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Is Public Service Delivery Obsolete?

Why competition between civil servants, corporations, and non-profits is good for everyone

This Dear Green Place

Our latest last best hope

Promoting Democracy Abroad

Is it the right time for Canada to take on this file?

Carol Goar

Carol Goar was a columnist at the Toronto Star for thirty years, where she focused on poverty, homelessness, and the fraying social fabric. She retired in 2016 and moved to Paris, Ontario.

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The Formula to End Homelessness

A collection of essays from front-line workers January | February 2019
On any given night, an average of 35,000 Canadians are homeless. Over the course of a year, 235,000 men, women, and adolescents have no safe bed. Twenty percent are visible, sleeping on park benches and heating grates. The rest are hidden: couch-surfing, in a hospital, in jail, sleeping in a car, or moving from one emergency shelter to the…