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Toronto budget 2011 tightens fiscal screws on housing / homelessness even as waiting list grows
January 10, 2011 by
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 Continue Reading…
City Building at Whose Expense? Planning for equity
July 11, 2011 by
City planning is a complex and multi faceted undertaking that requires much collaboration between public and private stakeholders - it is an opportunity for Continue Reading…
Rushed Policy Process Leaves No Opportunity For Due Diligence
July 28, 2011 by
While we understand the City’s fiscal pressures, the Wellesley Institute has concerns about the compressed nature of this year’s budget cycle. Typically, Continue Reading…
"All Cuts Aren't Created Equal": Wellesley Weighs In On the Core Service Review with an Editorial in The Toronto Star
July 30, 2011 by
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 Continue Reading…
The Toronto 300 speak out on city's Core Services Review
August 11, 2011 by
The Wellesley Institute joined about 300 other organizations and individuals who offered expert views on the implications to the City of Toronto of significant Continue Reading…
One size user fees don’t fit all
April 4, 2012 by
Today’s edition of the Globe and Mail reports about community anger about new user fees for the use of Toronto’s municipal playing fields. The health Continue Reading…
Hardship Fund is safe… but for how long?
July 27, 2012 by
Toronto woke to the good news this morning that the Hardship Fund has been reinstated. As we blogged yesterday, City staff had cut the fund – which provides Continue Reading…
A Better Budget for A Better City: What Ford can learn from Nenshi
August 27, 2012 by
The whole city has cause to reflect after last year's budget process. From the Core Service Review to the all-night-meetings and subsequent cuts and ill-thought Continue Reading…
3 Ways To Improve Neighbourhood Health in Toronto’s 2013 Budget
October 16, 2012 by
Exercising Good Policy: Increasing Access to Recreation in Toronto’s 2013 Budget, a new report by the Wellesley Institute, says we can make changes to the Continue Reading…
