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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…
How the Social Assistance System Causes Poor Health
November 24, 2011 by
Income and health are inextricably linked. It is well documented that people with low income more likely to have poor health, whether measured by self-reported 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…
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…
Making history in Ontario: Politicians join to unanimously back anti-poverty law
May 6, 2009 by
Ontario’s Legislative Assembly dropped its usual partisan divisions for a few moments earlier today (Wednesday) to give unanimous consent to third and final Continue Reading…
MLK: Time for total, direct, immediate abolition of poverty
January 18, 2010 by
"The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn of civilization, when men Continue Reading…
News on social assistance expected… Watch this space!
September 25, 2012 by
We have received word that the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario will be reporting to the government next week (*see update below). The 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…
Ontario's poverty reduction bill set to become law, recognizes importance of non-profits
May 4, 2009 by
Bill 152 - Ontario's Poverty Reduction Act - goes for a final vote in the provincial legislature on May 6 (Wednesday). Poverty minister Deb Matthews, during the Continue Reading…
