
Nuclear Power Is Not The Answer
by Helen Caldicott New Press, 2006
Nuclear powered electricity does not contribute to global warming or pollution.
Helen Caldicott disputes the above statement. She calls it a myth which is spread by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) in the U.S.A. She writes that the NEI spends millions of dollars annually to engineer public opinion......... Read more here....
POVERTY IS IN OUR BACKYARD
Close to 50 people attended the Forum on Poverty that was held October 21 at North Toronto Memorial Community Centre. After the Moderator, Michael Muller, a former Director on the P.O.I.N.T. (People and Organizations In North Toronto) Board, welcomed those present Charm Darby, from the P.O.I.N.T. Board and Christine Mounsteven, Chair, CPC Board, made opening remarks.......
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A ROOM OF THEIR OWN
A Safe Space for Seniors Facing Abuse
Family Service Toronto began providing services for seniors more than 50 years ago through Illahee Lodge in Cobourg. Originally conceived as a retreat from the concerns of their everyday lives, the popularity of the lodge made it clear to Family Service Toronto that seniors also needed supports.....
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CARE WATCH TORONTO
Supporting Quality Home and Community Care
There is an ironic twist to the story of how Care Watch Toronto came into being. The first meeting was held on June 25, 1995. Invited were all those who had been participating in the community advi-sory committees for each of the multi-service agencies (17 in Metro Toronto) mandated by the Bob Rae government's Bill 173..........
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MEN AND OSTEOPOROSIS
Osteoporosis is often considered to be a woman's disease. Although it is more common in women, osteoporosis is a serious health issue for men. According to a Canadian study of healthy men and women, the number of broken bones (also known as fractures) of the spine is similar in men and women over the age of 50. With age, men experience multiple vertebral fractures......
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS ABOUT CAR REPAIR
Complaints about car repairs consistently rank in the top five problems handled by Ontario's Consumer Protection Branch. "While we successfully mediate many of these complaints, smart consumers who know their rights can avoid trouble with car repairs in the first place," says Chris Ferguson, Branch Director........
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HOW POPULAR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL OPINIONS ARE FORMED
Most people's political views are shaped or influenced by the media and by their peers. The same forces influence their peers, therefore most people's political views are fairly similar, that is, the "conventional wisdom." Ed Finn wrote in an article entitled Conformity and Dissent which appeared in the October 2003 issue of CCPA Monitor , "The pressure to conform and join with the majority is unrelenting.........
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INTERNATIONAL DAYS

January
27. International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

February
21. International Mother Language Day 		  BOARD HIGHLIGHTS
Meeting May 26, 2008
  • Sylvia Hall and Christine Mounsteven presented a brief to the Senate Committee on Aging in Welland on May 8th.
  • A letter was sent to Industry Canada protesting the new regulations proposed on patent drugs. Meeting June 16, 2008
  • CPC Ontario Division is collaborating with P.O.I.N.T (People and Organizations in North To-ronto) to present a Forum on Poverty October 21.
  • CPC Ontario Division had a display at the Seniors Wellness Fair in Toronto. Meeting September 22, 2008
  • Margaret Watson will attend a meeting of Affordable Housing Action Now, a committee of the Toronto Housing Seniors Council

FREE RICE
Are you a secret computer games addict? Feel a bit guilty about it? Tired of Free Cell and Spider Solitaire? Try www.freerice.com. While you test your skills about such things as chemical symbols or vocabulary or world capitals you can be donating free rice to the hungry. For each correct answer, 20 grains of rice are donated to the U.N. World Food Program. Caution: It is really addictive.