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Relief Story No.2 Reporting Direct Unemployment Relief Expenditures

Year: 1939

Summary: Examination and analysis of the burden that unemployment relief payments place on the budget.

Open Letter: Comment On Traffic And Parking

Year: 1948

Summary: Examines parking and traffic challenges grow as the city grows.

The Difference

Year: 1928

Summary: Highlights road accident fatality rates in Canada and expresses a need for regulatory changes in order to prevent them. Compares road fatality rates to the number of people killed in wars, saying "the civil war of motor accidents has lasted twenty years and shows no sign of termination."

Day Care- A Growing Problem

Year: 1971

Summary: Provides a definition of day care, the need to provide it, responsibility for funding it and the societal perception of it.

Motoring Safety Story No.4

Year: 1930

Summary: Examines the ways in which legislation can prevent traffic accidents and fatalities, but also outlines ways in which roads and vehicles can and should be improved in order to make roads safer.

Work-Related Day Care - Helping To Close The Gap

Year: 1981

Summary: Reviews advantages and disadvantages of workplace day care as an option to meet increasing demand.

Motoring Safety Story No. 3

Year: 1929

Summary: Outlines more aspects of the efficacy of "safety-responsibility" legislation passed by the Connecticut Commission of Motor Vehicles. Concludes these efforts to increase vehicle safety are worthy of more study.

Motoring Safety Story No.1

Year: 1929

Summary: Outines different policy tools for addressing road safety and traffic fatalities, addressing pros and cons of each. Some proposals include compulsory liability insurance, the establishment of a state fund for those injured in auto accidents, and refusing to register a motorists who has outstanding judgements against them, or who has been responsible for any traffic fatality.

Relief Story No.1 Direct Unemployment Relief

Year: 1939

Summary: The Bureau notes that the cost of direct unemployment payments will challenge the city's budget through 1950 - and argues that it must be restructured and the responsibilities distributed more equitably between the three levels of government.

Open Letter: Day Nurseries And Day Care Centers

Year: 1951

Summary: The Bureau opposes the provision of meals to children of families on welfare at such a low cost, and also criticizes the lack of planning in provision of Child Care.

Unemployment Story No. 4

Year: 1914

Summary: Creation of a permanent Rotary Relief Fund for Unemployment would provide a self-recreating fund for citizens, and make possible projects employing a large number of workers.

Open Letter: Let's Control Parking On Toronto Streets

Year: 1959

Summary: Discusses the urgent need for reform in parking regulations in the city.

Motoring Safety Story No.2

Year: 1929

Summary: Outlines the efficacy of "safety-responsibility" legislation passed by the Connecticut Commission of Motor Vehicles. Concludes these efforts to increase vehicle safety are worthy of more study.

Bringing Supply And Demand Together

Year: 1914

Summary: Presents a tentative scheme for central control of labor supply, unemployment, and immigration, with suggestions for: administration, legislation, fees and costs, methods and procedures, and interdepartmental co-operation.

Unemployment Story No. 5: Kismet (The Only Way To Solve Unemployment Is To Make Employment)

Year: 1914

Summary: A self-recreative fund should be implemented to contend with the issue of unemployment. Certain private institutions are creating work in the community, and their endeavors should be supported.

The Dominion, Provincial And City Governments Are Being Called Upon Not To Curtail Public Work. This Is Good.

Year: 1914

Summary: Private citizens and government must both do their part to to strengthen Canada's economy and prevent unemployment.

In Toronto, In The Year Ending- April 30Th, 1927, 700 Persons Were Injured And 47 Killed In 671 Motor Accidents

Year: 1927

Summary: Road accident fatality rates in Toronto and Ontario.

Motor Accidents Within Your Limits Of The City Of Toronto For One Year Ending September 30Th, 1920, Resulted In 55 Deaths

Year: 1920

Summary: Statistics on motor mortality rates in Toronto. Special consideration is given to the high percentage of child fatalities as a result of motor accidents.

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