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With Two Women Leaders, Can We Build A Gender Balanced Budget?
March 5, 2013 by
More than 40 years after the start of the second wave of feminism, women have clearly made gains in the labour market through much activism on the streets, Continue Reading…
Ontario Budget: Earn more, Keep more, Restore
February 20, 2013 by
In 2008, the Ontario government committed to reduce child poverty by 25 percent in 5 years. 2013 marks the final year in the province’s first Poverty Continue Reading…
An Annotated Christmas Carol for 2012
December 21, 2012 by
Charles Dickens, in his famous novel Christmas Carol, writes of a visit by two charity-minded men to the office of Ebenezer Scrooge. The words of Dickens Continue Reading…
Time for Ontario to make some tough choices: poverty and inequality are not inevitable
December 4, 2012 by
In 2008, the Ontario government committed to reduce child poverty by 25 percent in 5 years. 2013 marks the final year in the province’s first Poverty Continue Reading…
Cut to housing benefits will affect the health of the homeless, women, children, and people with disabilities
November 15, 2012 by
In the 2012 Ontario budget, the government announced that it was eliminating the Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB). The CSUMB helps people Continue Reading…
The Real Cost Of Cutting CSUMB
November 14, 2012 by
In its 2012 budget, the Ontario government announced that it was eliminating the Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB) as of January 1, 2013. The Continue Reading…
Important progress toward a health-enabling social assistance system, but more work is required
October 24, 2012 by
The release today of the final report of the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario recommends a number of important steps toward improving Continue Reading…
Housing insecurity and homelessness set to rise in Toronto as funding cut for homelessness prevention and housing programs
October 18, 2012 by
Big cuts to homelessness prevention and housing programs will lead to an increase in housing insecurity and homelessness in Toronto. On October 5, Continue Reading…
Latest CMHC numbers confirm federal housing cuts will grow deeper as housing needs grow
June 5, 2012 by
The latest corporate report from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the federal government’s housing agency, confirms that the two-decade erosion of Continue Reading…
