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Federal budget 2010: Smart investments should be made in homes and communities

Affordable housing and community innovation: These are two critical areas where the federal government needs to invest and engage more effectively. The Wellesley Institute’s Michael Shapcott and Nimira Lalani gave expert testimony to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance on Oct. 21 during hearings in Toronto as the parliamentary committee travelled across Canada to hear about what should be in the next federal budget.

Read the Wellesley Institute’s speaking notes here .

Read the full written submission from the Wellesley Institute here .

Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.