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The Spirit Level Documentary Film Campagin
June 21, 2012 by
There is only one week left to help support the Spirit Level Documentary Film. Bringing the groundbreaking work by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson to the Continue Reading…
Confronting Inequality In Ontario With A Public Service Budget
April 23, 2013 by
In yesterday’s speech, Finance Minister Sousa pledged to keep taxes at their current levels, and hold government spending growth to 1 percent. This was a Continue Reading…
Should social assistance help you to scrape by, or to get a good job?
January 3, 2012 by
Social assistance is about more than just providing enough money for people to survive. Social assistance should also work to ensure wider opportunities for Continue Reading…
Should social assistance ensure access to health care services, or keep people from getting sick? Both, actually.
January 24, 2012 by
The social assistance system causes poor health. The low levels of income supports combined with inadequate supplementary supports like affordable child care Continue Reading…
Wellesley Institute response to the Ontario Social Assistance Review
October 24, 2012 by
UPDATE: Read our response here. In 2010, the provincial government established the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario, led Continue Reading…
Fixing Social Assistance is all about Collaboration
January 31, 2012 by
Over the last couple of months I’ve blogged about reforming Ontario’s social assistance system, setting out the nature of the problem and suggesting some 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…
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…
Work and Health: Building Assets
February 17, 2012 by
The idea of building assets is something that we typically associate with our financial well-being. But a new report from the Health Action Partnership Continue Reading…
