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Citizens for Public Justice says the federal Finance Committee income inequality report doesn’t go nearly far enough
After the National Council of Welfare was cut by the feds in 2012, and after a crowdfunding campaign to keep the work alive, Caledon Institute releases “Welfare in Canada 2012”
Campaign 2000’s Laurel Rothman on how poverty is killing us: “despite decades of economic growth, benefits have not ‘trickled down’”
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Housing Minister Linda Jeffrey says the government has “no interest” in providing more funding for local homelessness and other social services programs, while local councils like Hamilton “limp along”
Dec 10 was International Human Rights Day: Why 2013 was a bummer year for housing rights
Ontario fills the federal health care gap for refugees
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Inequality is the defining issue of our time
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Today marks the 5th anniversary of Ontario’s first five-year Poverty Reduction Strategy.
The 25in5 Network for Poverty Reduction says poverty reduction is key to a prosperous economy; bold action needed in the next strategy
Anglican Dioceses share five steps to action on poverty reduction
Community Development Halton calls for strong action
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Fallout from the elimination of CSUMB
27 community organizations have sent a letter urging government to make $42 million in “transitional funding” for housing and homelessness supports permanent
Many have posted the information on their own websites
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On November 19, 2013, the Federal Court of Appeal ordered the Office of the Umpire to re-hear each of 102 cases wherein migrant workers were denied Employment Insurance parental benefits.The applications had been denied on…
Communities across Ontario need more funds for housing and homelessness supports Right now, local and regional municipalities across Ontario are planning their budgets for 2014. One of the issues they’re debating is how to respond…
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Niagara Region gets creative to spend housing and homelessness money (CHPI)
Cornwall’s homelessness prevention funding (CHPI) isn’t enough, since eligibility criteria are too strict
Ontario contemplating closing tax loopholes to raise revenue
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Remember veterans – but support them too
Ontario government’s fall economic statement
Meanwhile, cuts to CSUMB and child care mean funding cuts in Nipissing
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Toronto Star editorial – Ontario cannot forget the poor and hungry as the Minister of Finance releases his fall economic statement
More evidence of the need for public investment in low income adult dental programs
The Ontario Medical Review highlights poverty as a medical problem – and what health care practitioners can do about it
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Advisory Panel to report to government in December The Ontario government appointed a Minimum Wage Advisory Panel in June 2013 to give advice on how to set the minimum wage. Although ISAC mainly works on…
ISAC has made a written submission on Ontario’s next poverty reduction strategy, which is expected to be made public later this year or early next. We focused on issues of income security and social assistance…