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The Six Cents Report is a weekly podcast that uses theology and economics to analyze events that Impact Canadians. #Sixcentsmakeschange
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Friday Dec 13, 2019
Friday Dec 13, 2019
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives published a report titled "Canada’s Colour Coded Income Inequality" on Dec 9th, 2019. Darnell and Joel are joined by economist Stefan Dindayal to discuss what we can and cannot learn from this study. Their conversation addresses the following:
- Stefan's background
- Data presented in the report
- Controlling for cause and effect relationships
- Biases influence on statistical research
- How to design good statistical studies
- Interesting data points in the study
- Solutions proposed and alternatives
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References:
CCPA's Published Study: Canada’s Colour Coded Income Inequality
CCPA's twitter: @CCPA
CCPA'S blog on the study: By the numbers: Race, gender and the Canadian labour market
Stefan Dindayal contact info:
Twitter: @stefanDecondon
IG: @stefandecondon
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Friday Aug 09, 2019
Friday Aug 09, 2019
In the second half of our discussion on homelessness, Darnell & Joel transition to solutions. Topics include:
- Private vs Government Welfare
- Benevolence within the church and necessity of community
- Causes of financial need and type of support
- Welfare Cliff
Previous Homelessness episode: 6CR #45
https://www.sixcentsreport.com/
Reference Links:
What If Charity Replaced Taxation?
Maryland church ordered to evict homeless or pay $12,000 fine
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Friday Aug 17, 2018
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Dr Joseph Smith from Generation Chosen joins Darnell & Joel to discuss what his organization is doing to address the needs of those most vulnerable in our society and consequently prevent gun violence. The conversation covers the following:
- Why youth turn to the black market and guns
- How Generation Chosen is involved in the community
- Emotional intelligence and root causes of "bad behaviour" in school
- Mental health
- Government solutions vs non-profit solutions to gun violence
https://sixcentsreport.podbean.com/
Previous episode on guns 6CR #21
Reference Articles:
City of Toronto studies why youth turn to guns
Toronto gunman had ‘severe mental health challenges,’ according to family
Remaking the Future | Education in African Countries is Crucial to Our Survival
Ford wants some mental health funding to go to police in wake of Danforth shooting
Toronto gunman had ‘severe mental health challenges,’ according to family
Toronto’s history of gun violence: a vicious cycle of missteps, intransigence and bad policy
Generation Chosen Contact info:
https://www.generationchosen.ca/
Generation Chos3n GoFundMe Campain
IG: @gen_chos3n
FB: @GenChos3n
Twitter: @GEN_CHOS3N
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Friday Aug 03, 2018
Friday Aug 03, 2018
The Canadian government has added an ideology attestation to receive funding for summer internship grant. Darnell & Joel discuss the significance of the government requesting organizations to affirm a set of beliefs regarding abortion and transgender identity. The conversartion includes the following:
- Fairness of the ideology test
- Society's morality is subjective & the problems with legislating morality
- Impersonal charity via government vs volutary charity
- Summer job grants is the government circumventing minimum wage
https://sixcentsreport.podbean.com/
Reference Links:
Government Examples of Organizations denied eligibility
87 religious leaders ask Trudeau gov’t to drop summer job pro-abortion pledge
Global News: President of Canada Christian College attacks PM @JustinTrudeau
What the US Can Learn From Portugal's Drug Decriminalization
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Friday Jul 27, 2018
Friday Jul 27, 2018
The morality of an immigration policy is not as simple as the media potrays. Darnell & Joel discuss the current illegal immigration crisis in the US. The conversartion includes the following
- Romans 13 & God's sovereignty
- pro family & children or just anti-Trump
- welfare state and open boarders
- analysis of recommendations for Canada
https://sixcentsreport.podbean.com/
previous episode on immigration 6CR #3
Reference Links:
Milton Friedman - Illegal Immigration - PT 1
Milton Friedman - Illegal Immigration - PT 2
Foreign Policy - Immigration (Ch. 12c Pt. 3 of 3) - Dr. Wayne Grudem
Migrant children in the US: The bigger picture explained
What we can do for separated migrant children in the U.S.
Injured veteran that questioned Trudeau during Edmonton town hall says ‘enough is enough’
AP FACT CHECK: MS-13 Gang Arrests at Border Are up This Year
Cops warned to watch for violent MS-13 gang members
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Friday Feb 02, 2018
Friday Feb 02, 2018
In July 2017, the findings from the Black Experience Project were released. Darnell and Joel discuss the problems identified and solutions recommended by the report.
Reference Articles:
CBC feature of The Black Experience Project
Predatory Lending - Institutional Racism example - Suits Season 7 Episode 10 (ep102)
"Minimum wages were first designed to keep women and minorities out of jobs"
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Friday Dec 15, 2017
Friday Dec 15, 2017
The 2016 Canadian Census Data on families, households and marital status was released on August 2, 2017. Darnell and Joel discuss the trends in Canada's population characteristics.
Census Data:
Families, households and marital status
All 2016 Canadian Census Data, Release dates
Reference Articles:
Census 2016: More Canadians than ever are living alone, and other takeaways
More Canadians living alone and without children, census figures show
The world in 2076: The population bomb has imploded
More Canadians living alone than ever before as family life undergoes seismic shifts: census
Tweet Referenced:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/882939670895755264
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