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Media & Policy News: 9 May 2013

May 9, 2013

Ontario Budget 2013: Coverage

“Far reaching and fundamental”: http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2013/05/02/ontario_budget_2013_changes_to_social_assistance_farreaching_and_fundamental.html

“Heading in the right direction”: http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2013/05/03/hamilton-anti-poverty-groups-ontario-budget.html

“The right direction, but more work to do”: http://www.thespec.com/news-story/2550346-budget-moves-called-step-in-the-right-direction-on-poverty/

“Long awaited improvements to social assistance”: http://torontoist.com/2013/05/ontario-budget-2013-long-awaited-improvements-to-social-assistance/

“A path to transformation”: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/05/02/ontario-budget-2013-welfare-recipients_n_3203505.html

“Good news on the poverty front”: http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2013/05/09/good_news_on_the_poverty_front_in_kathleen_wynnes_first_budget_cohn.html

“A lot further than we were last week”: http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2013/05/02/live-ontario-budget-drops-at-4-pm

“A good start”: http://www.guelphmercury.com/news/local/article/930409–guelph-area-poverty-advocates-say-budget-doesn-t-go-far-enough-to-help-people-on-social-assistance

“An NDP-ish budget”: http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=192369

“An overarching emphasis on cutting the deficit”: http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=192434

“A missed opportunity”: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/05/06/onceinageneration_chance_to_modernize_welfare_lost_goar.html

NDP proposes an independent budgetary watchdog to ensure accountability:

  • http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-needs-an-independent-budget-watchdog-ndp-demands/article11779244/
  • http://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2013/05/08/ontario_budget_2013_ndp_leader_andrea_horwath_demands_more_in_exchange_for_supporting_liberals.html

Kevin Page, former Parliamentary Budget Officer, says it’s a good idea:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canada+first+federal+budget+officer+says+creating+similar/8356944/story.html

Ontario Budget 2013: Reactions

ISAC’s Analysis: http://www.incomesecurity.org/documents/BudgetAnalysis2013.doc

Anglican Diocese Social Justice and Advocacy: http://www.toronto.anglican.ca/2013/05/03/social-justice-and-advocacy-releases-statement-on-ontario-budget/

ARCH Disability Law Centre: http://www.archdisabilitylaw.ca/?q=budget-2013-analysis

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: http://behindthenumbers.ca/2013/05/02/ontario-budget-2013-four-more-years-of-austerity/

CARP: http://www.carp.ca/2013/05/03/carp-analysis-of-ontario-budget-2013/

Daily Bread Food Bank: http://www.dailybread.ca/ontario-budget-2013-poverty-reduction-is-back-on-the-government-agenda/

Guelph & Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination http://gwpoverty.ca/highlights-of-the-2013-ontario-budget/

Hamilton Poverty Roundtable: http://hamiltonpoverty.ca/?p=694

ISARC: http://www.isarc.ca/projects.php?id=1533

OCASI: http://www.ocasi.org/ontario-budget-2013-has-limited-gains-ocasi-comments-ontario-budget-2013

Ontario Campaign 2000: http://www.campaign2000.ca/Ontario/ONCampaign2000MediaReleaseOntarioBudget2013.pdf

Ontario Coalition Against Poverty: http://www.ocap.ca/node/1077

Ontario Non-Profit Network: http://www.theonn.ca/provincial-budget-2013/

Pathway to Potential: http://pathwaytopotential.ca/2013/05/2013-ontario-budget-recap/

Poverty Free Ontario: http://www.povertyfreeontario.ca/2013/05/03/pfo-bulletin-12-pfo-on-the-2013-ontario-budget/

25in5 Network for Poverty Reduction: http://25in5.ca/press-release-anti-poverty-advocates-budget-makes-progress-towards-poverty-reduction/

Wellesley Institute: http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/news/budget-provides-horwath-with-possibilities-to-negotiate-for-ontario-families/

And the Conference Board of Canada notes: “The only spending category slated to receive any meaningful growth in funding will be social services, reflecting the government’s planned increases to social assistance and its plan to increase the Ontario Child Benefit in 2013 and 2014.” http://www.conferenceboard.ca/topics/economics/budgets/ontario_2013.aspx

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