Commentaries and letters to the editor from FST programs and agency leaders
On occasion, FST responds to current events with commentary in the form of articles, opinion pieces and letters to the editor that are submitted to national and local publications. While many of these pieces get published, some are not picked up by the media. In this section of the website, you will find all of FST's commentary pieces from recent years. For those that have been published, the name and date of the publication are included.
Fight Poverty to Spur Recovery - Op-ed by Laurel Rothman, FST Social Reform Director and National Coordinator of Campaign 2000 and Trish Hennessy, Director of the Growing Gap Project at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (July 24, 2011)
Canada needs a national child-care policy by Laurel Rothman National Co-ordinator of Campaign 2000, Katherine Scott, Director of Programs at the Vanier Institute of the Family, and Martha Friendly, Executive director of the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (February, 2011)
Elder Abuse: The shame in the garage - Letter to the editor by Lisa Manuel, Director Changing Lives (March 2, 2011)
Parents deserve a real choice, by Margaret Hancock, Executive Director (Feb. 12, 2011)
Canada needs a national child-care policy, by Laurel Rothman, National co-ordinator of Campaign 2000, Katherine Scott, Director of Programs at the Vanier Institute of the Family and Martha Friendly, Executive director of the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (Feb. 11, 2011)
Unwelcome policy at recreation centres, by Margaret Hancock and Andrea Cohen - Executive Director, New Heights Community Health Centres and York Community Services (Jul. 5, 2010)
Preserving the rights of Canadians, by Margaret Hancock (March 4, 2010)
The Power of Positive Spending, by Laurel Rothmam (Dec. 1, 2009)
Focus on Family, by Margaret Hancock (February 11, 2008)
Eliminating poverty makes economic sense, by Ann Decter (January 11, 2008)
Response to Ottawa Citizen's Editorial, by Ann Decter (November 30, 2007)
Child poverty – this is not as good as it gets, by LAUREL ROTHMAN and ARMINE YALNIZYAN (May 8, 2007)
Good decision for everyone, by Kelley Myers, Interim Executive Director of Family Service Association of Toronto (January 2007)
An open letter to the mayoral candidates, by Anita Lapidus and Yves Savoie (November, 2006)
Courts should recognize third parent, by Peter Crosby
How many more women must we mourn?, by Yves Savoie (March 13, 2006)
National Access Awareness Week, by Yves Savoie (April 25, 2005)
About time for equal marriage, by Yves Savoie (January 27, 2005)
No Exceptional Measures for Disabilities, by Judith Snow (February 9, 2004)
Making People a Priority, by Laurel Rothman (February 13, 2004)
