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The City of Toronto can bring its budgetary shortfall down to zero without gutting city services and selling off assets. Countdown to Zero: Balancing Toronto’s Budget by the Wellesley Institute’s Sheila Block, looks at the city’s annual budgeting process over the past five years and shows that the fiscal challenges facing city council this year are […]
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The City of Toronto can bring its budgetary shortfall down to zero without gutting city services and selling off assets. Countdown to Zero: Balancing Toronto’s Budget by the Wellesley Institute’s Sheila Block, looks at the city’s annual budgeting process over the past five years and shows that the fiscal challenges facing city council this year are […]
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The Wellesley Institute joined about 300 other organizations and individuals who offered expert views on the implications to the City of Toronto of significant cuts to municipal programs and services as identified by the Core Services Review. Scores of video-deputations from the marathon meeting of the city’s executive committee meeting on July 28 and 29 […]
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In an editorial in The Toronto Star online, Wellesley Institute’s Rick Blickstead looks at the health implications of the proposed service cuts at the City of Toronto and advises readers that cuts come with a price that must be considered. As we build the future of the city, Torontonians need to think about the kind […]
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While we understand the City’s fiscal pressures, the Wellesley Institute has concerns about the compressed nature of this year’s budget cycle. Typically, the City budget process continues at least through the fall, allowing the City to more effectively dovetail its budget deliberations with those of the federal and provincial levels of government. This new timeframe […]
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City planning is a complex and multi faceted undertaking that requires much collaboration between public and private stakeholders – it is an opportunity for policy makers to shape a space that fosters community, health, and equality. To this end, crafting cityscapes is a task that requires dialogue, careful planning, and dedicated consideration of local priorities.
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Toronto’s affordable housing waiting list sky-rocketed to an all-time high of 76,549 households by the end of December of 2010. Despite the growing need, the city’s 2010 municipal operating budget tightens the fiscal screws on local housing and homelessness programs. A first glance at the municipal budget, released this morning, sets out a plan to cut overall spending in the city’s Shelter, […]
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Our working lives are an essential contributor to what keeps us healthy and what makes us sick. In this recent release, Work and Health: Exploring The Impact Of Employment On Health Disparities, Sheila Block, the Wellesley Institute’s new Director of Economic Analysis, delves into the linkages between labour market policies, employment conditions, working conditions and health […]
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The first draft of Toronto’s 2010 operating budget sets out cuts to affordable housing, homelessness, public health and city planning funding. Spending on the affordable housing office, social development and community partnerships has been flat-lined. Meanwhile, the police budget is set to increase by almost double the rate of inflation. Budget 2010 Initial Observations
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