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The @SpringboardPol project on the time tax in Canada has a new publication out through the CSA Group. They have 18 actionable approaches to address the underlying sources of the time tax.
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Featured in the OPC’s Real Results: an interview with @NoahZon, a lead researcher with the CSA Group, who looked at #privacy risks for children given the scope and scale of data collected by #AI from apps and toys they use. priv.gc.ca/en/opc-actions-an… #ContributionsProgram
ALT Real results volume 4. Growing up with AI: What are the privacy risks for children?
We regularly hear policy leaders tell us they could use fresh eyes on their files. So we're trying something new: office hours. For people leading policy in their orgs, come by and talk through what's on your mind. Check out more here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Our team writing in @TheHillTimes today building on our project on reducing the time tax in Canada springboardpolicy.com/time-t…
At best, the time tax is annoying—wasting hours on hold with the CRA, scheduling countless appointments, and mailing hard copies that could be uploaded. At worst, it prevents Canadians from accessing services they need: Noah Zon and Khiran O’Neill. (subs) buff.ly/44QNg3U
In our final installment, we highlight some of the ways - and there are many - that governments can take on the time tax. springboardpolicy.medium.com…
If you’ve been following our series on the time tax over the last few weeks, we have been focused on the problems - they are regressive, wasteful, and harmful. But we want to close our short series with a little bit of optimism: time taxes can be fixed.
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This series on the time tax in #CDNpoli is a must-read. Of course policy implementation is designed with the very berry best of intentions, but (way?) too often we are overloading applicants with unnecessary administrative burdens. We can, and must do better.
First, we focus on how public supports for people with disabilities have some of the highest time tax burdens, preventing people from accessing programs they need medium.com/@springboardpolic…
Thanks! Glad to hear that it resonates with your experiences. Well, it would be better if you didn’t have those experiences, but you get the point
Find all of our time tax articles in one place, as they’re released springboardpolicy.com/time-t…
Next, we highlight how the immigration process is loaded with time tax, reducing trust in government right from the first impression. springboardpolicy.medium.com…
First, we focus on how public supports for people with disabilities have some of the highest time tax burdens, preventing people from accessing programs they need medium.com/@springboardpolic…
Over the last few weeks, our series on the time tax has shown how unnecessary paperwork and requirements block people from accessing public services. The next installment in our series zooms in on how time taxes affect people with disabilities and immigrants.
📢 Calling all Toronto-based policy wonks! 📢 On July 12th Springboard is hosting Policy in a Park 🌳☀️🍕a fun, summer networking event. Drop by and grab a slice of pizza! Register here!
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📢We're #Hiring!
🧑💻Apply for VP of Evidence Generation and lead a highly talented team of researchers with a wide range of methods expertise. Does this excite you? Learn more: bit.ly/3XD4oaM
🗓️Deadline: August 25th
Our next instalments in our series on the time tax will come next week. In the meantime you can catch up on Parts 1-5 here springboardpolicy.com/time-t…
We'll have more next week so stay tuned - and if you're working on these issues we'd love to hear from you
And part 5 of the series puts a spotlight on the new Canada Dental Benefit and why lowering the hurdles to access are key to making it work medium.com/@springboardpolic…
