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
“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:
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