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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…
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…
Health Equity and the Occupy Movements
October 31, 2011 by
With Occupy movements, born out of Occupy Wall Street, happening in Canada and around the world, social and economic inequality are on the agenda. More and 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…
Is Halloween candy really what’s scaring you?
October 31, 2012 by
This Halloween, Ontario’s doctors are suggesting that we scare kids – and parents – by putting gruesome images on their candy. Similar to anti-smoking Continue Reading…
Welfare Reform in New Zealand: Lessons for Ontario?
November 1, 2011 by
Welfare reform has been on the agenda in New Zealand for some time, with both the previous Labour-led and current, more conservative National-led government 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…
If you had a disability, would you be able to work?
January 18, 2012 by
If you had a disability, would you be able to work? It’s a tough question, and you might say that it depends on the severity of the disability. That’s 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…
