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Panel recommends solutions Continued from page 14 15 · Wednesday, March 31, 2010 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.oakvillebeaver.com program that serves 70 per cent of Québec children under the age of five, the province's child poverty rates have dropped by 50 per cent. According to panelist Mary Jane Howie after school care is the fastest way to climb out of poverty. "Women make up half the workforce, but still operate as if they were stay-at-home moms," said the perpetual volunteer with organizations such as Guiding, Rotary and the Oakville Red Cross. Milton councillor and retired schoolteacher Wendy Schau agreed. "Canada needs a national childcare program." Poverty is more often than not the outcome for people with disabilities and their families, said panelist Anna MacQuarrie who is director of policy and programs for the Canadian Association of Community Living. She says it is unacceptable that 75 per cent of adults with intellectual disabilities live in poverty and families with disabled children are twice as likely to rely on social assistance. On that issue, participant Jessie Flis wants parliamentarians in the House of Commons to follow the lead of those at Queen's Park by holding a Community Living Day to create understanding and hopefully drive change. Funding social programs such as universal childcare and pensions on a federal level is achievable by restoring income trusts, said panelist Brent Fullard, of the Canadian Association of Income Trust Investors and former federal Liberal candidate for the Whitby-Oshawa riding in the 2008 election. Due to changes in the taxation of these trusts, 51 Canadian businesses this year alone have fallen into foreigner's hands and, as a result, pay no taxes depriving the Canadian government of $1.5 billion per year, said Fullard. Milton councillor and conference participant Carey DePass said he is worried about the income collapse of the 20 to 30-year-old set. According to Martyn Johns this may stem from an unrealistic emphasis put on people coming out of high school to head into university instead of skilled trades. Only 7.2 per cent of the automotive sector is under the age of 35, said Johns. Newcomers with such skills are flocking to the country, but to ensure they have access to training opportunities and then fill these employment voids leaders in the trades, government, employers and associations need to create programs similar to what the Ontario Nursing Association has done, said Joanna Matthews, executive director of the Halton Multicultural Council. Combined accreditation programs and English-as-a-second language classes set a level playing field for foreign-trained workers, added Matthews. At the end of the 90-minute discussion a bevy of solutions had came to the fore. 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